2022 Aston Martin DBX Interior and Cargo

If Aston Martin is smart, it will take some of the money from DBX sales and invest it towards the interior. This cabin has some great elements, but the technology is lagging. The good bits come from Aston Martin. Interior quality is superb, thanks to copious amounts of leather. Many cows were harmed to make this car, but at least they died for a noble cause. You also get microsuede, soft-touch materials, and real metal to complement the high-end leather. It's exactly what you'd expect from a high-end manufacturer.

Unfortunately, there's still evidence of infuriating technology decisions. Aston borrowed the electronics from Mercedes-Benz. That sounds great, as Merc's new stuff is fantastic, but Aston hasn't borrowed the latest and greatest. This is not the latest MBUX system, it's the several-generation-old COMAND unit. There's no touchscreen interface despite the screen looking large enough and close enough to touch. Instead, you use a control knob. Thankfully, the climate control buttons for the heated and ventilated seats are separate, but most of them are touch-capacitive rather than physical. The rest of the cabin is pretty enough to forgive these oversights, but we hope Aston updates the tech sooner rather than later.

The Aston Martin DBX is purely a five-seater, with no option to squeeze seven passengers into a cramped third-row. Though this limits the practicality as a large family hauler, we think Aston made the right choice, as all five passengers in the DBX will be comfortable on a long trip. Front leg and headroom are both excellent at 41.7 and 40.9 inches, respectively, while those figures are 40.9 and 40 inches in the rear. The DBX lacks any massaging seats, but the front and rear seats at least offer heating and ventilation functions.

Much like the paint colors, Aston's interior options are vast. To start with, you have to choose an Interior Environment. The options are Inspire and Accelerate, available in monotone and duotone finishes. Essentially, these are just shortcuts, so you have something to start with. Inspire represents old-school luxury, while Accelerate adds a few sporty touches. If you opt for the duotone option, you can select the primary color from more than 20 options. Can't find a color that works for you? You're too picky. Moving on to the secondary color, the selection is just as extensive. We expected the configurator to tell us some combinations can't be done, but you can create a genuinely terrifying purple and orange combination if you really want to. Mansory would be proud. You then select the color of the brogue, followed by the headlining. The latter is only available in black or the primary color you chose.

The interior customization process isn't done yet, however. You still have to decide what kind of stitching you want and the color of the seatbelts, carpets, and trim inlay. The various interior trim inlay options include Piano Black wood, Light Olive Ash Open Pore wood, carbon fiber, and gloss Bronze mesh. The prices for these various bits are not displayed on the website. Whatever you build is sent to the nearest Aston dealer, and they'll phone you with the final - and likely eye-widening - cost.