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Driven: 2011 Aston Martin Rapide
Winding Road o ceni Rapida je napisal/-a:And, yes, it is grossly overpriced at an outlet-sounding starburst figure of “just $199,950!” (really $201,300 after tipping various tax people—more than twice the pre-option list price of a Porsche Panamera 4S).
Thankfully, it is grossly just as satisfying to drive all day until the 23.9-gallon tank goes bone dry. Twice.
Winding Road o prostornosti Rapida je napisal/-a:The Rapide surprisingly, however, thanks a lot to three inches of added headroom over a DB9, though not exactly easy, can fit two healthy adults of six-feet in height back there without any problems, and drive like that for medium-long trips. You’re socked in pretty snugly, but it does feel good. Over six feet, or a keen sufferer of clinical claustrophobia? You’re on your own to decide. Getting in and out in the back seats is awkward, albeit doable. Just duck your head well getting in and bring up your knees equally well getting out. Such are the prices we pay for living with the sexiest execution of this swoopy sedan style yet attempted.
Winding Road o preglednosti Rapida je napisal/-a:One other immediate criticism of the Rapide (and then we’ll get to the whys of loving the thing so much, we promise) is inarguably minimalized visibility fore, middle, and aft. Design director in Gaydon, Marek Reichman, has led in creating the sleekest member in this far-upper segment partly by having an overall height that is 2.3 inches lower, at 53.5 inches, than the next rival, the Panamera Turbo. The A-pillar is very thick, while the sun visors need to be tiny, and consequently give tiny help in blocking sun, with no help at all through the side windows. The B-pillar is very thick, and so looking over the left shoulder helps little. Then the rearmost upper creates one of the all-time great blind spots. Unhappily there are no standard onboard cameras to help out (they are offered exclusively as Works Service bespoke options). A final area where Aston has fallen a bit short, too, is by continuing in Rapide to use one of the very worst onboard sat-nav systems, borrowed from Volvo.
Winding Road o voznih lastnostih je napisal/-a:Because the car drives brilliantly, that’s why. It moves like a sports car with only two seats and two doors. The new ZF six-speed Touchtronic 2 sequential automatic mounted on the rear axle and with steering wheel paddles, once you’re simply in go-forward and damn-the-torpedoes mode, is brilliant with the Sport button poked on. (No manual six-speed is to be offered with the Rapide.) This is the Aston with the tightest steering ratio so far, at 15:1, to somewhat account for the longer wheelbase, and it results in a large car driving and reacting like a smaller car. Actually like a DB9 only better, since additional work has been done on tempering occasionally rude kickbacks we’ve felt on the DB9 through the steering column during weight shifts and drives over undulating surfaces.
Winding Road driven: 2011 Aston Martin RapideThere are only three sports: bull fighting, car racing and mountain climbing. The rest are mere games! - Ernest Hemingway
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