Aston Martin will look to cash in on the popularity of the DBX and plans on introducing a host of new derivatives from 2021.
Speaking as part of the British company’s first-quarter financial report, executive chairman Lawrence Stroll said Aston Martin has been pleased by the DBX’s reception.
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“With St Athan reopened safely last week, I’m extremely pleased that the DBX remains on track for deliveries in the summer and has a strong order book behind it extending into 2021,” Stroll said. “Based on these successful initial orders for the DBX, we plan to unveil future derivatives starting from 2021.”
Just what Stroll means when he says “derivatives” is a little unclear. For some time, outgoing Aston Martin chief executive Andy Palmer has said that DBX will receive a hybrid variant at some stage during its lifecycle but such a model isn’t expected to arrive for at least two more years. Consequently, Auto Express asserts the “derivatives” Stroll is referring to could suggest different body styles. One option would be to make a long-wheelbase variant for the Chinese market.
In March, Aston Martin Lagonda executive vice-president and chief creative officer Marek Reichman suggested to GoAuto a coupe version of the DBX is one possibility.
“We’ll never go down (in size),” he said. “Not necessarily up, but maybe it’s less capacity. So, the wheelbase may remain the same, but maybe the box shrinks a little bit. Because in terms of downsizing, we are never going to be a Macan versus a Cayenne. Cayenne/DBX (sizing) is core, so downsizing then comes silhouette, upsizing is relatively simple, and that’s a potential … you could do both off that platform.”
