Porsche Panamera Battles Aston Martin Rapide at the Ring
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AG4
"and the all-new Aston Martin Rapide, are developed to be strong competitors to the Mercedes CLS, the brand-new Volkswagen Passat CC and the future Audi A7"
The Passat CC might be a 4-door coupe, but its not in the same league as these more expensive high-performance cars.
August 22, 2008 11:10 am
Tuner_Mad
Aston ftw. By that I mean the Rapide over the panamera, not the whole range.
August 22, 2008 11:56 am
IpsesNipse
i just have to repeat. My god that porsche is ugly. The aston looks fantastic compared to the porsche. Thy really are trashing their image with that car. I dont think ive ever seen anything as ugly that can be taken seriously. Its devostating. Hope everybody who has anything to do with the design gets fired and shipped to siberia or some other horriblw place where they cant ruin anything else i will ever see. I used to love porsche but i just cant now with the panamera, esepcially now when i now you can make a good lookin 4 door coup?. Its heartcrushing and painful
August 22, 2008 12:00 pm
BENZian
I have to agree I like Porsche but the Panamera is singularly unattractive and looks bloated...I though the 4door coupes were supposed to be sleek & sexy ????
August 22, 2008 12:15 pm
great_supercars255
move over porsche, you've had your time, let aston have some glory for the first four door scince the 60's
August 22, 2008 12:18 pm
Bristol411S3
Not true. There was the Lagonda of the 70s-80s and also some four door versions of the Virage shape appear, albeit as after sale conversions so they didn't have to homologate them.
August 22, 2008 12:45 pm
NitrousOxide
Still, the CLS looks better than both.. Mercedes rules when it comes to sedans..
August 22, 2008 12:27 pm
IpsesNipse
I actually dont like the CLS. Rapide is the first 4 door coupe i like at all. Coupes shoult just have 2 doors and leave the 4door thingy to sedans. Aston should patent the 4 door coupe on basis that they are the only ones who can do it right.
August 22, 2008 1:09 pm
schrackensac
that front 3/4 view of the porsche looks like a buick century...a really expensive buick century. leave the "4 door coupes" (sedans) to audi.
August 22, 2008 1:26 pm
benz_man
The Aston is beautiful, no questions about it. However, when the camo is off, I think the Porsche will look great also (not in the traditional sense that the Aston is). However, I'd put my money on the Porsche around the 'Ring.
August 22, 2008 1:56 pm
odysseus
yuck! :o) this bulky porsche is disgusting... - on the other hand the aston is a masterpiece of cardesign!
August 22, 2008 2:51 pm
xenomorph
Is the rear end of the Porsche relly going to look the way it does in these spy photos. I just can't believe they would leave the rear end of the car in that deformed state. Apart from the rear end the Porsche looks ok, however the rear end ruins any good the front brings in my opinion. The Aston Martin is what I always thought a 4 door coupe was meant to be, sleek, sporty and sophisticated. The Porsche is just deformed and ugly; what a shame.
August 22, 2008 3:12 pm
xenomorph
Also, does anyone else feel that the Porsche looks more like an avant/estate, rather than a coupe/sedan? I think it looks more like a "wagon" than a coupe/sedan.
August 22, 2008 3:14 pm
carreralovr
Wow, the Pom is looking a lot better than the Kraut at this stage. Stunningly beautiful that Aston, simply a perfected work of art. That Panamera is looking rather ugly. One shouldn't judge from a spy shot but the body shape is that of a toad. Look at that rear end, yuck! Seems the same guy who designed the Cayenne designed this. I think he likes the ladies who carry a bit of extra weight...
August 22, 2008 3:47 pm
catchmyshadow
let?s face it the AM will never beat the panamera on any track. let?s wait and see till the camouflage comes off.
at least porsche created a whole new car whereas AM just produced a 4 door Vantage.
August 22, 2008 4:56 pm
loyo
I don't know about you, but in the only 3 photos where you can see both cars "battling" (?) on the Nurburgring, the Rapide is always ahead of the FUGLY Panamera hahaha... I wonder if it's just a coincidence?
August 22, 2008 5:47 pm
coopergt
so far the aston wins the beauty contest. we will have to wait and see, but the porsche is butt ugly like it is.
August 22, 2008 5:53 pm
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