The wicked Aston Martin DBX707 and Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT battle for super-SUV supremacy!
. Each of those bulls will rage soon, but neither launched in time for our showdown. As such, this test is a regular old two-way affair. Well, regular is a silly word when talking about beasts such as these. Wetalking a combined 1,328 horsepower. Let's forget for just a moment the obvious question—who on earthStacking 'Em Up
But what about performance? Almost a dead heat, until it isn't. The Cayenne Turbo GT is just quicker than the DBX707. The Porsche hits 60 mph in 3.0 seconds; the Aston does so in 3.1. The Porsche runs the quarter mile in 11.3 seconds at 121.0 mph where the Aston needs 11.4, but the latter is traveling a slightly faster 121.6 mph. Everything else being equal, more horsepower equals a higher trap speed.
To further contextualize the figure-eight performance, the Urus put up a 23.5-second time, the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing 23.4 seconds. The Porsche is an animal. So that's it, right? The Cayenne Turbo GT dusts not only the Aston Martin but every other SUV ever made, end of story? Unlike these two monster SUVs, not so fast. First of all, we gotta talk money. Replicating this Porsche will cost you $197,010.
As smitten as we were with the Aston's engine, the ZF eight-speed transmission in the Porsche beats the Mercedes-sourced nine-speed unit in the Aston Martin. Says Brady of the Aston,"This transmission's shift logic is not as sophisticated as the Porsche's when driving quickly; it was downshifting unnecessarily and upshifting too early." That's obviously when left in full auto.