Aston Martin joins the SUV party with its long-awaited DBX
The British carmaker’s entry to the top-end SUV brigade melds sports coupe and off-road aesthetics, all with that definite Aston Martin flavour.
The Aston Martin DBX is fitted with various drive modes to raise the air suspension and calibrate the chassis and electronics for a variety of terrains.
Aston Martin has been talking about joining the SUV brigade since at least March 2015, when it showed the three-door DBX concept car.
Since then, there has been an almost interminable series of DBX teasers, “accidental” leaks and spy shots, technical bulletins and background briefings, and even advance media drives of prototypes that were clearly not quite ready to be driven. All this to try to keep up interest while Aston Martin itself was imploding, with its shares plummeting by nearly 90 per cent after an ill-advised attempt to copy Ferrari’s successful IPO.
