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Aston Martin DBX vs Bentley Bentayga: which to lease?
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The Bentley Bentayga V8 S is in our own fleet; both Aston Martin DBX models are arranged through vetted partners. All three run on a three-month minimum term and all three are quoted on request. Choose the Aston for a sports car maker’s take on an SUV; choose the Bentley for the calmer, better-finished one, held and delivered by us.
What is each one trying to be?
The Aston Martin DBX is what happens when a sports car company builds an SUV and refuses to forget what it normally makes. Five seats, a V8, four-wheel drive and a nine-speed automatic, wrapped in a shape that is recognisably from the same studio as a DB12. The DBX707 is the harder version: the fastest five-seat car Aston Martin sells, with a wet-clutch gearbox and carbon-ceramic brakes as standard.
The Bentley Bentayga V8 S comes from the opposite instinct. Bentley started from a coachbuilt saloon and added ground clearance, so the priorities run in the order refinement, materials, then pace. Both are five-seat four-wheel-drive V8 SUVs. Neither feels remotely like the other from the driver's seat.
One is ours and one is sourced — what changes?
This pair is the clearest illustration on the site of a distinction we take seriously. The Bentayga V8 S is in our own fleet: we own it, we prepare it, we deliver it and we carry the risk on it. The agreement is a three-month minimum term, one month up front, then one a month, with 1,000 miles a month included, and the figure is ours to confirm the moment you ask.
Both DBX models are arranged through vetted partners, so on those we make no firm availability claim until the specific car is confirmed — that is not ours to make on somebody else's vehicle. The enquiry takes the same shape either way: you send the car, the dates and the delivery address, we come back with the figure and the terms in writing, and only then does anything get agreed. On the Bentley that is one conversation; on a DBX there is a partner in the middle of it. Nothing is taken through this website at any point, on either kind of car.
Does sourced mean slower, or more expensive?
Not inherently, and it is worth separating the two worries. Sourcing adds a confirmation step, not a queue — the work is a phone call and a written confirmation rather than a wait. What it does mean is that we cannot tell you the number before we have it, and a business that quotes you a figure for a car it has not confirmed is guessing with your plans.
It also means the sourced catalogue is where the breadth lives. The reason we can offer a DBX, a DBX707, a long-wheelbase Bentayga and a Rolls-Royce Cullinan alongside the cars we hold is precisely that arrangement. The fleet is what we can answer for instantly; the partner network is what makes the range worth browsing at all. Every car on the site is labelled as one or the other on its own page, so you always know which you are looking at.
DBX or DBX707?
The answer is not the one most people assume. The DBX707 is the faster, harder, more expensive car when new — and on our terms it is the easier of the two to lease. It holds a refundable £5,000 deposit against a £5,000 insurance excess, and its stated minimum age is twenty-eight. The standard DBX holds £7,500 against a £7,500 excess with a minimum age of thirty.
That inversion catches people out, and it exists because these figures follow the insurance profile of the specific vehicle rather than its performance or its list price. Both ask for a full licence held for at least five years and no more than six points, and both charge £2.50 a mile above the allowance. All of it is provisional while the insurance arrangement is finalised, and all of it is confirmed with you before anything is agreed.
What does the Bentley cost to hold?
The Bentayga V8 S holds a refundable £5,000 deposit against a card in the hirer's own name and carries a £5,000 insurance excess — the same pairing as the DBX707, and on the cars we own the two figures always match, so the deposit describes your maximum exposure on a covered claim. Mileage above the allowance is £2.50 a mile, identical to both Astons.
So on the parts of the cost stack that are published, the Bentley and the DBX707 are level and the standard DBX asks for more money to be held. The monthly figure is published on none of the three, so that is the one to ask for rather than assume — and on the Bentley it comes back without a partner having to confirm the car first. Its minimum age is thirty with five years of licence, the same as the standard DBX.
Which is the better car to live with for three months?
The Bentayga, if the measure is how little the car asks of you. It is quieter, the cabin is finished to a standard the Aston does not quite reach, and it is the more restful thing to sit in after a long day. It also has the more useful rear seat for adults.
The DBX earns its place a different way. It is rarer — you will see several Bentaygas in a week in most British cities and a DBX far less often — and it drives with more of a sports car's instincts, particularly in 707 form. If part of the reason you are leasing rather than buying is to spend three months with something you have not seen parked on your own street, that is a real argument, and it points at the Aston.
Certainty or rarity?
Take the Bentayga V8 S if you want certainty. It is ours, it is here, and the figure and the dates come out of one conversation rather than two. It is also the better car for passengers and the easier one to live with.
Take a DBX if rarity and character matter more than how quickly the answer arrives, and take the 707 specifically — it is the more interesting car, it holds less of your money and it accepts a younger driver. Send both names with your enquiry if you are undecided. We will quote the Aston properly rather than approximately, and you will be choosing between two real figures instead of two assumptions.
Common questions
Can I lease an Aston Martin DBX for three months?
Yes. Three months is the shortest agreement we write, on the sourced catalogue as well as our own fleet. Every monthly figure on the site is quoted on request; because the DBX is arranged through a partner, the specific car is confirmed first and then the figure and the terms come to you in writing.
Why is the DBX707 easier to qualify for than the standard DBX?
Because driver criteria follow the insurance profile of the specific vehicle rather than its price or its performance. The 707 is set at a minimum age of twenty-eight and holds a £5,000 deposit; the standard DBX is set at thirty and holds £7,500. Both figures are provisional and confirmed at enquiry.
Does a sourced car take longer to arrange?
It adds a confirmation step rather than a wait. Send the car, the dates and the delivery address, and we confirm the vehicle and come back with the figure and the terms. What we will not do is publish a price or promise availability for a car before that confirmation exists.
How many seats do these cars have?
Five each — the DBX, the DBX707 and the Bentayga V8 S are all five-seaters. If you need a seventh seat, the Audi SQ7 in our own fleet has one, and being ours it needs no partner to confirm it before we quote.
See the two agreements next to each other
What you put down, what you carry as insurance excess, what you pay over the allowance and the minimum driver age are set per car. This puts both sets in one table so you can see where they part company.
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Aston Martin DBX vs Bentley Bentayga: which to lease?
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