The cheap-to-buy Rapide has been with us for a while - but at £30k it's getting harder and harder to resist...
Are you planning to see the new Ferrari movie? You should. Sure, the early word from the award circuit suggests it’s not that good, but on the basis of its constituent parts, it surely can’t be that bad either. Consider: it has Michael Mann at the helm, the man who directedand who is among the style-Gods of modern filmmaking. And it has Adam Driver in full-on glower mode sporting a silly accent.
Why mention it here? Well, because there’s a fair chance that the most rewarding thing about Ferrari will be the way it looks and sounds. Now, there’s certainly more to the Aston Martin Rapide than the way it looks and sounds - but do you really need to be presented with more evidence in its favour? Maybe when the car was brand new and cost a fortune. But surely not when it’s up for £30k. .
Okay, yes there’s a good reason for that. Despite being very much its raison d’être, the rear quarters of the Rapide are not what you’d call capacious. This was a problem for powerfully built company directors who were minded to let someone else do the driving a decade ago, but it feels like less of a concern now when you’re not far north of Hyundai i20N money. Certainly, anyone who fits in the back of a supermini will find no reason to complain in the Aston.
And save for running costs and the amount of dough you’ll need to fix any issues there will be little reason for you, the plucky owner, to complain either. Even in its earlier lower-powered format, the Rapide offers a handsome driving experience. Not only are you getting 5.9-litres of V12 finery for virtually no money, you’re also getting a to-die-for four-door car underpinned by the bonded-aluminium DB9 chassis.
Far from it, in fact. Some commentators confessed to preferring the more languid approach of the larger car - and even if you prefer your Aston badge to come with a little more verve, you can always pull over and simply stare at the thing from a distance.
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