Simple, it doesn't!, did you see him get in the back seat?, even my ten year old would've felt cramped!, the Panamera at least looks positively cavernous in the back.I get the feeling that Aston's Rapide was a had to make car, by which i mean others had done it and as the tester said it looks like a stretched DB9.I totally agree with what was repoprted on the video test, wouldn't go long distances in it, cramped and i no stretch of the imagination a compeditor for an S-class or a 7 series.