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Championnat de France de motonautisme .23-24 juin 2018
Vichy ,03 , Allier , FR .https://youtu.be/h3D_sprcXDI
[explore #363 on 16.04.08]
SOOC.
giuro che il titolo è azzeccatissimo.. avrò fatto 20 scatti e non ce n'è uno uguale, quelle bastarde si muovevano in continuazione.. altro che nuvola speedy :P
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an ordinary cloudy sunset, seen from my balcony.
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Seen in Blackpool on the 351 service is Yorkshire Traction 6290HE a Scania K92 / VanhoolAlize C52FT.
This car really does look fantastic. Aston Martin is an amazing company. Was with another Rapide in a light drizzle.
This aircraft is wearing the colours it wore in the Second World War when it was used a civil air liner, even commercial aircraft wore camouflage to protect it.
Seen on the same day in Battersea coach park is Yorkshire Traction A329XHE a Leyland Royal Tiger / Plaxton Paramount 3500 C49FT.
Monté Carlo, Monaco
Perhaps one of the most beautiful Rapide I have seen. Great upscale color that fits the car well. Anyway, I think the Rapide is the finest 5 doors that is on the market. Competitors like the Panamera or Quattroporte do I find just below, especially the Porsche, the design and especially the sound. The Quattroporte against it does have a nice soundtrack!
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Based on the Aston Martin DB4, it was David Brown's attempt to revive the Lagonda marque which he had purchased in 1948 and not used since the 3.0 litre cars of the 1950s stopped production in 1958. It marked a revival of the Rapide model name which had been used by Lagonda during the 1930s. The car was styled by Carrozzeria Touring and featured rear-end styling similar to the DB4 convertible, and an adapted Lagonda grille a little similar to Ford's Edsel.
The Rapide uses a 4.0 L straight-6 six cylinder double overhead camshaft engine, which would later be used in the Aston Martin DB5. Other new features included a de Dion tube rear suspension which would find its way into the Aston Martin DBS.
The car has dual-circuit, servo-assisted, four-wheel disc brakes, and most cars were supplied with a 3-speed automatic BorgWarner gearbox. The exterior body panels were constructed from aluminium alloy over a Superleggera tubular steel frame. All cars except for the prototype had their bodies constructed by Lagonda. The interior was upholstered in leather and had a burled walnut dashboard.
The car was hand-built to order only, with a base price of £4,950. 55 were produced, of which 48 survive.
The Lagonda has a shape quite like that of the original Jaguar XJ6, but without that car's tapered rear end. The front end has somewhat controversial canted headlamps (also seen on the Continental 1958-60, and 'Chinese-eye' Rolls-Royce).