{"id":12646,"date":"2020-07-13T13:54:33","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T20:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=12646"},"modified":"2020-07-13T13:54:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T20:54:33","slug":"aston-martins-first-dbx-drives-off-production-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=12646","title":{"rendered":"Aston Martin&#8217;s first DBX drives off production line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Aston-Martin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Aston-Martin.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Aston-Martin-300x129.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/>Just over four years since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.astonmartinvancouver.ca\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aston Martin<\/a> announced its investment in a brand-new manufacturing facility at St. Athan, the first Aston Martin to be \u201cMade in Wales\u201d has been driven off the production line.<\/p>\n<p>The culmination of an extensive development program that began with virtual development in 2015 and physical testing in Wales in 2018, DBX signals a new era in Aston Martin\u2019s pursuit to deliver exceptional performance, style and usability in the SUV market segment.<\/p>\n<p>Authoritative British publication <em>Autocar<\/em> has awarded the DBX its annual Game Changer Award, in recognition of the vehicle\u2019s broad capabilities, which include the engaging drive expected from an Aston Martin, coupled with the power and versatility that comes from an SUV.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just over four years since Aston Martin announced its investment in a brand-new manufacturing facility at St. Athan, the first Aston Martin to be \u201cMade in Wales\u201d has been driven off the production line. The culmination of an extensive development program that began with virtual development in 2015 and physical testing in Wales in 2018,<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=12646\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-12646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aston","tag-slider"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12646"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12649,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12646\/revisions\/12649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}