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Throttle Body said:
The pictures I have seen of the interior of the DBX show it as having only two rear seats. Is that what is expected to go into production? If so, that would be limiting in its practicality.
As with all these SUVs there will likely be options for two or three rear seats. They’ll have learned their lesson after the Rapide. 
Beefmeister said:
Throttle Body said:
The pictures I have seen of the interior of the DBX show it as having only two rear seats. Is that what is expected to go into production? If so, that would be limiting in its practicality.
As with all these SUVs there will likely be options for two or three rear seats. They’ll have learned their lesson after the Rapide. I have three kids, 6,7 & 10. IMHO with the exception of the Disco 4 I would not want to travel very far in any of the current SUV's with all three in the back. How many can realistically take three adults in the rear for any reasonable distance?
Then we get to luggage space. Luggage for five for two weeks away and perhaps a buggy, again Disco 4 (I haven't looked at Disco 5 as they are so revolting) seems the only option. Possibly XC90.
Not convinced these cars are built with "practicality" in mind.
Of course this only really affects people who regularly need to accommodate five. If you have two kids and are thinking of a third, DON'T DO IT
AMVSVNick said:
I'm sure this will be the case.
I have three kids, 6,7 & 10. IMHO with the exception of the Disco 4 I would not want to travel very far in any of the current SUV's with all three in the back. How many can realistically take three adults in the rear for any reasonable distance?
Then we get to luggage space. Luggage for five for two weeks away and perhaps a buggy, again Disco 4 (I haven't looked at Disco 5 as they are so revolting) seems the only option. Possibly XC90.
Not convinced these cars are built with "practicality" in mind.
Of course this only really affects people who regularly need to accommodate five. If you have two kids and are thinking of a third, DON'T DO IT
I had this problem.I have three kids, 6,7 & 10. IMHO with the exception of the Disco 4 I would not want to travel very far in any of the current SUV's with all three in the back. How many can realistically take three adults in the rear for any reasonable distance?
Then we get to luggage space. Luggage for five for two weeks away and perhaps a buggy, again Disco 4 (I haven't looked at Disco 5 as they are so revolting) seems the only option. Possibly XC90.
Not convinced these cars are built with "practicality" in mind.
Of course this only really affects people who regularly need to accommodate five. If you have two kids and are thinking of a third, DON'T DO IT
I took the most obvious and pragmatic response and sold my youngest daughter.
This also had the advantage of helping to finance the new car.
I actually can see the advantage of three kids. So long as you spread them out , they turn out to be good taxi drivers.
We have three, the eldest 23, the youngest just turned 16, eldest has moved out after doing a few years of taxiing us around,the middle one is currently on taxiing duties and will move out just as third one gets her licence.
Thats going to be nearly 10 years of savings on taxis :-) :-) :-)
We have three, the eldest 23, the youngest just turned 16, eldest has moved out after doing a few years of taxiing us around,the middle one is currently on taxiing duties and will move out just as third one gets her licence.
Thats going to be nearly 10 years of savings on taxis :-) :-) :-)
I have the Cayenne S E-Hydrid as my daily and it has masses of room in the back for three adults as well as a large boot. I'd be tempted to switch early next year if the DBX comes in at a reasonable price but I fear it will be above EUR 150-170k...(which is a shame as a fully sorted Cayenne E-Hybrid like mine was around EUR 120k).
Looked at the Cayenne Hybrid to replace my wife’s Disco. We really liked it but they aren’t building them at the moment since they failed the new emission regulations and not clear they will restart. We are therefore in wait and see mode on her car. I don’t really expect the DBX to replace the Disco but at the moment the DB11 works as a daily fine - just me but as soon as I want to go anywhere at the weekend I need kids/dog and often the ability to park on a kerb or in rough car park so the DB11 has to stay at home.
I'm guessing the DBX will probably not beat the best but hopefully is a close match to the load capacity of most of the current SUV competition (5 seats being an option). Having a fairly accurate idea of the external dimensions it certainly should,,,, might be a dollop of wishful thinking there. 
V12Manual said:
I have the Cayenne S E-Hydrid as my daily and it has masses of room in the back for three adults as well as a large boot. I'd be tempted to switch early next year if the DBX comes in at a reasonable price but I fear it will be above EUR 150-170k...(which is a shame as a fully sorted Cayenne E-Hybrid like mine was around EUR 120k).
Must take a look. Never really considered Cayenne since launch as they were sooooooooo ugly. Current model looks are fine. A tad more expensive than my Disco though!!!!qwick69 said:
I actually can see the advantage of three kids. So long as you spread them out , they turn out to be good taxi drivers.
We have three, the eldest 23, the youngest just turned 16, eldest has moved out after doing a few years of taxiing us around,the middle one is currently on taxiing duties and will move out just as third one gets her licence.
Thats going to be nearly 10 years of savings on taxis :-) :-) :-)
I so wish they was a “like” option on this forum We have three, the eldest 23, the youngest just turned 16, eldest has moved out after doing a few years of taxiing us around,the middle one is currently on taxiing duties and will move out just as third one gets her licence.
Thats going to be nearly 10 years of savings on taxis :-) :-) :-)
DW
AMVSVNick said:
V12Manual said:
I have the Cayenne S E-Hydrid as my daily and it has masses of room in the back for three adults as well as a large boot. I'd be tempted to switch early next year if the DBX comes in at a reasonable price but I fear it will be above EUR 150-170k...(which is a shame as a fully sorted Cayenne E-Hybrid like mine was around EUR 120k).
Must take a look. Never really considered Cayenne since launch as they were sooooooooo ugly. Current model looks are fine. A tad more expensive than my Disco though!!!!oilit said:
if they follow the porsche pricing model - 911 entry is 93k today and the cayenne is (was) 57ish?
Although I doubt AM will follow that logic !!
Thats a good point. We live in hope. Went had a look at the RR and RRS today to change my current X5 DD and although they are more plush neither really excited me for the money. Yesterday I picked up the kids in the db9 and had to move my seat further forward than usual to accommodate my growing 6YO and my 10YO’s head now touches the roof lining in the rear. Argh!Although I doubt AM will follow that logic !!
klee168168 said:
I also looked at the range rover full-size and range rover sport. I think they are fantastic looking cars but they just are not sporty enough. My X5 handles and drives way better. But the interior is archaic.
I just don’t understand this mentality. If you want space that handles well, buy an E63S estate or RS6. Why on earth buy an SUV and expect it to handle? You don’t buy a DB11 and expect it to off road do you? I really hope Aston try and take a bit of LR’s market and makes the DBX comfortable to drive. The Urus is far too stiff and frankly so ugly it makes my eyes bleed. The Bentayga has actually grown on me, and they’ve tweaked the settings recently to make it more comfortable after feedback from buyers.
Beefmeister said:
klee168168 said:
I also looked at the range rover full-size and range rover sport. I think they are fantastic looking cars but they just are not sporty enough. My X5 handles and drives way better. But the interior is archaic.
I just don’t understand this mentality. If you want space that handles well, buy an E63S estate or RS6. Why on earth buy an SUV and expect it to handle? You don’t buy a DB11 and expect it to off road do you? V8V Pete said:
I totally agree. I suspect most people who have an SUV (seemingly the whole world) would actually be better off with a good estate car but just don't know it or are simply blinkered sheep blindly following the pack (flock). Sorry to the rest of the world but I just don't get it and never see myself wanting one of these vehicles. I don't blame the manufacturers for cashing in on the trend as why wouldn't you sell people something expensive that they don't actually need?
Indeed, but if they did decide they wanted an SUV for whatever reason, I know of two people who bought ‘performance’ SUVs - an Urus and a RR Sport SVR. Both chopped them in within weeks for one of these. Burbly, wafty and classy. Everything the others aren’t. https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
The SUV/Estate problem is actually that 90% of big SUV drivers don’t need the space at all, it’s all about status. So until we stop watching dross like Made in Chelsea which idolises brain dead orange wealthy people it’s never going to change...
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