The 697bhp DBX707 is big, brash and financially friendly for astonmartin, but also comes with some deftness to its chassis -
To aid it around the lap the aero upgrades will come into play far more than they did on our Sardinian test route. Granted, a number of the aero tweaks to the body are to aid cooling, such as the front splitter that helps reduce drag while keeping lift neutral, and alongside the front winglets also cools the monstrous carbon brakes so they maintain their well-modulated feel and retardation performance – pretty impressive for a car so big when driven up and over a quick mountain pass.
With each passing mile the 707 impresses. As a purist you continue to look for flaws, of which there are some: it’s still a big car, no matter how tightly it wraps itself around you, and while it rides with exceptional quality at all speeds and feels precise and faithful through every twist and turn, your grey matter is always yelling at you that something that weighs two and quarter tons, is five metres long, nearly two metres wide and 1.
What is key to remember with a car such as the DBX707 is that it’s not designed to replace another model in the Aston Martin line-up; in the company’s eyes it’s an addition to a front-engined GT car from Gaydon. More importantly, it’s been designed, developed and sold to help fund the next generations of today’s iconic GT cars and tomorrow’s ambitious mid-engined models, which will all have plugs.
While there are customers willing to pay for them, manufacturers will continue to build more powerful, faster and less appropriate super-SUVs. Yet while the majority will continue to fall short on delivering on their performance promise, the DBX707 certainly doesn’t.With prices kicking off at £189,000 before options, most DBX707s are very likely to pop over the £200,000 mark with an option or two selected, although the standard specification is pretty extensive.
, a 631bhp flagship that’s proven to be the more agile and energetic car, but lacks some of the Aston’s languid GT-like qualities, not to mention a special-ness that permeates from its interior.
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