It’s hard to imagine anyone who drives Aston Martin DBX and thinks “This SUV lacks power,” but don’t be naive here. At the Super-SUV echelon, the rights of seasoning as important – if not more – than the problem of practicality, and so the DBX707 comes to claim the crown “supercar of SUV”. The real question is whether, in the process, the focus of Aston Martin on performance has set a six-point SUV from practical daily use.
It might sound like a ridiculous criterion, but it doesn’t make a mistake: luxury SUVs like Bentayga, take care, cullinan, and others are not able to sacrifice their uses too much. When you buy DBX, not, say, V12 Vantage, there are some practical expectations there too. No, for example, shake teeth from your family’s mouth when you knock on 0-60 mph 3.1 seconds.
So, the strategies that apply to supercars – tune engines, tighten suspensions, generally change all of you up to 11 – Finessing requirements for SUV applications. In fact, while you might be tempted to dismiss DBX707 as the engine remap and body kit, the evolution becomes something worthy of $ 236,000 (plus a $ 3,086 destination of $ 3,086, and more like $ 290k for example Q Satin titanium gray you see here) Price tags far more than the number of parts.
Of course, yes, 5-liter V8 twin-turbo – is provided, because Aston Martin prefers not to think, by Mercedes-AMG – has been equipped with a larger turbocharger to help him easier. Calibration has been completely revised,” according to Andy Tokley, a senior vehicle engineering manager for DBX, so it lifts it “above and beyond other applications of this machine.” As a result, there are now 697 horsepower and 664 lb-ft of torque, both of which encourage DBX707 to the segment.
The peak torque arrived faster, with only 2,600 rpm. The result is not only that matches the 0-60 mph class in 3.1 seconds, but 0-100 mph in 7.4 seconds, and the highest speed tickles up to 193 mph.
However, somehow, the Feistier engine is actually not the main story, here. Instead, how the Aston Martin engineer focuses on the DBX package as a whole: provide more strength, of course, and cut the standard SUV time that is almost not slow to 60 mph more than one second, but without losing the view only what is the point in the first place.
Go out the transmission of the torque converter from the standard DBX, DBX707 get a 9-speed wet clutch version. It is up to 40% faster in its shift, Aston Martin said, and supports fan favorite features such as launch control. There is a shorter drive ratio to taste more overall sports.