- 15,003
- 48,063 below average
- 62,500 great
- Los Angeles, CA
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- carsforsale.com
- 48,063 below average 15,003 gasoline black manual
This is a very special aston martin rapide s 2014. Garage kept, just did a1k wax and detail job to it waiting for its new owner. Moving to new york and do not need this anymore. Fully loaded: dvd, carbon fiber package for exterior (super expensive), brand newtop of the line pirelli tires, best paint, best interior, 007... It uses a 550-hp version of aston's 5. 9-liter v-12—a substantial 80-hp gain over the old rapide's 5. 9. Torque is a whopping 457 lb-ft, 14 lb-ft more than before. The output bump is due in part to dual variable valvetiming, larger throttle bodies, and flow-optimized combustion chambers. The extra horses punch the car to a claimedtop speed of 190 mph, 7 mph faster than before, and aston says 60 mph arrives from a stop in just 4. 7 seconds. And yet those numbers are easily bested by the porsche panamera turbo s and bentley continental flying spur, bothof which, like the maserati quattroporte, are better at transporting a pair of ordinary-sized people in the back.(the aston's fold-down rear perches, while appropriately posh, are two heavily bolstered sport seats bisected by animposing console and driveline tunnel. They're not suited to large people or long hauls.) and so, with a $202,775base price, the doubt sneaks in. The aluminum-chassis rapide is composed and incredibly agile, especially given its 4387 poundsand 117. 7-inch wheelbase. With a 48/52front-to-rear weight distribution, as well as an engine mounted 0. 7 inch lower than the old rapide, the s feelsremarkably balanced and planted. Aston was smart to keep the sheetmetal tweaks to a minimum. The taller, full-face grille is the most prominent cosmeticupdate; it adds a welcome but not overpowering dose of aggression. There's also a new, more substantial rearspoiler, a new carbon-fiber splitter, and optional 20-inch, 10-spoke wheels. The interior is a luxuriouslyappointed haven of hand-stitched hides, glass knobs, and a complete lack of artifice. If it looks like leather,it's leather; if it looks like carbon fiber, it's carbon fiber. Glass is glass, metal is metal, snozzberries aresnozzberries, and so on. The best cars aremore than the sum of their spec sheets.
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