Aston Martin's First SUV Caught Testing In Production Trim

Aston Martin has confirmed that its first-ever SUV model will be called DBX and launch before the end of next year. The brand has also released official 'spy' images showing the car's near-production bodywork.

The DBX was first previewed as a concept car in 2015 but had been tipped to take another name for production, with Varekai one of the rumoured possibilities. Unlike the concept, the production DBX will feature a more conventional five-door layout rather than the sleeker three-door design that was originally expected.

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CANADIANCOMMENTS - 11/14/2018 10:46:20 AM

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This is about as good as can be expected. You can't sell an SUV in volume that has little or no headroom like a DB11. It needs to be a bit practical. The question is what is it under the skin? Is it a Mercedes GLE or somehow the Aston Chassis reworked to underpin an SUV?

MDarringer - 11/14/2018 10:56:24 PM

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I suspect it's a reskinned Mercedes.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 11/15/2018 11:30:30 AM

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@MD So did I. But apparently they are going their own way on this with a chassis to serve a few different vehicles.

carloslassiter - 11/15/2018 8:12:14 AM

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Patiently waiting for the McLaren SUV which will almost certainly be launched soon.

MDarringer - 11/15/2018 8:33:52 AM

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It will be called Hightail.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 11/15/2018 5:26:14 PM

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@MD - Priceless!

1lostVW - 11/16/2018 5:51:45 PM

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Andy Palmer has certainly learned how to turn 1/2 truths and dated cars into good PR. Aston Martin did not make money selling cars last year, it made money selling tooling of its cars to some likely collaborator in the stock valuation scheme. This SUV of his, small, wildly expensive and an amalgamation of Mercedes tech and engines and dated platform sharing within the AM brand... good luck, the unit will sit unsold in dealer inventory, while Aston threatens and forces dealers to sell cars for losses... this company is entirely smoke and mirrors and if anyone in the investment community had done proper research on the global inventory sitting in dealers hands, they would have known that AM is not successful at selling their cars, they are successful at fooling people to enrich a few investors and Palmer himself... Once the stock vests, Palmer and his cohorts will vanish and AM will die or be acquired by Mercedes Benz.

Agent00R - 11/16/2018 6:48:27 PM

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Aston has been a going concern for over 100 years, so, I have a feeling w/ or w/o Palmer it will continue moving fwd. Perhaps through addt'l investments or, as you suggest, an acquisition.

I don't know the inventory situation but I can say I've never seen so many Astons in my life. DB11 is doing pretty good.