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Automotive News Europe, January, 2006 by Kable, Greg
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Byline: Greg Kable AutoWeek
The Aston Martin Rapide concept is destined to join a strong lineup of three contemporary Aston coupes.
The four-door Rapide lays the foundation for the rejuvenated British carmaker to take on upmarket sedans such as the Maserati Quattroporte and the coming Porsche Panamera.
Though Aston Martin Chairman Ulrich Bez would be loath to admit it, he may have had the Panamera - and revenge - in mind when he conceived the Rapide.
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Bez, an engineer who rose to prominence at Porsche in the early 1990s, was the driving force behind the Panamera-like ...
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