The Aston Martin DBX 707 might be the James Bond car of your dreams

People often ask me what the most expensive car I’ve ever driven is. Easy — that’s the Aston Martin DB5 Bond Continuation car. It’s $3.5 million of liquid Silver Birch perfection, smokescreen included. It was also the most stress-inducing car I’ve ever driven as I sat on the right-hand side, properly British, and squired it down narrow, bramble-lined English country lanes. Like the opening stunt sequence in any 007 flick, that drive was a nail-biter.

For something a bit less expensive, at a $230,000 starting price, might I suggest the Aston Martin DBX 707 instead? You’ll get a similar bang for your buck; it’s just a different sort of bang. That starts with the Mercedes AMG-sourced twin-turbo M177 V8 that somehow former Aston head Tobias Moers wrenched from Mercedes’ talons. With its 697 horsepower and, more interestingly, 644 lb-ft of torque that greets you fully at an enticing 2,600 rpm, the engine is a best-in-class Goliath.

Those horses also need to whoa too, and they do so with finesse and the help of 16.5-inch rotors up front and 15.4-inchers in the rear. The brakes are not so grabby that easing out of your driveway turns into a whiplash situation, but they engage high up on the pedal and offer a substantive feel. These are some of my favorite sports car brakes I’ve felt in a while.

The 23-inch Pirelli PIRC P Zero tires 285/35s up front and 315/30s in the rear connect all that British prowess to the asphalt. Usually, I’d say that’s a lot of rubber hitting the road, but unfortunately, on my press loaner, some hoon had gotten to the car first and burned out the tires. It’s too bad they weren’t swapped out before I received the car, or maybe it’s a good thing, so I couldn’t push it as hard as I might have.

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