Aston Martin Rapide

[EJ25RUN]

Pistonheads...

Ahead of its release early next year, Aston Martin has announced the pricing for the four-door Rapide. The base price will be £139,950 - nearly twice that of an 'entry-level' Porsche Panamera or Maserati Quattroporte.

Aston's chairman Ulrich Bez has been going to some lengths to distance the Rapide from its ostensible rivals, arguing that it has a different ethos and is not designed as a rival. The price may now offer a clue as to why.

But for that heavy chunk of change the Gaydon chaps will give you a handmade 6.0-litre V12 with 470bhp and 443 lb ft of torque. Only the flagship Turbo S version of the Panamera beats it, and even then only by 30bhp.


As standard the 1.9-tonne Rapide will also come with dual-cast brakes and Aston's Adaptive Damping System, along with a Bang & Olufsen stereo and heated memory seats.

The elegant Rapide will go on sale in around April/May of 2010, and Aston expects to build around 2000 of them in the first year. That is admirably ambitious, but it may run in to some trouble competing against a more powerful Panamera that's a full £40k cheaper even in full 'bells-and-whistles' form.

[G.C]

Balling.

[EJ25RUN]

Balling.

That word makes anything look low class imo.

[Nerdsrock22]

Look at that rich white family about to enjoy a lovely vacation.

I think Porsche should have taken a "How to Make a Proper 4 Door" class from the folks at Aston.

*EDIT* Thats a freaking leather cup holder. My mom gets pissed if I even get a glass close to the leather couch.

[Sol-Badguy]

Wow.

I think the reverse tach would really screw me up.

[SampaGuy]

Look at that rich white family about to enjoy a lovely vacation.

LOL

[lanning]

holy 4 door sessiness

[EJ25RUN]

Look at that rich white family about to enjoy a lovely vacation.

That's what i was thinking going through the pics. "Am i being sold a car or a lifestyle?"

[Nerdsrock22]

That's what i was thinking going through the pics. "Am i being sold a car or a lifestyle?"

For that very reason, I must cross this car off my list. Hear that Aston, your shallow advertising has cost you a customer.

[SampaGuy]

For that very reason, I must cross this car off my list. Hear that Aston, your shallow advertising has cost you a customer.

They are European, they didn't even think of that.

[EJ25RUN]

For that very reason, I must cross this car off my list. Hear that Aston, your shallow advertising has cost you a customer.

I disagree. Going on what PLV said, a lot of Europeans are like that.

For example, my roommates are all French but come from various parts of the country.

One lives on a skiing resort near Haute Savoie and the other in Cannes on the beach.

This is how many of them live. To add, when i think of an Aston, Americans are no where in the picture.

[yungdz]

looks alot better than the Panamera

[87 Turbo II]

Love it!!

[Elbow]

Looks 3943u42309853485783495y7349y3795y437 times better than the Porsche.

[05IONREDLINE]

EH... its ok.

[Fr33way]

For that very reason, I must cross this car off my list. Hear that Aston, your shallow advertising has cost you a customer.

Yeah, because it would make more sense parked in front of an apartment building. Aston is really missing out on your ifyoucould sale....

[atlrolla19]

EH... its ok.

coming from the guy that said my h1 was a waste of road space! I guess if its not a pontiac its not cool!

[Alan®]

That word makes anything look low class imo.

LOL.

Regardless of the price i'd still be torn between this and the Quattroporte.

[EJ25RUN]

Yeah, because it would make more sense parked in front of an apartment building. Aston is really missing out on your ifyoucould sale....

This is sooo on the money.

coming from the guy that said my h1 was a waste of road space! I guess if its not a pontiac its not cool!

No H1 dissing in my thread allowed!

[GSRteg®]

Just astonishing

[05IONREDLINE]

Atlrolla19: I'm not a fan of exotics or anything that is a behemoth (Ford Excursion, Hummers, etc...). Also, I drive a SATURN Ion Redline, not a Pontiac.

[EJ25RUN]

Atlrolla19: I'm not a fan of exotics or anything that is a behemoth (Ford Excursion, Hummers, etc...). Also, I drive a SATURN Ion Redline, not a Pontiac.

Not like its a better argument since neither brand exits.

[atlrolla19]

Atlrolla19: I'm not a fan of exotics or anything that is a behemoth (Ford Excursion, Hummers, etc...). Also, I drive a SATURN Ion Redline, not a Pontiac.

and thats better? saturn, pontiac whatever they both suck!

[chameleon30038]

so if i get one .....will i be rich , white and vacationing??

nice car though

4 doors ftw!

[sprix!]

Kicks the Panamera's ass in every way. Stunning and beautiful.

[VooDooXII]

I don't know why anyone would ever buy a Panamera when this hits the market.

Oh wait...price. But then...the Quattroporte.

I actually saw a Panamera on the road outside Lenox Mall the other day. The interior is incredible, but I'll never be able to get past the body. It just looks too bloated.

[Nerdsrock22]

Yeah, because it would make more sense parked in front of an apartment building. Aston is really missing out on your ifyoucould sale....

Maybe you didn't catch the irony there.

[Dr.G35]

Absolutely stunning. You really post up some beautiful automobiles EJ!!

[claybird]

of coarse its a treat car but it looks the same as the other but the interior and the lifting doors are awesome isnt the slight lift for curbs and stuff

[sano240]

so photo shopped dont go into the light

[EJ25RUN]

so photo shopped dont go into the light

All press photos for every car made in the last ten years have been.

[cpearson]

That is an awesome car.

[e30pwr]

somebody wants to compete with the quatroporte and new ferrari and new porsche 4 door sports whatever the hell

[VooDooXII]

Just astonishing

Hahhhh

somebody wants to compete with the quatroporte and new ferrari and new porsche 4 door sports whatever the hell

Ferrari has yet to make one...they abandoned the idea a while ago.


Unless you're a Sultan.