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The Panamera makes any car look good.]]>Jan 17th 2008 5:00PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/
Here are some photos.

http://www.sybarites.org/2006/06/09/aston-martin-rapide-test-drived/
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the Aston Coupes have such a gracing look that this sedan just doen't cut it as an Aston even though it does look nice, just not Aston nice - maybe Jaguar]]>Jan 17th 2008 4:49PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/Jan 17th 2008 4:54PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/Jan 17th 2008 4:54PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/Jan 17th 2008 4:56PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/
But that looks mighty nice. Thumbs up. Two of them. Maybe 4.]]>Jan 17th 2008 4:56PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/Jan 17th 2008 6:30PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/I didn't say I couldn't pronounce it. I said I didn't like it. Anyone can add an "e" to the end of a word and make a new one. I think the name could be more creative, but whatever.]]>Jan 17th 2008 7:35PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/Jan 17th 2008 9:42PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/Jan 17th 2008 5:06PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/
I would assume its pronounced rah-peed.]]>Jan 17th 2008 5:17PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/Jan 17th 2008 6:05PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/
I have no idea what the naysayers here are even talking about. This four-door looks every inch of an Aston Martin. Jaguar has NOTHING on this, and I tend to like jags, too.

S-type was a bit retro, the XJ sedan is traditional. This car is sex on four wheels.

This certainly is nowhere near the same ballpark as conspicuous as a crass stretched hummer limo.

Maserati is going to have to play catch up, Maybach is a bit different, and more about being driven around than actually driving it around, although people likely do drive their own Maybachs... And Porsche, as much as it pains me to say, looks like it might have missed the boat entirely on the Panamera, if the mules bear any resemblance to the production version.

And Paname---ra, is missing a syllable. It is supposed to be Panamericana, or Panamerica, after a long-tradition mexican endurance race, La Carrera Panamericana. They didn't butcher the Carrera, Cayman, Cayenne, I don't know why they butchered Panamericana, rather than simply choosing a different C-name that is easier to say.

Rapide is a better name than Panamera, anyway, and is almost sure to be a more sublime car, especially if it is treated to some of the niceties of the DBS development.

I wonder with Aston's entries in to all the GT racing series classes, if the Rapide will join touring car racing, like other 4-doors... that would be sweet. :D]]>Jan 17th 2008 6:07PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/Jan 17th 2008 6:20PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/Jan 18th 2008 8:16AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/Jan 17th 2008 6:21PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/17/spy-shots-aston-martin-rapide-in-the-round/Jan 17th 2008 7:11PM