2023 Aston Martin DBX707
Owner: Aston Martin Hosted by: Hackett
The DBX707 takes Aston Martin to the forefront of luxury performance SUVs with immense thrust – as befits the name, it produces a riotous 707PS from its 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8. This is enough to propel the DBX707 to a maximum speed of 193mph, although the 800Nm in-gear muscle is equally weighty in the finest traditions of the marque.
However, there’s much more to the DBX707 than simply straight-line performance – every element of the car’s chassis has been honed and developed to make the model handle as adeptly as it accelerates.
Aston Martin has recalibrated the dampers, fitted wider tracks fore and aft, and reprogrammed the stability programme for what the model’s engineers describe as an ever-greater freedom of expression. The final drive has been shortened, too, to provide greater in-gear punch.
The DBX707 has also been treated to an aesthetic makeover, with a wider front grille, new daytime running lights, larger brake cooling ducts and a menacing front splitter, plus there’s a new double-deck diffuser at the rear.
Power: 697bhp Top speed: 193mph 0-60mph: 3.1 seconds
JP Hackett
Since its establishment in 1983, Hackett has grown to sit at the forefront of traditionally inspired menswear, with a dedicated global following. Today, Hackett has over 150 stores in more than 30 countries, offering a perfect blend of evening formal wear and everyday separates. Opened in 2019, the flagship Savile Row store – in the former studio of designer Sir Hardy Amies – is a sumptuous four-storey townhouse dedicated to bespoke and made-to-measure tailoring.