Aston Martin DBX 707 on (and off) road review. Could this be the ultimate farmer's car?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 พ.ย. 2023
- The Aston Martin DBX 707 is the ultimate version of Aston's SUV with 707bhp and a top speed of 193mph. But how could it cope with life on the farm? Let's find out..
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Now this, to me, is one of the more tasteful looking high end SUVs from a traditional sports car manufacturer, and it's impressive to see that it can hold its own off road as well.
Yes as long as the off road is as flat as a golf course. LOL A great interior.
It is just amazing how capable performance cars are these days.
No overheating, no lack of comfort, can go 250 kph on the autobahn as well as just drive around doing errants and towing stuff.
It's people who are "amazed" by this sort of ode to excess who make this world a hell for millions of others.
It's amazing how naff it looks and how people spend this kind of money on a ford kuga with leather seats.
@@johnsmith1474Well said.
And yet totally fail as a fun driving machine on the roads like 99.5% of all new cars!
Amazing... will be worth 10% of its original purchase price in 10 years, and probably become a mechanical write-off shortly after that when something too expensive to be worth fixing breaks - then all those plastics etc will sit in landfills for the next fifty thousand years... amazing.
Great review as usual Harry. 100% of the controls on a touch screen is one of my Bete Noir's too. I drive lots of different cars regularly and once I had a car with the heating controls on the touch screen. It froze overnight to about minus 9 and the touch screen stopped working so I couldn't turn the heater on. After about 30 mins the ambient temp got up a bit and the touch screen started working again. The other, probably bigger, issue is that its inherently dangerous having to concentrate on the touch screen whilst driving.
I don't disagree that the giant all-in-one screens aren't a pain, but many cars have a workaround via voice control. Not something you'd want to learn in an unfamiliar car (especially at -9, either F or C), but it's better than no heat.
Of course SAAB introduced that wraparound lower door-edge design in the 70’s, and I’ve never understood why it was not immediately universally adopted. Brilliant!
Good point. In fairness, my 900i erased the lower door wrap around all by itself!
When it gets the refreshed cabin it'll go to the top of my wish list.
I’m hoping there’s a GMA T.50 roadtrip video on the horizon
We need this...as soon as possible, waiting for that almost 5years 🤪
I’m waiting to see Harry take it around the farm 😅
Great video, as always Mr. Metcalfe.
Here's hoping this depreciates enough within the next 10 years that one can purchase and run it without having to sell one's offspring. 😅
You might not need to sell him to buy it but to keep it running for another 2-3 years how knows. maybe it's maybelline ;)
I’m in the market for an off side spring for a Defender, what you got ?
My first thoughts before watching was how much of Harry's life is 'Real world'?!
I don't imagine many potential owners would take it off road or tow anything with it either
I drive my 707 off road. Hell I drove it to Ukraine from the UK.
I bought it because its a practical supercar
@@louKushh insurane is a thing bro, that's why gap insurance exist as well
We have sold one to a client who runs a horse stables and tows with it!
I’m happy that Harry did take it off-road though!
@@mental720s, yes of course you did.
Of all the Super suv's , this is the one ! The looks , chassis & handling , straight line performance ( 0-100 ~ 7 sec ) in a 2.3t car !! When the interior gets the DB12 interface update , its all over !.......9/10
For me it's the porusangue, v12 in a practical suv. It would be I teresting which one is faster around a tracker or the quatermile.
The looks eh?
A hugely enjoyable review as always. I've seen it all now; a DBX towing a horse box around Harry's farm. Very gratifying that it's so 'real world' useable too.
Love it. My brother and I were glued to this video, and only just finished talking about it. I think we're going to have a race to see who can buy a DBX first. Best, Nick
lol
Why would you buy this instead of a luxury coupe Aston Martin?
@@bartoszmiki6774You want to tell someone how to spend their own money?
Perfect for the wilds of Kensington and Chelsea.
That spec looks amazing. The rear shot while driving was beautiful.
If I were in the market - then I think it would be my choice. I think they're quite colour sensitive you need to choose wisely.
I was in the market but went with a 2010 polo instead.
Thanks Harry!! Appreciate all that you do for us, love the DBX and of course horsefloat!! A great accompliment.
Excellent video, it is the first one I have seen on your channel and I have already subscribed, I have a DBX 707 and for me it is the best of the exotic SUVs, greetings from La Jolla California.
Fresh ideas for videography. Thanks for the report.
Purosangue you can’t buy unless invited by Ferrari. Lot of competition now - Cayenne, Urus, Bentayga, Range Rover, Cullinan, Maserati, V8 Defender, G-Wagon. Matt Farah got one of these to 173mph on the Vegas strip.
I've seen a few of these. Two stand out: one had a wardrobe hanging out the back and another was towing a shabby looking trailer with logs.
Another great video😀
Such a same about the interior and tech internally, as the exterior is bang on.
7:06 Panerai Luminor alert. Harry not only has great taste in cars, but also watches. Bravo!
A Harry and Nico Leonard collab would be cool
I would love that Aston listen to Mr Harry's comments, so often no coment
Nice to see a car you really appreciate
Now is the time to buy - some fantastic pre-owned examples out their !
Great car. The only SUV that would tempt me out of a Range Rover and no hybrid nonsense! Well done Aston
Great review
I'm enjoying the use of 'real world' to describe towing horses with an Aston Martin 😂 Great video as ever though!
Harry is great but just a little out of touch.
It is real world for the kind of person that buys a £200,000 SUV.....probably.
@@horatiotimewaster5755 I mean "real world" in this context means - "what the average owner of this car might do" - and I think that's absolutely spot on, at least in the UK a lot of rich people have horses and they do tow them around, so "horse towing" is very high on the list of priorities when buying a car. I wouldn't call that as out of touch - just aimed at the target market of this car. It would be out of touch if Harry was saying how this car is great for going to asda to buy your weekly groceries.
It is the real world drive in the motorway during school breaks and you will see a lot of high end SUVs being used for towing. People in the country side actually are some biggest buyers of these fancy cars. Not just soccer moms and footballers.
My first car, a Saab 99 had that door design covering the sills....such a good design feature
What a fantastic first car.
Great review Harry. It's surprising isn't it that more manufacturers don't do the
"gaiters" over the lower part of the door to stop your legs getting muddy.... oh yes Land Rover do even on my MY2013 Freelander 2 ! Also Apple Play works via Bluetooth as well !
interesting way to use such a car!!!! Greetings from Lviv
If you need an SUV with trainers on this is a good one after all. Thanks Harry, Great video. Best Factual , TH-cam Automotive Awards 💙
Nice Ford Puma!
Harry seems impressed and so am. As usual a very good review of what seems like the best SUV out there. Better than the Germans (Bentayga included), some proper driving feel in the steering, and more practical than the Purosangue.
Pity about the laggy engine but you just can't have everything.
Cheers Harry
Totally agreed, I rather have a few more buttons then a touch screen, btw, great review👍🏼
All the dashboard tech will look very old school in 10 years - great video Harry
In two years
Great opening shot! Usually these are filmed going sideways with smoking tires...
Ford has the Dearborn track, Chrysler the Wixom proving grounds, the (Formerly) British car industry has Harry's Farm.
Hahahaha great comment
I’d love one of these one of the only modern cars i actually like
What a massively fun utility vehicle. Love it! Good fair review Harry & Charlie
I reckon they should do a DBXF 707. A farm edition. Matt paint work, lifted suspension no rear seats, roof rack, light guards, snorkel, spotlights, rally style mud flaps, then rag it around the farm. 👍👍
I guess the horse is still suffering from a little dizziness after the ride in the field😂😂
Made me laugh !!!!!
Neigh...
nice to see a fellow Romanian on the engine plaque
I like the Fezzsr more Harry 🚗……… great stuff 😊
I’m in the middle of a small European road trip, brand new one of these parked next to me outside our hotel in Reims, attracting quite the crowd, car spotters taking pics etc. when the owner went to start it the battery was totally dead, breakdown guy jump started it but it ended up being towed. Ironically I’m in a defender which I’ve never had any I issues with in 3 years of hard everyday use.
Odd, considering it probably also did many miles before Reims.
@@Spenny909 yeah, exactly what I thought (it was on uk plates) unless they left something on in it?
Those 13" rear tires look cool from behind.
Brilliant dynamic V8 SUV
Well that does it. The 1971 International Scout that has served us well on the old dairy farm is getting traded in. In my dreams...
It would be nice if they did a 707 "PoW" style, i.e. with the looks of the regular car and without the tacky bits...
So glad you captioned it, or I'd have guessed it was a Ford Kuga 🤣
That's going to be one car sick horse.
Sound Quality Harry. Biue Tooth has limited band width compared to a copper cable. (si from Bath)
RIP Harry's horse 🐴
Really interesting like the car
Harry can you do a video on the BMW X5M I drove one and was amazed on the power for value for money compaired to other fast suv's would be interesting cheers Marco
I like the front end and the name, 707. Please do the Lotus Eletre for comparison.
I’ve been in this actual car at Gaydon. I didn’t realise how expensive they were until I checked on Autotrader almost cost as much as my house! Beautiful looking SUV though would definitely be on my list if I had the cash.
I just keep looking at that F50 in the background lol
Harry's horses, still recovering from motion sickness...
I think the PRND button placement is classic Aston Martin. It's almost their signature at this point. I hope they remain there, personally.
Simply Beautiful
How was the horse?
Looks Good , What's it's 0-20mph ?
great video , , had the jaguar Fsvr for 3 month now, for the life of me I can't think why you would want to buy this car over the JAGUAR, mine sounds amazing drives great dont see much difference on inside but iam up 100k with the JAGUAR
This channel will reach 5 million subscribers
Weird question but what clothing brand is Harry wearing? That overshirt is beautiful
Why not! Let's go!
Harry, Beautiful SUV. Have you driven the Dodge Durango Hellcat?
Don’t really get it, but it wouldn’t be Sunday without Harry.
People like you should be speaking out
FYI Harry, carbon ceramics aren’t an option for the regular DBX, just the steels. Keep up the good work
Legend
Does the big plastic " box" behind the rear view mirror get in the way Harry?
It must have a lot of sensors and cameras inside it.
Also it must be in a handful of cars were the backseats patten and design is not a copy of the fronts.
Came here to find the answer. Looks horrendous doesn’t it?
The horse was impressed no doubt?!
Very interesting review Harry, one has to wonder does a car with this amount of power and torque really need nine gears? Does it have "Horse box mode" lol ?
The massive number of gears are mostly an attempt to reduce fuel consumption and therefore emissions - this is pretty much why we've seen automatics go from 4 to 6,7,8,9 and even 10 gears in the last 20 years.
@@Beer_Dad1975 Cheers! Yeah I get that but it must be negated slightly by such a massively powerful car! Top speed achievable in was it the highest three gears, bizarre.
@@antonoat Yup only so much efficiency to be gained with a guzzler for sure, but they have to try everything due to various penalty laws they face for not hitting targets. Often the case the top few gears are "overdrive" gears instead of in the old days where it was usually just the top gear (meaning the output RPM to the wheels exceeds the input speed from the engine) - my Lexus has an 8 speed box and I believe both 7 & 8 are overdrive.
Yes a Cayenne would also tow and offroad but this one is much more pretty and unique :) Getting tech from Mercedes was the right decision for Aston.
I want one!
I really really want Aston Martin to do well and this is clearly a very good car. I love that there are some extremely well thought out details and it certainly sounds like it is the best SUV on the market dynamically, but….with that outdated interior, I cannot conceive buying one of these over a Bentayga or top of the line Range Rover. The DB12 looks to be a big improvement on that front so hopefully those updates come to DBX soon.
Wow. What a car
That’s just amazing 😃👌
An Aston for the mud
I want this in an estate body style and with a bit less tacked-on carbon
I‘d rather choose an F-Pace SVR for half the money?! And way better interior and exterior styling imho!
SVR is an excellent choice for a fast, characterful SUV but ride might be too harsh for some, especially if used regularly as the family car. It's the excellent ride quality, together with the dynamics where the DBX really scores but at, admittedly, nearly 3x the price of the SVR..
Save this for April 1st, Harry.
No floor in the horse trailer! The Clydesdale was pushing!!!
Lovely car
Harry, I'd like to see the state of the horse once you've finished towing it.
If I was a multimillionaire who owns a farm, I would use my +£200,000 luxury SUV to tow trailers and horseboxes around the farm too. Look, I know it's a loaner vehicle that Harry will return to the dealer. But in the meantime that he has the car around, Harry is a true baller 💪
Curious about something. We all know that the petrol engine in the GT63s had more than the supposed 640hp that was stated. According to dynos, that car had at least 700hp. It wouldn't be too far from a possibility that Aston just ordered that engine, and said the true hp was 707hp, implying that they made the engine more powerful... even if they didn't.
Love to play spot the Daimler Benz badges on this car.
People confuse turbo lag with turbo boost threshold very often. Accelerating from 1500rpm and waiting for the turbos to spool doesn't mean the car is suffering from turbo lag. The turbos are just bigger and build boost later in the rev range. Different size turbos spool at different rpms and offer different power band, the moment the turbo starts to build boost is what is called threshold. Being in the boost threshold and then having delay in the performance is actual turbo lag. I didn't expect it from Harry who is a car guy not making a difference between the two.
I’ll take three. One Black, one White and one in Rainbow colours…. Do they do an electric version?
Get a Purosangue in Harry, along with a Urus, Levante, Bentayga, Cullinan and this DBX. Then race them across one of your fields towing a plough.
Interesting it does well offroad with low profile road tyres
A timely advert for a Lotus Eletre played at the end of this video. 😅
I've got doors that cover the sills on my 2018 Mazda cx5, and they come with decent door handles 😅😅👍👍
Imagine that with a big V8 diesel 😍 Would prefer to have same size wheels all-round on a 4x4 so swapping to even up wear possible. Cant think when I spotted one on the road, are they selling?
Now that would be quite something. DBX 707 has 2700kg tow capacity, which isn't too shabby but I suspect mpg might be horrific when towing..
@@harrysgarage Cayenne v8 diesel, 1100 mile trip around France 3 up inc crossing Paris 30mpg
Dream car 😎
All the sheep in California driving Urus.
This is a class above, faster, better handling and more comfort and more space.