It’s been over three and a half years now since
since Aston Martin revealed the DBX concept at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show,
previewing its first crossover. Now the British automaker has released a batch of photos of a prototype testing on gravel.
Aston has confirmed
that the production model will indeed carry the name DBX, with the first two
letters connecting it in to the line of sports cars that stretches back to the
David Brown era, and the X designating it as a crossover. But as expected, it’s
adopted a more conventional greenhouse shape, with five doors instead of the
concept‘s three.
While the prototype shown in these images and video
clip is still all wrapped up in trompe-l’œil camouflage, it’s obvious that it
bears similarities to the brand’s latest sports cars, like the Vantage, DB11,
and DBS Superleggera – just looking at the grille anyone would understand it’s
an Aston.
For the first time, an Aston is capable of
venturing off the beaten path. While Gaydon’s been testing the prototypes, as
it does with all its products, at the Nürburgring, it’s also been running it
off road. One of the venues are the Welsh Rally stages, in the same part of the
UK where it will be manufactured at the company’s new plant at the St Athan air
base.
