When Prodrive purchased Aston Martin this month, everyone knew there would be changes made with the company.  However, no one could have predicted the things to come in the near future.  Aston Martin announced they were going to hurry the four door Aston, the Rapide, and the new DBS into production, but they also mentioned the real treat.  The new DBX supercar, aimed at Mercedes' SLR.   

The DBX is set to steal some of Mercedes Benz' customers with a planned 700 horsepower V12.  With a top speed of 205 miles per hour, and zero to sixty times of less than 3.7 seconds, the DBX is sure to get people's attention.  Better still, the V12 is set to be put into an all aluminum chassis, and mated to a six speed manual transmission.  Aston Martin feels that the manual gear box will entice more customers, providing a more racy feel.   Prodrive, who has done a lot of work on Aston's V8 Vantage, is set to handle the suspension and tuning of the DBX.

 The DBX will be priced similarly to the SLR at around 500,000 dollars.  Not cheap, but it is sure to be worth the money.  Aston's new owner also plans to pick up production by 3,000 cars a year, bumping total production to 9,000 cars, by hiring more staff to handle the load.  It seems great things are soon to come from Aston Martin.  Stay tuned to RPM Planets as more news comes out and we start seeing the Rapide and DBX a lot more often.