THE X FACTOR TIMES 707

We drive the mental Super SUV, the Aston Martin DBX 707 in two very different countries; India and Japan

- SUNDEEP GAJJAR & KARAN SINGH BANSATTA

STAGE ONE - भारत INDIA

IT is said that necessity is the mother of invention. It is true as well for the most part. Air conditioners to tackle the heat. Heaters to tackle the cold. AI to tackle a lazy workforce. I digress. Can the same reasoning be applied to the birth of what people refer to as Super-SUVs nowadays? That depends on whether we needed this breed of cars. Regardless, you won’t see me complaining about it when it gives me a chance to drive something like the Aston Martin DBX 707.

What are Super SUVs though? And is it really a true class of cars? I mean one can just as easily call these abominations Practical Supercars. Or anything else with a better ring to it. I believe that cars like these are quite close to motorcycles like the Rocket or the Diavel. We have thrown a bunch of words together to define their class or category but in reality, we don’t know what they are and we love them for it.

Coming back to the Aston Martin DBX 707, I am on a pilgrimage of sorts. Travelling to different countries and trying my hands on all kinds of vehicles. All kinds. You’ll know. My time with Aston Martin DBX 707 has been sort of divided though. I drove it in India. And when I did not get enough of it, I drove it in Japan too. xBhp PowerTour 2023 is fun that way, isn’t it? Anyway, let us get back to the car itself.

THE ENGINE