The new Aston Martin DBX 707 boasts a substantial boost in performance over the ordinary car, and we’ve driven a prototype...
In fact, the more you look at the 707, the more it’s clear that this is a comprehensive makeover not just for this high performance variant, but also the beginning of a substantial evolution of the DBX. For now, Aston Martin has to continue using the outdated Mercedes infotainment setup, but more importantly there’s a new rotary control switch for driver modes that’s far more intuitive to use than the old button system.
It’s not hard to spot a 707 either, where a much broader front grille provides an 80% improvement in airflow to the new cooling arrangement. The rest of the aero work, including a new rear diffuser, is about reducing drag - of which you can imagine the 707 has plenty of. Yes, all in, it’s a monster of a machine.What’s it like to drive? Well, so far we’ve only experienced it during a handful of laps around Aston Martin’s Silverstone Stowe circuit test track.
The development of the DBX 707 is a bold product strategy from Aston Martin, subtly leaving to one side the DBX’s gentler, more style-founded characteristics for something that goes wheel to wheel with indecently rapid, brash vehicles like the
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