Aston Martin might be best known for creating drop-dead gorgeous sports coupes, or even for its work with James Bond's Q-Branch, but the concept that has made it into our list this year is actually an SUV. The DBX made a surprise appearance at the Geneva Motor Show. According to Aston CEO Dr. Andy Palmer, "it envisages a world, perhaps a world not too far away, when luxury GT travel is not only stylish and luxurious but also more practical, more family-friendly and more environmentally responsible."
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Beyond the
CEO's slightly ambitious wish list, Aston Martin's engineers are very
clear the DBX should be packing a high-tech drivetrain. Power will come
from motors in all four wheels, which allows the car to operate in
all-wheel drive and frees up space under the hood for storage –
important when bootspace is heavily impacted by that sloping roofline.
In Aston's vision for the DBX, the motors draw power from lithium-sulfur
cells that replenish through an F1-style kinetic energy recovery system
(KERS).