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The new DBX GT is a more comfortable take on Aston Martin’s V8 SuperSUV
But it’ll still hit like a DBX S, because it’s still got 717bhp
This is the new Aston Martin DBX GT. It is a big, powerful SUV that’s been designed to offer all the wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am thrills of the equally powerful DBX S, but in a more elegant, comfortable guise.
Makes sense that a 2.2-tonne SUV should focus on comfort rather than hardcore thrills, you might think, as good and thrilling as the DBX S is. And thus, Aston’s softened up both the visual aggression and suspension for its SuperSUV.
It’s the latter we’ll look into first. There’s a new calibration and valve system for the dampers which, according to Aston, “enhances ride compliance over poor surfaces” – plenty of those in Blighty, that’s for sure.
The new setup also prevents more rubbish entering the cabin, too (not literally – vibrations), while the spring rates have also been modified. Elsewhere the throttle has been recalibrated for more precision, the gearbox has been given a lesson in smoothness, and there are new transmission mounting bushes that come courtesy of the Valhalla.
But it’ll still hit like a DBX S, because it’s still got 717bhp
This is the new Aston Martin DBX GT. It is a big, powerful SUV that’s been designed to offer all the wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am thrills of the equally powerful DBX S, but in a more elegant, comfortable guise.
Makes sense that a 2.2-tonne SUV should focus on comfort rather than hardcore thrills, you might think, as good and thrilling as the DBX S is. And thus, Aston’s softened up both the visual aggression and suspension for its SuperSUV.
It’s the latter we’ll look into first. There’s a new calibration and valve system for the dampers which, according to Aston, “enhances ride compliance over poor surfaces” – plenty of those in Blighty, that’s for sure.
The new setup also prevents more rubbish entering the cabin, too (not literally – vibrations), while the spring rates have also been modified. Elsewhere the throttle has been recalibrated for more precision, the gearbox has been given a lesson in smoothness, and there are new transmission mounting bushes that come courtesy of the Valhalla.
