I had a DB9 for 5 years and loved it. Great car. But I wanted to be able to have rear seats for small cargo and passengers on short trips. Have a 2011 Rapide now and love it more. Fantastic car. The steering is hydraulic and gives good driver feedback. The Aston V12 is a truly bullet proof engine. Very few issues. Ford designed the crank, crankcase and piston. Porsche designed the heads and intake manifold. Just brilliant. Aston only made 5000 Rapides so it is unique. However most of the parts are in common with the DB9 and therefore very serviceable. If you find Rapide in good condition you should buy it.
Love the white! I think Lobeck reviewed it a year ago and now it’s back forever sale? Mine is a 2015 S. The startup sound and the profile sends me into laughter every single time!
Nice review... Off the top of my head, the Porsche Panamera and BMW 8 series are probably the last of these large luxury 4-door coupes that you can buy brand new
It is tragic from my point of view... because this type of cars i like the most ... U have everything u need, sportiness, luxury, stylish, practicality. Rapide, a7,amg gt 4 door, 8 series gran coupe, sadly they all gonna go extinct because of SUV's demand...
Thanks for sharing something different. Start up sounds like an old fighter jet (spitfire etc). Cool. Not my cuppa tea, reliability mainly. If I was in the market, I would rather a Porsche Panamera. AIMO.
I had a DB9 for 5 years and loved it. Great car. But I wanted to be able to have rear seats for small cargo and passengers on short trips. Have a 2011 Rapide now and love it more. Fantastic car. The steering is hydraulic and gives good driver feedback. The Aston V12 is a truly bullet proof engine. Very few issues. Ford designed the crank, crankcase and piston. Porsche designed the heads and intake manifold. Just brilliant. Aston only made 5000 Rapides so it is unique. However most of the parts are in common with the DB9 and therefore very serviceable. If you find Rapide in good condition you should buy it.
Nice! Thanks for the owner experience :)
Love the white! I think Lobeck reviewed it a year ago and now it’s back forever sale? Mine is a 2015 S. The startup sound and the profile sends me into laughter every single time!
I knew I couldn’t be alone in thinking the same!
That start up sound is perfection 👌
Nice review... Off the top of my head, the Porsche Panamera and BMW 8 series are probably the last of these large luxury 4-door coupes that you can buy brand new
It is tragic from my point of view... because this type of cars i like the most ... U have everything u need, sportiness, luxury, stylish, practicality. Rapide, a7,amg gt 4 door, 8 series gran coupe, sadly they all gonna go extinct because of SUV's demand...
I forgot about Panamera:)
Thanks for sharing something different. Start up sounds like an old fighter jet (spitfire etc). Cool.
Not my cuppa tea, reliability mainly. If I was in the market, I would rather a Porsche Panamera. AIMO.
Reminds me I should get some sort of decent Panamera on the Channel soon, thanks for stopping by :)