 | | | | The Flawed Beauty of Aston's Rapide: Not Perfect, But Oh, That Engine! | | | | The Rapide is beautiful to these eyes, even if it doesn't universally make people who encounter it bite the back of their hand. There's that superb V-12 up front to rival John Williams' compositions, and then there is handling that begs for twisty canyons. But sales of the big four-door are laughable, the rear seats are made for children (or adults without legs, torsos, or heads) and the Rapide sucks down fuel like Godzilla munching helpless townsfolk. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
