12/06/2026
Ferrari finally built an SUV. Aston Martin built the world's most powerful one. Neither is sorry about it.
For decades, both Ferrari and Aston Martin resisted the SUV segment entirely — too compromised, too practical, too far from their DNA. Then the market made the argument impossible to ignore, and both Maranello and Gaydon responded in the only way their reputations allowed: by building the most extreme versions of the thing they swore they'd never make.
The Ferrari Purosangue is the most controversial Ferrari ever produced, and possibly the most technically remarkable. Purosangue means thoroughbred in Italian — Ferrari's way of telling the world this is not a concession, it's a statement. The engine tells you everything: a 6.5L naturally aspirated V12, mounted behind the front axle in a front-mid engine layout, producing 725 HP without a single turbocharger. In an era where every performance car reaches for forced induction, Ferrari went the other direction entirely. The result is an SUV that revs to 8,250 RPM, sounds like a 812 Superfast wearing a taller body, and covers 0-100 in 3.3 seconds. It also has genuinely rear-hinged back doors and four full seats. Ferrari didn't compromise — they over-engineered a solution and charged accordingly.
The Aston Martin DBX707 plays the game differently, and wins on raw numbers. Its name is the power figure: 707 PS from a Mercedes-AMG sourced 4.0L twin-turbo V8, producing 900 Nm of torque through a 9-speed wet-clutch transmission. That torque advantage is decisive — at 3.1 seconds to 100 km/h, the DBX707 is quicker than the Purosangue despite weighing over 200 kg more. It currently holds the record as the world's fastest SUV around the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Aston Martin didn't just enter the segment — they arrived at the top of the podium on day one.
Same top speed. Completely different philosophies. One worships mechanical purity; the other prioritises outright performance. One sings through twelve cylinders; the other overwhelms through brute torque.
Both cost well over $200,000. Both will be the fastest vehicle in any car park they enter.
V12 natural aspiration or twin-turbo V8 dominance — which super-SUV earns your respect? 👇