Scheduled for an official presentation at the 2009 Geneva show, here are two all-new four-door coupés testing at the challenging Nürburgring. Both, the fourth range from Porsche, known as the Panamera, and the all-new Aston Martin Rapide, are developed to be strong competitors to the Mercedes CLS and the future Audi A7.

Though the Panamera takes over design elements from the 911 range, there will be significant differences, too: While the first has always been to keep its rear-mounted boxer engine, the newcomer will have a choice of three front-mounted motors, though set back to the centre of the car as much as possible. The entry-level unit will be Volkswagen’s 3.5-litre six-cylinder unit developing 300 bhp, while Porsche’s own drivetrain will be a direct-injection eight-cylinder petrol engine, available in naturally-aspirated guise (350 bhp) and with twin-turbo (560 bhp).

That should be enough to beat out the competition for a while: Mercedes’ CLS 63 AMG comes up with “only” 514 bhp. However, should Stuttgart make the CLS even stronger, Zuffenhausen would strike back with the Porsche GT’s 700-bhp ten-cylinder unit ...

The target for the Panamera is to be a true sportscar while at the same time it shall be a family-car for every-day use with four full seats, easy access to the rear and a luggage compartment of around 450 litres. When it hits the road in 2009, Porsche hopes to be able to sell 20 000 units annually – and to jump over the barrier of 100 000 sold cars per year.

Yet more exclusive will be the new four-door from England: Following the Rapide Concept shown at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit back in 2006, Aston Martin is now coming up with the real machine. Former owner Ford had put the project on hold when they decided to sell the biggest pack of shares. After selling this to the group lead by David Richards, one of the first decisions was to revive the project and start developing the production version Rapide. Together with the body, the DB9 will provide its platform and its V12-engine. The latter will be tuned to 480 bhp while it delivers 450 bhp in the DB9. The car is believed to be released in 2010.g









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that austin martn is the most sexy sedan i have ever seen, good work franko, good too see you pull your weight every now and again!

back of the porsche looks a little strange and the front is v different to the regular porsche's

aston still looks as sexy as all hell

hahahah i always pull my wieght

Aston Martin is my dream car. If I try really hard in school and work my hardest to get the top job...

Ah, f**k it... I'll just stick to falcons.

aston martins back doors held on with pins :s haha?
that style of aston martin will always look better than a porsche, that porsche is bloody ugly

dont forgot to play lotto!

hmmm aston martin

phong =P~

Porsche looks weird.. that aston is sex though.

porsches in general look like stink

the aston, and generally the rest of the astons all look hot.!

Aston looks schmick but the Porsche looks gay.

Porsche should just stick to what it does best, two door sports coupes. None of these bloody four door 'coupes' and SUV's like the Cheyenne.





However, Aston Martin can be excused for this one

the porsche looks like a strech limo - imo wrong...

The Porsche cant seem to decide on either being a hatch or a sports saloon. FAIL

The Aston looks good as always though, very nice

EDIT - On second look, I reckon the Aston could do with larger exhaust tips.
The way they are, they look as though they've been pinched from a Daewoo or something lol

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I wouldnt buy either in all honesty, sports cars need 2 doors.

I never liked the front end of the Aston Martins either, but the Porches proportions are really bad.