THE LAST RESORT?

Aston Martin has staked pretty much everything on the DBX, but can it win over SUV sceptics and Aston traditionalists?

WORDS PETER TOMALIN

Finding myself in reflective mood the other day, I began leafing through issue 1 of Vantage from early 2013, Aston Martin’s Centenary year. Amongst the celebratory features was a news piece on AML’s then-fragile finances (plus ça change and all that), which reported that CEO Ulrich Bez was on the verge of securing the investment needed to develop crucial new models. ‘Media reports have already suggested that Astons will be switching to Mercedes-AMG V8 and V12 engines in the near future,’ it went on, ‘and Dr Bez has made no secret of his continuing ambition to build an SUV…’ They were words to strike fear into the hearts of sad old traditionalists (yep, that’s me – maybe you too), who felt Astons should always have Aston engines and that an SUV…

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