RE: Aston Martin Rapide | Spotted
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E30KB said:
Nice car - If it were mine first thing I would do is remove the " Rapide" boot badge.
Btw why " Rapide" ?. Did they run out of imagination with names beginning with V ?. They could have gone for the Aston Martin Voluminous.
It’s because Aston Martin used a name from their Lagonda back-catalogue. The Lagonda Rapide is a rare 4-door from the 1960sBtw why " Rapide" ?. Did they run out of imagination with names beginning with V ?. They could have gone for the Aston Martin Voluminous.
Chubbyross said:
Turini said:
We like ours, our boys love it and it’s a joy to drive, proper GT and super comfortable. Earlier cars built for Aston were of a higher overall quality than when they brought production in house and we’ve had very few issues other than spending £3k with Aston Martin Works for all coils to be replaced which happened just out of warranty but if you can’t afford the bills don’t buy one.
I don’t think we”ll sell ours, intention is to store it and see what happens to values in the years to come. The boys can have it when they’re older for house deposit or to show their children what a 6lt V12 looks and more importantly sounds like…
Lovely to hear your feedback. Out of interest, when I’ve owned 911s in the past I used to set aside £2k per year for servicing and a general borkage fund. What does one need for an Aston like this?I don’t think we”ll sell ours, intention is to store it and see what happens to values in the years to come. The boys can have it when they’re older for house deposit or to show their children what a 6lt V12 looks and more importantly sounds like…
The Aston and the Ferrari only do about 3-4k year mileage unless we do a European trip. We’re taking the Aston to Paris for a weekend shortly as it will lope there and back with ease. Both of them pay for being used rather than sitting. The bills can add up but worth paying to be able to enjoy driving each of them. They all give you something different
ghibbett said:
Top man, we use ours for similar trips and there is a good deal of usable space inside seats up or down. The guys at the local tip smile when I turn up in ours and drop off the DIY waste. Bike rack next I think…Mechanically almost identical to a DB9, therefore speaking from experience running costs are not that huge. Routine servicing and consumables are no more than anything with an M or RS badge on it (I would imagine). Generally very reliable and I haven't had to anything beyond 'routine' on my DB9 in the last 5 years. Ofcourse its a V12 'supercar' so not cheap to run by any stretch of the imagination, but again not ruinous either. Can't believe how much these have lost in value, making them an absolute bargain to the used buyer.
E30KB said:
Nice car - If it were mine first thing I would do is remove the " Rapide" boot badge.
Btw why " Rapide" ?. Did they run out of imagination with names beginning with V ?. They could have gone for the Aston Martin Voluminous.
It was supposed, at one point, to be the relaunch point of the Lagonda badge, so they gave it a Lagonda name. Sadly I think it was the poor sales of the car, followed by the stillborn EV model that ended that idea. Which is a shame as Lagonda is a great badge and would have been ideal if AM could have broken into the more saloony end of the market. Btw why " Rapide" ?. Did they run out of imagination with names beginning with V ?. They could have gone for the Aston Martin Voluminous.
AlmondGreen said:
E30KB said:
Nice car - If it were mine first thing I would do is remove the " Rapide" boot badge.
Btw why " Rapide" ?. Did they run out of imagination with names beginning with V ?. They could have gone for the Aston Martin Voluminous.
It’s because Aston Martin used a name from their Lagonda back-catalogue. The Lagonda Rapide is a rare 4-door from the 1960sBtw why " Rapide" ?. Did they run out of imagination with names beginning with V ?. They could have gone for the Aston Martin Voluminous.
The front end of the first version looks so much better than the basking shark grill of the S. Although they added more than 100bhp, with the S, cannot imagine it really needed that huge grill, more to do with the newer family look.
If willing to take the risk then why no but would prefer this, with all the S upgrades plus the 2015 car upgrades too.
The obvious choice would be a Zagato shooting brake but they are silly expensive. Still, love the look of the Rapide & the visual trick of making a four door look like 2.
Interior in this S looks so good and the dark blue is pretty classy. Only 31k miles. Would just keep it to be the reasonably price GT with a decent boot and room for double jointed young people.
https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/15534694
If willing to take the risk then why no but would prefer this, with all the S upgrades plus the 2015 car upgrades too.
The obvious choice would be a Zagato shooting brake but they are silly expensive. Still, love the look of the Rapide & the visual trick of making a four door look like 2.
Interior in this S looks so good and the dark blue is pretty classy. Only 31k miles. Would just keep it to be the reasonably price GT with a decent boot and room for double jointed young people.
https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/15534694
Robertb said:
I’m interested in your comments too. Also, what’s the ride like?
The chassis is so rigidly strong it allows the suspension to work properly and gives a very good ride. It’s smooth, refined and compliant and deals with varied road surfaces extremely well. It really does sit in the grand tourer category by covering ground well with good handling and comfort. I regularly use it to travel from East Anglia to North Yorkshire and it eats up the miles on the A1 and then has fun on the fast sweeping and undulating Moors roadsI really like these, have monitored prices for a little while but the main thing thst puts me off isn't even the day-to-day running costs, it's the potential bork factor. A friend had a £10k bill last year for his V8V, I can only imagine a V12 Rapide has the potential to easy swallow a bill similar or greater.
But they are no doubt lovely things, however I've owned some cars in the past that while were fantastic things, borkage always worried me to the point I wouldn't enjoy the car, and I suspect a Rapide would quite happily sit firmly in that category, sadly.
But they are no doubt lovely things, however I've owned some cars in the past that while were fantastic things, borkage always worried me to the point I wouldn't enjoy the car, and I suspect a Rapide would quite happily sit firmly in that category, sadly.
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