Gilles Duqueine: “The secret is to get started! »

Gilles, see you aboard your Aston Martin DBX. An SUV is quite common. But the Aston Martin SUV, much less. Can you explain this choice to me?

I spend a lot of time on the road, my car is a bit like my office. So I look for vehicles that are comfortable, pleasant, and if possible powerful. I had Audi RS4s, Mercedes-AMG… The DBX meets all my criteria, but it’s especially the stroke of the pencil that I like. I find it less radical than other SUVs, with more personality than the German equivalents. On the other hand, under the hood, it's a Mercedes-AMG 8-liter twin-turbo V4.0. So it runs without any problem!

A block that sings. It sure sounds good for an office!

Yes, and I use it. I was the first customer to do the 100 kilometer, 000 kilometer service… This is my second DBX. It's always a pleasure on board. And then I'm getting old, so I admit I like comfort.

We are at the meeting of the Ain and the Rhône, a few kilometers from Lyon, where you are from. It was precisely in the City of Lights that everything began for you in the automobile industry, with the creation of Automobiles de Course Duqueine in 1982!

Yes, in Villeurbanne, with my brother Vincent. Well, it started a little earlier still. I remember the basement of my parents' house. My father was an electrician, he had a Citroën TUB. I started driving with that, with a three-speed gearbox. I could take turns on three wheels. It was great, with a low center of gravity, corrugated metal…

Not really a racing car after all!

No ! But in fact, I realize that it started even before. In my family, we weren't in the racing mood at all. At the time, there was no