---
title: "Aston Martin DBX Crossover to Launch With Gas Engines and Cameras for Side Mirrors"
description: "The crossover from Gaydon is set to arrive in 2019 with hybrid and electric options coming later."
date: "2017-08-11"
modified: "2017-08-11"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/13410/aston-martin-dbx-crossover-to-launch-with-gas-engines-and-cameras-for-side-mirrors"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Aston Martin"
  - "DBX"
  - "luxury"
  - "Luxury crossover"
  - "suv/crossover"
---

# Aston Martin DBX Crossover to Launch With Gas Engines and Cameras for Side Mirrors

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[Just like its peers in Maranello](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/13145/ferrari-ceo-sergio-marchionne-confirms-supercar-makers-suv-plans>), Aston Martin is making a crossover. First previewed as a concept a couple of years ago, the DBX was fully-electric, leading us to believe that the production version would use some form of electrification as well. While an electrified Aston SUV will likely, eventually become a thing, the British luxury automaker plans to introduce the DBX first with some more traditional power plants, according to German auto magazine *[Auto Bild](<https://www.autobild.de/artikel/aston-martin-dbx-2019-vorschau-technik-8679347.html>).*

Aston Martin will initially launch the DBX with the customer's choice of the firm's 5.2-liter twin-turbo V12 or a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 courtesy of Mercedes-AMG—[the same engine choices available in the DB11](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/11923/aston-martin-db11-adds-503-horsepower-twin-turbo-mercedes-amg-v8-option>), according to the report. In case you need a refresher, the V8 produces 503-horsepower and 513 pound-feet of torque while the V12 is good for a mighty 600-horsepower and 516 lb-ft of twist. Hybrid and or electric DBXes are expected to join the range sometime [afterward.](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/12901/aston-martin-ceo-calls-u-k-s-absurd-petrol-ban-pointless-or-disastrous>)

While launch models of the Aston Martin crossover will apparently stray from its concept powertrain-wise, *Auto Bild* reports that the production DBX will retain one feature from the concept that frankly, no one expected it to keep: cameras in lieu of side mirrors.

![message-editor%2F1502424849594-astondbxmirror.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1502424849594-astondbxmirror.jpg>)
*Aston Martin DBX Concept, *Aston Martin Lagonda**

Yes, Aston's upcoming volume seller will apparently replace the tried-and-true door mirrors with a pair of always-on webcams, just like the [Valkyrie hypercar.](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/12371/these-are-the-newest-renderings-of-the-aston-martin-valkyrie>) Visuals are said to be output to a set of screens positioned at the base of the A-pillars.

The report goes on to state that the Aston Martin DBX will cost the equivalent of anywhere from $195,000 to $260,000, putting it snugly in [Bentley Bentayga territory](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/13314/rolls-royce-ceo-throws-shade-at-the-bentley-bentayga>). Look for it to drop sometime in 2019.

![message-editor%2F1502425862443-\_6102879.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1502425862443-_6102879.jpg>)
*Aston Martin DBX Concept, *Aston Martin Lagonda**

![message-editor%2F1502425870823-\_6102851.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1502425870823-_6102851.jpg>)
*Aston Martin DBX Concept, *Aston Martin Lagonda**

![message-editor%2F1502425888565-dbx-concept\_08365252c005e171d75790f78f.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1502425888565-dbx-concept_08365252c005e171d75790f78f.jpg>)
*Aston Martin DBX Concept, *Aston Martin Lagonda**

![message-editor%2F1502425912723-dbx-concept\_05ff43e38b0a359d4b2205c4cc.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1502425912723-dbx-concept_05ff43e38b0a359d4b2205c4cc.jpg>)
*Aston Martin DBX Concept, *Aston Martin Lagonda**

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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