First Drive: 2015 Aston Martin Rapide S - Driving
MIRABEL, QUEBEC — By simultaneously employing the steering wheel column-mounted shift paddles and arresting carbon fibre brakes, the new Aston Martin I am piloting at Quebec’s iCar race track instantly drops two gears from fourth to second and... Instead, I’m enjoying typically terrific Aston Martin driving dynamics in a luxurious four-door sedan — a. k. a. the Aston Martin Rapide S. It’s easy to understand if you have forgotten about Aston Martin’s 2+2 sedan. Better known for its two-seat and 2+2 coupes, the sexy Aston Martin Rapide can easily get lost in a luxury car buyer’s memory banks. But after a morning sampling the Rapide S (and its smaller Vantage and Vanquish brethren) the driving sacrifices are minor if you want to take three extra passengers along with you in ballsy Aston Martin style. If you have to ask, Aston Martin says the Rapide S gets a combined city/highway fuel economy estimate of 12. 9 L/100 kilometres, a figure I gleefully did not achieve banging around the iCar circuit. Source: driving.ca
