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"One suspects it would have been easy to shape Aston Martin&amp;#039;s 4-door Rapide to look like an extruded DB9 or the automotive equivalent of, &amp;quot;Do I look fat in this dress?&amp;quot; It is neither, but a handsome and elegant transformation of the DB9 and Aston design heritage into a 4-door sports car. No, Rapide is not Aston&amp;#039;s answer to Porsche&amp;#039;s Panamera. The German car is a true 4-seater. The English machine is more a generous 2+2 with extra doors. Porsche made obvious design-to-packaging compromises that provided interior room, but cost the Panamera in the elegance department. Aston did the reverse. (Read More) Photos&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; Related posts:  Video: 2011 Aston Martin Rapide Quick Take: 2011 Aston Martin Rapide Aston Martin CEO to Auction Rapide to Support Japan Relief Effort  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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