Chris Harris Drives The New Aston Martin DBX 707

foreigner I don't like SUVs, but when a company like Aston Martin releases one with 707 horsepower I'm willing to give it a try, it's like being a restaurant reviewer saying you absolutely hate Japanese food and they're going to review a sushi restaurant everything about these types of cars I think it's unnecessary I don't like them they're too big they're too heavy you're too tall they look silly they present the wrong image to everyone else I mean, the list is that long, but they're immensely popular and people still buy them, but there are one or two that naturally pique my interest and this is one of them, the 707.

I don't know, it's the power, the idea of ​​an Aston Martin SUV with over 700 horsepower, even I'm very curious about what that means. I also know or knew some of the people who are involved in developing this and one of them has already left the company, but he is a talented guy. Matt Becker, the idea of ​​him being an athlete. A purist automotive chassis engineer making an SUV is fascinating, so what is it about? First of all, we have the standard four-liter twin-turbo Mercedes vehicle as standard, it is still an extraordinary engine and this time it has been boosted to the incredible power it provides.

This thing with a telltale motif Strength, it seems faster than an RS6 to me, maybe I'm going a little wrong, but it's about that kind of performance and this is a big vehicle, so when you put the pedal to the metal, there's something here There's some symposer nonsense going on, it's a bit fake noise and the exhaust noise isn't as musical as I would have hoped. It all seems a bit fake, but there is a lot of noise. I'm in Sport Plus. the members are on a circuit there are many engines Driving modes two comments about the powertrain apart from the fact that it really feels very very powerful this must be the fastest of all the SUVs it must be faster than the Euros maybe a Cayenne What nonsense GT, we'll deal with it.

I don't know, the motor calibration is a little off for me. I can't fix it. I've driven, I've done a few hundred miles now. and I want really quick, responsive gear changes and acceleration, and sometimes it's too much for me and then when I slow down it doesn't settle into traffic. I just don't feel like the engine is running all the way. For me, I think if I live with it it might bother me, but there's no doubt it's exciting. The chassis is quite remarkable to me. How do they make something so big, so responsive, so athletic.

This thing will even slide. We will try. in a minute that's part of the reason I'm here, obviously because the idea of ​​a drifting SUV is so ridiculous it's a real gimmick, the chassis is more of a gimmick than the engine and gearbox if you ask me with something else, it's a greater achievement and of course I'm on a circuit I'm on a small circuit where I always come out little by little, my favorite in a two-point SUV God knows what curve I shouldn't even consider going around, but I'm I'm about to go a little faster, there's that crazy noise at the back of the circuit, here we go, we just drive straight down the sidewalk towards an SUV, we don't even recognize them, it's a very powerful little bit of kit, very effective, get a un little bit of already a little bit of over to turn there at the exit of a very fast curve going to the chicaney little breaking the base I have already bragged enough several times without even thinking about fading they are not even thinking about Already the slide is fading, what came through with the big right hand here and then slides, that's total oversteer in an SUV, what's up with the fast one?

Yes, he is doing it there too, what does it look like from the outside of this place? It will be located in the video. I never really get to see what what I'm going to do will look like from here. I really have no idea that I'm in a huge SUV, other than the fact that I'm sitting very high, even the driving position is perfect for my feet. they are nice and they are right in front of me the seat grips me well if you have no problem with being tacky and all the other negative connotations that come with being close the color of this is present look at this, they present a pretty strong argument in terms of what humans can do with the laws of physics, that's ridiculous, we just transitioned and then came back out.

I need to take a minute to consider that this is crazy, so impressive that it isn't. I don't know, I just wish that was the case I wish Aston Martin had made a Panamera and not a Cayenne, that's what I wish, which piece of kit will be cheaper, ok yes I'm impressed. I don't want one, but I am. very impressed, very impressed, if you are on the road don't turn off the traction control because it will slide everywhere, it even turns, how does something so big and heavy turn in 15 in that short burst there overseas? We want your watch, so how do you make a dbx 707?

You take the usual AMG base 4-liter twin-turbo V8, add some roller bearing turbos, change the engine calibration, and you end up with 707 horsepower, which is ridiculous, 664 pound-feet of torque normally when there's an upgraded model. You expect 50-60 more horsepower, this is about 150 more horsepower than a normal DBX. It's an absolute monster. I guess Aston Martin needs to make some noise right now and what better way to boost sales of an SUV than to release one that just screams on the spec sheep I'm the fastest thing I've ever driven. I can't believe Iris is faster than this or the Cayenne with the funny rear end and the silly name obviously you have an even bigger mouth because all the cars have huge mouths nowadays but they come from the side and this one is a much bigger job than just an engine.

The front discs are now 420 millimeters. Get that again. 420 millimeter carbon. 390 ceramic on the back. It has a 23 inch tire which is my age. still finds it absolutely ridiculous, the tires on the rear have more than a 300 section, the whole thing is a monster, it weighs about 2.2 in a few tons and they say nothing to 60 in 3.1 seconds, what's the point? it is about? I mean, you've seen him slide. absolutely ridiculous and you can really transition around the chassis. The changes are interesting, so there are changes to the entire platform, basically it's the same basic dbx architecture, but now there are changes to the shock absorbers, there are changes to the springs, the differentials work differently.

All I can tell you is from behind. It actually feels fun in the wet. I wouldn't turn off the ESP at highway work for fear of shooting it into barriers. It's really quite lively. Come one way. There are two things to note here, one of which Aston does. some weird things that never get enough credit really if you look here there is no window rubber on the bottom here look at that and when you really focus on the fact that there is no window rubber when you have that glass unit directly to the body it see a bit It's strange but it looks cutting edge but on that strange three quarter tail light there's a bit of rubber so your eyes are drawn to it when it's not there it's kind of lovely but you wonder how much it cost .

I'm still fascinated by the tailgate hinge in terms of unnecessary expense. She's lovely, she's beautiful, but she must have cost a fortune. She has a gas shock absorber that works on a kind of cantilever. I mean, it's wonderfully complicated, you'd think. 2.2 tonnes on the ground wasn't difficult, but apparently it is, so this huge spoiler here actually produces some drop, sorry, it reduces lift and has a double diffuser, which must mean that Sebastian's Vettel would be more faster driving this than a normal one, if you wish. with your F1 you will get that very obtuse gag, it also has a huge boot that doesn't look like any other Aston Martin right?

It fits several sets of golf clubs and I like this, there's a button here that if it's a little high for You think you're very, very old and have too much money. It has a button here. Check this out to make it easier to load your bump in the trunk. Do you think it's pretty? No? I think the rear is quite compromised. and this ducktail thing over here has too much bulk, but the front of the dbx is surprisingly attractive because I think it copies the Porsche Macan, which is the most attractive of all the SUVs.

Well, for me there is a mix within the old dbx that I love. the steering wheel and I have to say the steering feel of the car is excellent, they have really worked on it, I can't think of an SUV that turns as well as this one, but the cabin, yes, the materials are magnificent, it looks original, but ergonomics are all over the place for me this center channel mess whatever you want to call it the old Mercedes interface really looks like old mounts you have to use this rotary thing here everything takes too long it's too complicated the screen you can also see here the light falling In bright sunlight on the screen it creates a really poor reflection.

I know it's all nitpicking because it looks weird and if you bought one your friends will think you're cool, but yeah, some kind of basic ergonomics are missing for me um front seats, although they've been improved, they're actually very good, the driving position is Excellent, this is a strange machine because it is a kind of driver-focused SUV, something I don't care for, but it has been done really quite well. I wouldn't want one at all, but for those who do want a very, very fast dumb truck, this is comfortably the best one I've driven overseas.