Aston Martin Rapide
A four-door Aston that still looks like a sports car.
The story
Aston stretched the DB9's shape to take four doors and four seats without losing its low roofline. The first cars were built under contract in Austria, the only Astons made outside Britain at the time. Production later came home to Gaydon.
Inside
Four individual seats divided by a full-length console. The rear ones are snug but usable.
In period colours
Tap a colour to respray the drawing.
The doors swing slightly upwards as they open, to clear the kerb.
Meanwhile, in 2010
A coalition government was formed, and a volcanic ash cloud from Iceland grounded flights across Europe.
Best-selling single of 2010: Love the Way You Lie by Eminem featuring Rihanna
Rivals of its day
Picked automatically: cars on sale at the same time with similar size, speed and price.
See the real thing
These open in a new tab: the car on Wikimedia Commons, the interior and the badge as Google image searches.
Today's money: the launch price adjusted for inflation to 2026, using the Office for National Statistics price index.