Atzporsche:

That's your opinion. The Porsche is better build and more comfortable while also being way cheaper! No contest really, and that is not even including the performance which you render useless in this comparison, but which actually will matter to many in this sector.

The 970 has it's flaws in size and design, but it is a true Porsche in that it delivers the performance and built quality that made them successful.

The Rapide on the other hand feels like a quick (read cheap) stretched DB9, which not only makes it look stupid, but also deminishes the DB9. Not that it was ever that much of a performer, how many would be impressed in their DB9 at a light when a family pulls up next to them in a identical more door AM! I think to ask such a price for the AM, given the looks and performance figures is ridiculous.

Well said Smiley As an M5 owner, performance matters to me, no matter how many doors. The Rapide is a cartoon.