We were itching to make our way to its booth ever since seeing the Vulcan track car. When we arrived, we found that Gaydon had a little something extra in store. It revealed an entirely different look with the surprise debut of the DBX, a concept car that explores the possibility of a luxury GT crossover.

"The DBX Concept is a challenge to the existing status quo in the high luxury GT segment," explains Aston Martin 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. I asked my team at Aston Martin to expand their thinking beyond conventions, to explore what the future of luxury GT motoring would look like in years ahead, and the DBX Concept you see before you is the result."

The concept GT certainly reflects beyond-convention thinking. With its long, flowing Aston Martin hood, chunky body, high ground clearance, sporty cabin proportions and rear deck, the all-wheel-drive DBX isn't quite a sporty GT and isn't exactly a crossover. It exists somewhere in the middle ground between the two, along with a very few other GT crossovers like the Audi Nanuk Quattro.