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    Aston Martin Rapide: 470 HP Super Sedan Officially Hot

    Aston Martin Rapide Captured On Video At Nürburgring
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    Image of DonLuc DonLuc
    04/14/09

    In reply to Aston Martin Rapide: 470 HP Super Sedan Officially Hot
    Are the engine blocks still based of the Taurus' V6?
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    04/14/09

    @DonLuc: Probably. I guess it's basically that same engine debuted in the DB7.
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    04/14/09

    In reply to Aston Martin Rapide: 470 HP Super Sedan Officially Hot
    A little perturbed by the yard of front+rear overhang. I realize they have to keep the turning circle closed, but then why not employ 4-wheel steering like the new 7-series?
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    04/14/09

    @bmoreDLJ: It's not that big. At least is not a XJ or a Bentley.
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    04/14/09

    In reply to Aston Martin Rapide: 470 HP Super Sedan Officially Hot
    The Rapide and the Panamera remind me of the Judd sisters. The Rapide is obviously Ashley...
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    04/14/09

    In reply to Aston Martin Rapide: 470 HP Super Sedan Officially Hot
    It better come with the chess set and bottles.
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    04/14/09

    In reply to Aston Martin Rapide: 470 HP Super Sedan Officially Hot
    I love Aston Martins, but this car seems silly to me. Why 4 doors when you don't really have the advantage of 4 proper seats? But then, most Astons I see around never have more than 1, sometimes 2, persons in it... so the backdoors probably serve for shopping bags and little dogs. I'' take the Panamera over this anytime.
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    04/14/09

    In reply to Aston Martin Rapide: 470 HP Super Sedan Officially Hot
    Why is it on E46 M3 wheels?
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    Image of boofighter boofighter
    04/14/09

    In reply to Aston Martin Rapide: 470 HP Super Sedan Officially Hot
    how long until some sultan orders up a shooting brake version. that is the one that i want.
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    04/14/09

    @boofighter: how long until some sultan orders up a shooting brake version covered in gold-tinted chrome. that is the one that i want.


    There, fixed that for ya.

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    04/14/09

    In reply to Aston Martin Rapide: 470 HP Super Sedan Officially Hot
    For the middle-aged, upwardly mobile, Anglophile who realizes the impracticality of trying to get a baby in the back seat of his Mustang Coupe.


    Yes, I'm talking about the future me. As critical I am of Aston Martin keeping this under the Aston Martin brand instead of putting it under the Lagonda brand, I still would consider it.


    If I had the dollars.

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    04/14/09

    @Duke engineerd von Prandtl: in the 70's, the past me would've let the kid sit on my lap to steer so I could drink my beer.
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    04/14/09

    In reply to Aston Martin Rapide: 470 HP Super Sedan Officially Hot
    No, Mr. Bond I expect your legs to cramp uncomfortably on this long car ride!
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    04/14/09

    @Rayeth: nice.
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    04/14/09

    @Rayeth: Now that was funny.
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    04/14/09

    @Rayeth: I hope it has a Martini dispenser. :)


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    04/14/09

    In reply to Aston Martin Rapide: 470 HP Super Sedan Officially Hot
    m'eh....I can't take it seriously until it debuts on the Campionato Italian Superstars series
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    04/14/09

    In reply to Aston Martin Rapide: 470 HP Super Sedan Officially Hot
    Aston seriously needs a design refresh. They haven't made anything fresh in about 5 years, IMHO. They all look the sane, just like the 911/Panamera you so revile they (Aston Martin) NEVER CHANGE their designs.
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    04/14/09

    @Landau_Calrissian loves our President Camacho.: I see that you don't know your Astons. This current design language is only 6 years old, spanning only 4 cars, with one being a direct variant of the other.


    With the hideous One-77 and the Lagonda concept, I'm pretty sure the Rapide is the last itineration of this design.

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    04/14/09

    @Landau_Calrissian loves our President Camacho.: I'm with you on this one. I can see that AM has been changing and evolving slowly, but it still all has the same feel and family affiliations, much like the 911. It always struck me as odd that car aficionados could laud AM for their classic timeless design and in the next breath revile Porsche for not hiring designers when the old ones die off.
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    04/14/09

    @Landau_Calrissian loves our President Camacho.: Difference: Aston's designs are absolutely sexy, and the DB9 is a much slicker execution than the DB7 before it was. The 911 still looks like a Beetle upon which a remarkably fat person sat.
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    04/14/09

    @Landau_Calrissian loves our President Camacho.: I doubt Megan Fox has changed her looks much in the past 5 years.
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    04/14/09

    @Mobius_1: However, at the rate she's going, the "leather option" will be standard in about five years. And I'm not talking about an outfit.


    Nice, orange, glove-leather. Like an Audi.

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    04/14/09

    @Ash78: I'm sure we'd have found a suitable COTD Trophy replacement by then.
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    04/14/09

    @Пессимиппопотaмус Паркингтониус: Once more for the cheap seats:


    I said they have looked the same for 5 years. You said their "design language" (time to toss this insipid term also BTW) has been the same for 6. So we agree apparently.


    I thought it was cool when it was Bond's car circa whenever, needs a refresh as bad as the F-150 now.

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    04/14/09

    @everyone: Speaking ill of the Jalopnik patron saint??? Unthinkable!


    Speaking of which, we've really been slacking off on the COTD trophies recently. How can we drum up some excitement again? I have a feeling Mobius_1 is gonna have something coming to him later...

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    04/14/09

    @Landau_Calrissian loves our President Camacho.:


    The F-150 got a refresh this year, and as for Aston Martin, why mess with beauty? Would you honestly go tell Eva Mendes to get a nose job just because she has had the same nose all her life? No. Porsche design may be iconic, but it is by no means elegant or beautiful, and it simply did not translate well onto anything other than the 911/Boxster/Cayman.


    So why complain about Aston Martins, viewed by many as the beautiful cars in production today, and not nail Porsche for not only needing a new design language after forty years, but failing miserably in applying that design language to the rest of their lineup?

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    04/14/09

    @Leeeeena the Jalopchick: That's okay.


    When she starts crying from being heartbroken over all of these comments, I will be there to comfort her.

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    04/14/09

    @Landau_Calrissian loves our President Camacho.: I don't get your point. A car's model cycle is usually 5 to 10 years, with expensive cars having longer cycles. Why can't cars being built during that time look similar. Doesn't that make sense?
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    04/14/09

    @Gutpunch McRodbender, a strolling player's understudy: If you truly think the DB9 looks better than the DB7... Well, I guess we'll never fight over a girl, then.
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    04/14/09

    @skitter: It's cleaner, more muscular, less cartoonish, and more svelte. Half of which are qualities I look for in women, so, we'll see.
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    04/14/09

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    This makes me horny.
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    04/14/09

    @pauljones: That seems to be happening a lot around here today.
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    04/14/09

    @Duke engineerd von Prandtl: What can I say?


    This thing, combined with Megan Fox and three hot Korean booth professionals (three passengers seats + trunk), is every man's dream.

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    04/14/09

    @pauljones needs more Korean booth professionals: Wow, I would like that situation.
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    04/14/09

    In reply to Aston Martin Rapide: 470 HP Super Sedan Officially Hot
    I think I'd still rather have a CLS
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    04/14/09

    @weatherman: I think you think alone. I certainly think you are not thinking the same way I think and I think this thing is in my thinking better than the CLS which I think is nice but not as nice as I think the Rapide to be.
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    04/14/09

    In reply to Aston Martin Rapide: 470 HP Super Sedan Officially Hot
    ...we're assuming leg room in the back is less than stellar, which makes us wonder what the point of the whole thing is.There is absolutely no point. It's an Aston Martin. It is beautiful, fast and British. You don't need a point when your car is Bond's car of choice. Of course, you could buy a DB9, but those are just too plebeian. The DBS? You must be joking. Way too many vents and such. Alacantra? No Thanks. This car is for the more mature driver. The Johnnie Walker Blue Label drinker.
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    04/14/09

    @Lord Pferdestärke the 357th: All I see in your comment is:


    blah blah. Aston.. blah blah blah blah Blue Label.


    and I couldn't agree more.


    All that's missing is a proper pipe and some tobacco to fill it with and a snazzy jacket.


    Scotch, it isn't just for breakfast anymore.

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    04/14/09

    In reply to Aston Martin Rapide: 470 HP Super Sedan Officially Hot
    Looks like they shortened the coupe doors and only added a couple of inches in length to preserve the overall shape. I think I like Porsche's approach better.
    /dons flame-retardant suit.
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    04/14/09

    @SirNotAppearing: Drops incendiary bombs.
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    04/14/09

    @Пессимиппопотaмус Паркингтониус: Smells like victory.
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    04/14/09

    @FionaScrapple: Victory smells like chicken?
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    04/14/09

    @Bullitt417: Tastes like it, too
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