Videos of the disguised prototypes in a Welsh forest were posted by AML on social media and during 2019, customers were invited to special previews and orders flooded in. The car was formally launched at the Beijing Show in November 2019 with China expected to be the biggest market for the car. Sadly a few months after Dr Palmer left AML, the first proper proper production DBX came off the St Athan production line in July 2020. This was a tremendous achievement as the UK was just getting back on it’s feet after the first wave of the Covid pandenic. Further derivatives of the DBX are much anticipated. The DBX has, just as Dr Palmer anticipated, became one of a growing line of cars that have saved Aston Martin.

Only two other pieces of info were released – the price – £1,000,000 plus taxes – and a limited production run of 77 examples. Potential customers were invited to make a non-refundable £200,000 deposit.

Following a tantalising view of the car three quarters hidden under a cover at Paris, the naked chassis of car number 1 and a mock-up One-77 were shown at Geneva in 2009. The un-bodied chassis didn’t last beyond the press days, but the mock-up took pride of place on the turntable until the show ended.

Then, at long last  and unexpectidly, the One-77 world debut in late April 2009, where the car was shown at the Concorso d’Eleganza on the shores of Lake Como, Italy. winning  the Design Award for Concept Cars and Prototypes.

Three years after production of the One-77 had ended, Aston Martin introduced a track only spin-off called the Vulcan. Limited to only 24 examples, the Vulcan was built towards the end of 2015 in a new facility especially built for the project.