People often ask me what the most expensive car I’ve ever driven is. Easy — that’s the Aston Martin DB5 Bond Continuation car. It’s $3.5 million of liquid Silver Birch perfection, smokescreen included. It was also the most stress-inducing car I’ve ever driven as I sat on the right-hand side, properly British, and squired it down narrow, bramble-lined English country lanes. Like the opening stunt sequence in any 007 flick, that drive was a nail-biter.
For something a bit less expensive, at a $230,000 starting price, might I suggest the Aston Martin DBX 707 instead? You’ll get a similar bang for your buck; it’s just a different sort of bang. That starts with the Mercedes AMG-sourced twin-turbo M177 V8 that somehow former Aston head Tobias Moers wrenched from Mercedes’ talons. With its 697 horsepower and, more interestingly, 644 lb-ft of torque that greets you fully at an enticing 2,600 rpm, the engine is a best-in-class Goliath. Also on MarketWatch: Three investment themes for the next five yearsHow does the Aston Martin DBX 707 drive?
The Aston Martin DBX 707
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Not only will you impress your friends with the launch-control party trick that comes as close as possible to the instant-torque neck snap of a Tesla
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but you’ll also sound darn good doing it. Somehow the small collective who tune every bespoke engine note at Aston Martin has proven to be the reincarnation of Mozart. Music to my ears. For the extra juice you’re squeezing out of this engine, the body of the DBX needed some reinforcements. The grille gets 27% bigger — an emphatic yawn to inhale more air. This is now the largest grille on any Aston. You won’t usually find a big mouth on someone whose mantra is “Keep Calm and Carry On.” Here it works. The DBX also owns a new carbon diffuser in the rear, which protrudes so much that a truck owner might consider it a step for roof rack access — not recommended. But all those ponies need cooling and downforce, so there you have it.
The Aston Martin DBX 707
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