Aston Martin Narrows Down Locations For Its New Plant

Aston Martin has made a short list of where it plans to build its new factory consisting from of two new locations in the United Kingdom, one in the United States and one in the Middle East.

The new plant will handle production of the DBX crossover, revealed earlier in the year in concept guise. Back in October, the British automaker said that it had picked six possible locations out of the original 19 potential production sites around the world.

It is suggested that one of the British sites is located in Sutton Coldfield and, according to Reuters, it tops the list. Apart from the (yet unknown) second location in Britain, Aston Martin is also considering Alabama and an unnamed location in the Middle East. According to a source familiar with the matter, the final decision will be made by the end of the year or in early January.

Currently, Aston Martin manufactures its models in Gaydon, England but with 5000 units of the DBX tipped to be produced annually, a dedicated new factory will have to be constructed. When it does, it should generate up to 1,000 new jobs and will form a part of Aston’s ambitious future plans under the helm of chief executive Andy Palmer.

There are no details about the production-spec DBX, which is part of a 200 million pound investment, but it could be underpinned by the new architecture of the impending Aston Martin DB11.