Watch Aston’s DBX S beat Bentley up the hill at Goodwood

Bentley sent its twin-turbo V8 Bentayga SUV up the Goodwood Festival of Speed’s hillclimb over the weekend. It managed a time of 55.8s, which it claimed as a new Goodwood record.

Aston saw that, and presumably said ‘hold my zero per cent beer’, because it decided to send its also-twin-turbo-V8 DBX S up the hill, recording a time of 53.12s.

Which means the DBX S is now the fastest internal combustion SUV at Goodwood.

“We’ve always loved a challenge,” runs Aston Martin’s Instagram comment. Ouchy.

Saying that, Bentley’s run was set in “partially wet conditions” by test driver and ‘Bentley specialist’ Andy Marson. And it’s still quick, taking a second off the time delivered by the old W12-engined Bentayga, itself set in dry conditions.

Indeed, Bentley said Marson saw a peak speed of 130mph before he slammed on the anchors just before Molecomb.

Which puts the DBX S’s accomplishments into some perspective. Not that you need any. The DBX S is the most powerful DBX ever built, with 717bhp and 663lb ft, able to blast from 0-62mph in 3.3s and on to a top speed of 193mph.

Want to see what all that feels like on board? Have a watch of Aston’s ‘hold my beer’ moment below.