Let's Listen to the Aston Martin DBX SUV from Up Close

With Aston letting people really close to its precious prototype, it's pretty clear that a full reveal is only a few months away from happening. But that actually makes us feel sad because this motorsport-themed camo wrap is amazing.

The British company's revised wholesale volumes are now between 6300 to 6500 vehicles for the full year, down about 10%. Despite this and the possibility of a no-deal Brexit, the DBX should be able to stabilize or even give the company new life.

It's an SUV, and everybody wants one of those. The initial concepts looked lie a sports car on stilts, so we're glad to see a more conventional shape. The DBX kind of look like a Porsche Cayenne Coupe, and while this may not be for everybody, the V8 Vantage renewed our faith in British design.

We still don't know much about the engine, though this particular setup sounds suspiciously like the 4-liter twin-turbo V8. In the Vantage, it makes something like 500 horsepower, which would be good if the normal Bentayga V8 didn't have 40 more. It's possible that a V12 arrives a little later, but Aston may have too much on its plate, having to soon balance the development cost of EVs.

If a V8 DBX doesn't sound all that hot, then at least consider that it could be the first SUV with an official drift mode. Other 4x4 can also drift, but BMW chickened out from having this in the X3 M because it's too risky to have people killing themselves while pretending to be Ken Block.