"You're buying a $200,000 sedan, cause' it's Pimpin!" Right on the money Matt. Really like your reviews.Share your opinion more often than not.

LOL I was looking up stats on the internet when I heard this guy at 3:45 going "if your 14 and looking up stats on the internet" Plus I'm 14

"i give it a 10 on the double date meter" lmao thats the truth!!! haha

Another informative and funny review. Increadible you guys keep doing what you do without a budget. A BIG thumbs up.

the joy of my "friday" at work, watching smoking tire while waiting to get out of work ... great videos matt and crew glad to see that "other" youtube series didnt steal you away

Great show Matt. Thanks.

@shagy2k5 we're no longer making videos every week. We've been stagnant in our quality for a while, and we've set goals to really improve our show to the next level. In order to do that, we can't be locked into making a video every week just so we have a video every week. Our goal is now to only make videos that we ourselves would like to watch, and to really take the time to do them right.

@Kraziiboi the G37 was a 4-door car first. it went the other way around.

@bottomlayer It's evolved since the "double duratec" days, but it was actually from the Mondeo/Contour, not the Taurus.

@MisterWictor never. it's just the plastic piece underneath the car that scrapes, and it's flexible. the bumper itself is fine.

You Sir got a new subscriber right there, so happy i've found your channel. 'Bretty good work

Loved the golf cart race!

that noise is just heaven. it has become a signature of aston martin. i hate it when ppl say it's too noisy or whatever, but it's an Aston thats whats it about. showing it off and letting people know about it. great review and thanks for emphasizing on that beautiful noise.

Overall editing is improving! Great job guys

Hey there Matt! Awesome videos coming from here in the UK! I have sat in the Rapide once and it was fabulous in there, at the end of the day, which car would you take home to use every day - Panamera or Rapide?

awesome vid!

@jmblur thanks. my short game is shit, I'm great with my irons though. But I'm not the kinda guy that's going to blame missed putts on the club :)

@nicks1258 steering feel was a problem with my stock corvette. Credit the leaf springs and oversized steering wheel for that. Now, with my coilovers and smaller Sparco wheel in my Corvette, steering is much more direct and feel was vastly improved.

Spot on….I’m a very likely buyer of one of these beauties and it has NOTHING to do with lap times, 0-60 times or even top speed, it’s all about the rarity, the style and the sound…very good review 👍

@Bradley0612 the car was on dealer plates, which only requires the rear.

Host review: Terrible facial hair.

@bkblitzed of course. but I can't exactly just walk into their production offices and say "Hello. I'm your new host." I'd get dragged out in 30 seconds. Besides, having attended the tapings for Top Gear USA, they did a good job choosing hosts, and I'm now glad to call them all my friends.

I love the way the front doors open!

Where I live we can legally drive golf carts pretty much anywhere in the city (except on major roads), so that golf cart race brought back memories :) Loved the review, as always. Rapide is a sexy car and I love that exhaust note.

This is great stuff!

Hey Matt, what colour was the review model you tested? Thanks, and great review!

great episode as usual, you must have some good connections to be test driving these types of cars. :)

@MUSTANGmaniak2010 well, it is california....

Awesome video! I actually love the four door Aston Martin, I thought that was a great review.

@saavaa they were all posted on our website, not our youtube channel. go to our website and search "VF Engineering" and you'll find them.

@mrjost55 Again, big ups to Galpin Auto Sports in Los Angeles for providing us the Rapide for this test.

Great review!

Saw a 2019 Rapide AMR our local dealership recently and honestly it's the first time I've thought, wow. Yes please.

Great episode, car looked great. The golfcart race looked more fun than playing golf

as always, 1st class vid

@Nickpatient "every way, shape, or form" is a very strong statement. Those cars you mentioned are very good cars, but you must admit that a BMW M5 wouldn't get a second look in a parking lot when sitting next to a Rapide.

How much water goes into your garage when it rains?

excellent review

@laxairsofter I believe there are base level C and SLK class cars available in Manual.

@GSXraja Thaddeus works with us on the films and is a very good friend. He's one of the few people who can drive my cars whenever he wants.

Love the new intro, love your show. Naturally aspirated FTW. Btw your Vettte has a ton of trunk space o__0

4:26 is the best part of a car review I've ever seen

@welditup85 it is. but we both do some extra freelance working on the side too.

@Greendude33 Isn't there some kind of "Ferrari Edition" 500 already? If not, I give it 6 months before a tuner company does one. It's the price that comes with progress. Although considering how little Aston Martin specifically contributes to our CO2 problem, yes, it's a little sily.

Ah man you have the best job in the world! Great reviews by the way. I'll never be able to afford this thing but man is that car sexy

@EatmyDust1311 the car is very reliable, only a few things have broken, and unfortunately they have all been very expensive: Clutch at 10,000 miles - $10k. New parking brake cable - $2,500. Blew the accessory belt doing donuts - $750, annual service - $1,500. But nothing major has ever broken.

this guy is pretty good at what he does..I'm subbing

wow perfect timing. i was just about to ask you if u can do a vid on the rapide, panemera or the maserati quattroporte

@bloodgulch1 1) A twin turbo kit for a V6 mustang (4.0L) will require a total engine rebuild. I hope you're prepared for that. 2) if this kit actually does make 700 hp, it would be total, not in addition to your stock 210 horsepower.

@bottomlayer yes, if you plan on actually driving around with 4 adults in the car, the Panamera is a much better choice, and you're right about Peich's demand that a tall person can sit in the back. The view out of the rapide is better than the Camaro, but not by much. Credit the low dash line in the Rapide for that one.

@eb184veyron I never said it was the worst, although it's definitely bad. I just said that a $200,000 car shouldn't have blinker stalks that look like they came out of a $14,000 subcompact.

Hey Matt, how did you get into doing this? I'm not saying i want to follow directly in your footsteps but hey it sure would be nice to get an idea of how to get somewhere on your level. Where did you start?

What you said about the stats was PERFECT! My friend always says that Aston's are stupid because a ZR1 has better performance and blah blah blah but he doesn't get that there is an X factor in those types of cars and lap times and performance come second to style and flair.

@E5Ridez it was supposed to be guard's red, but it honestly looked hot pink. I didn't think much of it at the time, it was just an ugly color. but it turns out the guy who chose that particular color was in charge of press cars. hence, banned.

How often do u repair those scrapes? Like when was the last time you have resprayed the bottom of that front bumper? Because i was just thinking of respraying my car too.

love the ending race

Those turn signal and wiper stalks are the same as my Jaguar X Type.

Best show on YT! :)

Great review for a car I could ever dream of. Can you do a show about future classics. I really like the G8.

@CZCirillo That isn't remotely what I said. I was saying that if you're comparing stats alone and you've never actually driven either car (like a 14 year old kid on the internet would do to form an opinion on one vs another) then the Rapide would lose. But if you actually have access and have driven them both, the Rapide starts to look much better. Unlike the Panamera, the Rapide is more than the sum of its parts.

That squirrel was crossin the street like a boss

Great review! Had the opportunity to photograph this a couple months ago, it's truly an awesome experience being around this car.

@AdrianosFidi people don't look because it's more expensive, they look because the shape of the car is something you don't see every day. It's gorgeous. I see 50 M5's and E63's running around LA every single day, and almost never see a Rapide. Some people, myself included, like to be different, and buy cars that affect our emotions, not represent the best value in performance. If you're looking for value, you won't find it here. But if you can afford one, you dont' care about value.

@TheSmokingTire when will the show be on tv? and u think you could do a review of a CTSV or CTSV coupe.?

Awesome video, good review. LOL @ "I think its still OB"

Superb!

Let's go golfing, and on the way, I'll do a TST episode. Another great job Matt.

@TheSmokingTire So, in your opinion, how does it look compared to the Maserati Quattroporte and the new Jaguar XJL? I think these cars also look great.

@mj23polairs we already did a CTS-V sedan review on the old show, we'll do a coupe when we head back to NY and have a free race track waiting.

great vid

my dad recently drove my aunt and uncles 2004 corvette (with every option but ZO6 :( ) and said he didnt feel the steering nearly as well as he does in the 2006 m35x, what would you guys s

"You're buying a 200 thousand dollar sedan, because it's PIMPIN" haha

@Caseybat94 I personally have nothing against it. It's an incredibly capable car, fast as hell and truly a 4-seater. Even though I know and can appreciate why it looks the way it does, I still don't really like the styling, and it doesn't do anything for me on an emotional level the way the Rapide does.

What color is that? Tungsten?

why does the rear windows lower all the way to the bottom every time you open the door? other cars with frameless windows only lower the window an inch or two to equalize cabin air pressure

@AdrianosFidi all those cars you mentioned are positively pedestrian compared to a Rapide.

Matt has the single greatest job in the history of mankind!!!

@vasco10506 It doesn't make sense because you haven't driven either of the cars before. I have driven both, quite extensively. The Porsche is a hotbed of technology and performance, and has a cool interior. But, like almost all other Porsches, especially ones with 4 doors, it doesn't really do anything for me emotionally. The Rapide, on the other hand, is more than the sum of its parts. It's elegant, beautiful, makes a much better noise than the Porsche, and you don't see 20 of them everyday.

@rtfk101 Big-bore V8's aren't smooth-running engines. They are angry, throaty, and lumpy, like the wonderful V8's in AMG cars or the Shelby GT500. Aston's V12 is a perfectly balanced engine, which revs to 8,000 RPM without a single vibration from the engine transmitted into the cockpit. And it still makes the best sound ever. 470 HP is more than "noticeable."

I love that interior.

@quwers well put.

im likin the new intro =)

@koioo2 we've been banned from testing Porsche press vehicles. But we'll look around for one that's got a private owner.

Beautiful Ride..

@jlostracco yeesh, you had better buy used, because we haven't really seen many cars depreciate faster than Quattroportes. As I've said before, all the maintenance costs of a Ferrari with none of the performance.

@EatmyDust1311 it's probably going to be 2 videos per month. we're trying to simulatenously improve our quality and make more money, both of which take lots of time when the company is only 2 people.

Nice, Matt, so what's up with this new series that you're going to be in?

@vasco10506 Spoke with Tanner Foust today on the set of Top Gear US. He said the Panamera Turbo they were testing was very fast, but could only do one lap at a time before completely frying its brakes. It took them 8 hours to complete 10 laps of the track, due to cool down time and swapping out brake pads. Turns out that despite Porsche's racing heritage, it's just as shitty a track car as the Rapide probably is.

@BigPaulize bought it new for $48,000 in 1998. Since then I've put about $30k into it.

@TheSmokingTire and thats why i watch your videos, honest and straight forward opinions, keep it up bro! rather see you behind a wheel of a car talking about it then Jeremy clarkson or tiff nidel any day of the week. and i mean that

Can I ask you a question... Did you sit in the front or back seats?

for the "other sports sedan" are you talking about the porsche?

@TheSmokingTire hi, how does this compare to the Merc S63 AMG?

hey man one thing about the blinkers from the kia come on havent you see the new kias that are coming??? its not as bad as before.

Can we get an update on this car?

@bloodgulch1 not unless it's a fully-built race engine, no.

Matt, you willing to come down to MA for a ZR1 test drive?

Rivaling the top gear dudes for best job in the world. Thx. Luv and Peace.

that aston is ludicrously fast for what it is. from what i can tell, i would mos def spend the extra $70,000 for the aston than the panamera turbo. great review matt! keep it up!

@phildo1048 called the color choice for the GT2 at the NY auto show "awful" in 2007