As we’ve touched on here in the past, the Aston Martin DBX has been a bit of a saviour for the folks at Aston Martin. The model has transformed Aston’s sales charts, at certain points outselling the rest of the British marque’s line-up combined.
It makes sense therefore for AM to take a wrench to the DBX and make it even quicker. This has been in the stars for years now, with spy shots of DBXs testing at the Nurburgring Nordschleife adding more fuel to the rumour mill fire.
Now, here it is. Overnight Aston Martin revealed the DBX707, its new flagship variant for the model featuring more power, some chassis tweaks, a new-look exterior, and more. This will likely be the last pure internal combustion engine hurrah for the nameplate.
Starting with the heart of the beast, the DBX707 takes the standard Mercedes-AMG-sourced twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8 and gives it a new tune to up power and torque by 115kW and 200Nm, to a staggering 520kW/900Nm.
This makes the DBX707 one of the most powerful SUVs in the world according to Aston, placing it well above the likes of the 478kW Lamborghini Urus and just short of the 527kW Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk.
A new nine-speed wet-clutch transmission helps the model cope with that extra grunt, as does a beefed up limited-slip differential and recalibrated all-wheel drive system. Aston says the DBX707 can sprint to 100km/h in just 3.2 seconds, on its way to a vmax of 310km/h.
Bigger 420mm/390mm stoppers, adaptive triple-chamer air suspension with new damper valving and springs, and adjusted steering mean the DBX707 most likely feels a little different behind the wheel than the standard model, too.
All of this comes wrapped in a racier exterior, punctuated by 22-inch wheels (forged 23-inch monsters are optional), a larger grille with thicker horizontal slats and gaping vents on either side, a big splitter, a protruding rear diffuser, quad exhaust pipes, and a big rear wing.
The cabin hasn’t escaped changes, either. It gets soft-closing doors, a redesigned dashboard layout with new switchgear in places, an active exhaust switch, more serious looking bucket seats, and more.
While local pricing has yet to be confirmed, the DBX707’s American sticker price of US$232,00 hints that it’s likely to be priced above the aforementioned Urus, but beneath the Bentley Bentayga Speed. Expect to see it land here in either the Q4 of 2022 or in early 2023.
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