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- 48,063 below average
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2014 aston martin rapide - los angeles, cafor sale by ownerlos angeles, ca 90006ph: 9044259541web: www. This is a very special aston martin rapide s 2014. Garage kept, just did a 1k 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 new top 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 valve timing, larger throttle bodies, and flow-optimized combustion chambers. The extra horses punch the car to a claimed top 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, both of 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 an imposing console and driveline tunnel. They're not suited to large people or long hauls.) and so, with a $202,775 base price, the doubt sneaks in. The aluminum-chassis rapide is composed and incredibly agile, especially given its 4387 pounds and 117. 7-inch wheelbase. With a 48/52 front-to-rear weight distribution, as well as an engine mounted 0. 7 inch lower than the old rapide, the s feels remarkably balanced and planted. Aston was smart to keep the sheetmetal tweaks to a minimum. The taller, full-face grille is the most prominent cosmetic update; it adds a welcome but not overpowering dose of aggression. There's also a new, more substantial rear spoiler, a new carbon-fiber splitter, and optional 20-inch, 10-spoke wheels. The interior is a luxuriously appointed 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 are snozzberries, and so on. The best cars are more than the sum of their spec sheets.
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