The bad news is that even Aston Martin is counting the days until the V12 is no longer commercially viable. The good news is that the end date might be a bit further out than you would expect, though perhaps not for less-exclusive production cars like today's Vanquish.

Aston Martin is preparing to make a major splash in motorsport as it readies the Valkyrie hypercar for its dual-racing debut in the 2025 season. The automaker has unveiled the final livery designs for its LMH (Le Mans Hypercar) variant of the Valkyrie,

“If you mapped the telemetry of a V12 engine – even a Valkyrie race engine, naturally aspirated – measure the frequencies and then built those into the body structure of the vehicle linked to the throttle position and torque load of the electric-motors…