Aston Martin DBX707
Why 4.8: The best-driving of the trophy SUVs by the road tests, which its ownership data politely ignores. Bought as the Aston you can justify, driven as the Aston you never quite use.
Layout
Natural habitat
Ride comfort
Sound
The AMG-built 4.0 twin-turbo V8 runs Aston's own quad exhaust and barks harder than anything else of this size and weight. But turbos inside the vee, two and a half tonnes and full insulation cap what reaches you. The best of a weak category.
8-cylinder · turbocharged · 6,800 rpm redline · rated 6.3 / 10 for engine sound
Market value
Median asking price, good condition · €212k (2022) → €152k (2026), trending down · illustrative data
Child seats · ISOFIX
Both rear outboard seats take ISOFIX, i-Size or belted universal child seats.
Aston explicitly steers child seats to the back — the front passenger and rear-centre positions aren't approved despite the seat's own occupant-sensing system.
Aston Martin DBX707 official safety page (astonmartin.com)
The long version
The DBX707 gets used the way a fast SUV usually does — airport runs, school pickup, the occasional B-road detour that reminds the owner what they paid for — rather than the way the road tests suggest it could be used, which is a shame given how much chassis is underneath. Aston sold it partly as the entry point to the brand, and a fair share of buyers treat it exactly that way: a toe in the water before a DB or a Vantage, resale timed to whichever model catches their eye next. The badge does more daily work than the twin-turbo V8 gets credit for.