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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Aston Martin Rapide Information

The Aston Martin Rapide is a four-door, high-performance sport saloon, which British luxury marque Aston Martin introduced in early 2010 to compete with the Maserati Quattroporte, Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class, and Porsche Panamera along with the upcoming Audi A7 and Lamborghini Estoque. It was first presented as a concept car at the North American International Auto Show in 2006. The Rapide name is a reference to the Lagonda Rapide, a saloon car produced by Lagonda, now part of Aston Martin. The car is based on an Aston Martin DB9. The base price for the Aston Martin Rapide is $199,950 (USD)and the first cars were rolled out in May 2010.

The Rapide is built at a dedicated plant at the Magna Steyr facility in Graz, Austria. Production began in 2010 and the factory plans to build 2,000 per year.

The production version features a full-length glass roof and LED light bars on the rear end, two firsts for Aston Martin.

Aston Martin Rapide

Aston Martin Rapide

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Aston Martin Rapide Information

Aston Martin Rapide

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Aston Martin Rapide Specifications

* Unit Price: $199,950 (USD)
* Engine: 6.0 L V12[4]
* Power: 470 bhp (350 kW; 477 PS)[4]
* Transmission: Six-speed Touchtronic
* 0-100 km/h (62 mph): 5.1 seconds

Aston Martin Rapide

Aston Martin Rapide

Aston Martin Rapide Specifications

* Unit Price: $199,950 (USD)
* Engine: 6.0 L V12[4]
* Power: 470 bhp (350 kW; 477 PS)[4]
* Transmission: Six-speed Touchtronic
* 0-100 km/h (62 mph): 5.1 seconds

Aston Martin Rapide

Aston Martin Rapide

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Aston Martin has officially presented model Rapide

On Tuesday company Aston Martin has officially presented the new model – four-door coupe Rapide which is created on motives of the conceptual car with the same name for the first time shown three years ago on motor show in Detroit. Judging by the first photo, the serial car does not differ almost from a prototype: the rear bumper only has slightly changed, and also additional lateral air intakes in a front part of a body have disappeared.

As it was informed earlier, five-metre Rapide is constructed on the platform of model DB9 extended on 255 millimetres and it is equipped six-litre 12 cylinders motor capacity of 470 horsepowers (600 Nanometers) which is aggregated from six-high-speed automatic transmission Touchtronic with possibility of a manual gear shift. The official information on dynamic characteristics Aston Martin Rapide while is not present, however it is supposed that to "hundred" car will be dispersed for 4,5 seconds, and its maximum speed will make 290 kilometres per hour. Novelty manufacture at the Austrian enterprise of company Magna Steyr will begin already during the current year, and the first commodity copies will appear in interiors of dealers in 2010. According to some information, cost of base version Rapide in Great Britain will make about 140 thousand pounds sterling.