Rapide- hopeless packaging
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Exactly my point . Of couse the Rapide is fantastic looking - -because it's a DB9 stretched .There is nothing inevitable about there not being much room in the back as the |Grandturismo proves - they just missed a massive market in my view- snatched defeat from the jaws of victory . Had they got even another 3 inches in to the rear floor area I , and I suspect many others would buy one like a shot.
On the oft repeated comment that I should be in the front seat anyway if I was a 'real ' Aston enthusiast - duh -I dont have to sit in the front seat to be happy with the Rapide - I just stay sat in the front seat of a DB9
On the oft repeated comment that I should be in the front seat anyway if I was a 'real ' Aston enthusiast - duh -I dont have to sit in the front seat to be happy with the Rapide - I just stay sat in the front seat of a DB9
AKA8 said:
I hesitate to suggest this - at the risk of being banned from the forum -but as press stories suggest even Aston bosses were not satisfied with the room in the back during development - why don't they get the team that packaged the IQ ( half the size same accommodation ) to have a look at the next edition !!!
I don't think that the OP's gripe is unusual, I'm surprised that quite a few cars aren't packaged more efficiently.
I have no experience at all with Rapides but have found Flying spuds, Panameras, S8's and all the other quick german luxo barges (and to a lesser extent 612, CL, maybe Granturismo) to be more than capable of transporting four 6'+ people and swallowing massive amounts of luggage. Surely it's bad for Aston if they don't offer enough space relative to their rivals. The same goes for the Range Rooney sport; massive car but with terrible interior space for its size.
Is it simply that the Rapide is more driver focussed than any of them? I can't remember reading anything which says that it's so far ahead of the others on driver appeal that it can compromise on passenger space (not to say that reviews of this nature don't exist, I just haven't read any).
I don't think that the OP's gripe is unusual, I'm surprised that quite a few cars aren't packaged more efficiently.
I have no experience at all with Rapides but have found Flying spuds, Panameras, S8's and all the other quick german luxo barges (and to a lesser extent 612, CL, maybe Granturismo) to be more than capable of transporting four 6'+ people and swallowing massive amounts of luggage. Surely it's bad for Aston if they don't offer enough space relative to their rivals. The same goes for the Range Rooney sport; massive car but with terrible interior space for its size.
Is it simply that the Rapide is more driver focussed than any of them? I can't remember reading anything which says that it's so far ahead of the others on driver appeal that it can compromise on passenger space (not to say that reviews of this nature don't exist, I just haven't read any).
hartley said:
To save AKA8 having his membership revoked I should own up that the comments re the IQ/Cygnet above although attributed to him are from me
If you can get 2x 6 footers in the front AND the back of an iQ, you definitely need to be joining Billy Smart's Circus!Moreover, even if you could, would you really want to be seen all getting out of one?
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