Aston Martin DBX SUV WILL go in to production in 2019

The Aston Martin DBX – expected to be the Aston Martin – Varekai – is on track to go in to production at AML’s new Plant in St Athan, Wales in 2019.

We all know what it’s like when you get the builders in, with ambitious initial completion dates pushed back until it ends up taking twice as long as your worst fears and costing a chunk more. But it looks like the builders Aston Martin have in to deliver their new Plant in Wales are doing a sterling job.

Progress on the conversion of three super hangers in St Athan has now moved to its third phase as AML hold their first board meeting at the new Plant, and confirm that St Athan will be up and running for production in 2019 as originally planned. If only all our builders were that on track.

Set to join Aston’s Gaydon and Newport Pagnell facilities, St Athan will employ 750 – and already has 150 recruited – St Athan will be home to the new Aston Martin DBX SUV – expected to be the Aston Martin Varekai – as Aston’s growth drive continues.

Andy Palmer, Aston CEO, said:

We are delighted at the progress being made at the St Athan site. The team have done a fantastic job in advancing the facility and I was incredibly proud to chair our first Board meeting at the new plant. Wales has a long history of engineering excellence and the Board is delighted that it will play such an important part in Aston Martin’s development.

When the DBX Concept was revealed in 2015 it came with an electric powertrain, so we all assumed that the production car would get the same. But it seems not.

Andy Palmer recently declared that the DBX will come with petrol engines only, stating diesel is dead and plug-in hybrids a stepping stone of no interest to Aston. And it seems Aston’s electric plans now rest with a range of electric Lagondas.