Aston Martin DBX
GOODBYE
£158,000 OTR/£185,500 as tested/£1,899pcm
WHY IT’S HERE
It’s the car to save Aston Martin – is it good enough?
DRIVER
Adam Waddell
AFTER 11,000 MILES, IT’S TIME TO HAND BACK THE KEYS TO THE DBX. Its looks have drawn both praise and shrugs of shoulders in equal measure but personally I think it looks great prettier than a Bentayga less of a whiff of Championship footballer than a Urus and far less common than a Cayenne And while the new Range Rover might be a bit of a looker itself it makes no attempt to appear sporting in the way that the DBX does The DBX delivers on those sporting looks too With bhp mph in seconds and a top speed of mph it might not quite be the fastest super SUV available but it does manage to pull off the deeply impressive trick of handling like a GT car in spite of weighing in at tonnes You could fork out another for the recently announced version which boasts an extra bhp but the standard car has more than enough grunt in my opinion
The DBX has been a joy to live with It’s fun to drive particularly in Sport mode and perfectly practical as a luxury family car At mpg fuel economy has been slightly better than the manufacturer’s claim no doubt due to the number of miles I do with cruise control engaged in average speed check zones Reliability has been good too the only fault being that the wing mirrors have stopped folding back when the car is locked but that should be an easy fix
My only gripe is the lack of a touchscreen wireless phone charging and headup display All are available on a humble Ford Focus so why not here too? That all said the DBX is a car that bridges the gap between luxury SUV and sports car perhaps better than anything else and its rarity on British roads only adds to its appeal If you’ve yet to be seduced by the new Range Rover SVAutobiography V and the extra required isn’t a hurdle the DBX is definitely worth a look