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    Salvation?

    Sep 14, 2020 5 minutes
    By: Mike Duff

    Price: R3 899 000 Engine: 4,0-litre, V8, twinturbo-petrol Transmission: 9-speed automatic Power: 405 kW @ 6 500 r/min Torque: 700 N.m @ 2 200-5 000 r/min 0-100 km/h: 4,5 seconds* Top speed: 291 km/h* Fuel consumption: 14,3 L/100 km* CO2 : 269 g/km Rivals: Bentley Bentayga; Lamborghini Urus

    + drives as well as it looks

    - less refined than some luxury SUVs

    No great sports movie is complete without a last-ditch victory; the one that comes as hope is fading and viewers are steeled for noble defeat rather than redemptive triumph. Then the longed-for goal, point, try or run arrives in the nick of time, victory is snatched from the jaws of defeat and the audience has tears in its eyes. But does the new DBX represent final gasp salvation for Aston Martin, or is this going to be another in a long series of missed opportunities?

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