Aston Martin Rapide

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Aston Martin Rapide
Aston Martin
aka Aston Martin Rapide Concept
Production 2010 - present
Class Super Sedan
Body Style 4-door, 4 or 5-seat Sedan
Length 197.6 in (5019 mm)
Width 84.3 in (2140 mm, w/ mirrors)
Height 53.5 in (1360 mm)
Wheelbase wheelbase - type here
Weight 4299 lb (1950 kg)
Transmission 6-speed Touchtronic 2 Manu-matic, RWD
Engine 6.0 litre (5935cc) V12, 48 valve
Power 470 hp (358 kW/487 PS) @ 6000 rpm
443 lb-ft (600 Nm) of torque @ 5000 rpm
Similar Maserati Quattroporte
Porsche Panamera
Bentley Continental Flying Spur
Audi A7
BMW Gran Turismo
Lamborghini Estoque
Fisker Karma
Designer Designer (lead designer if it was a team effort)

The Aston Martin Rapide is a four-door, high-performance sport sedan, which British luxury marque Aston Martin plans to introduce in late 2009 to compete with the Maserati Quattroporte and Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class, along with the upcoming Audi A7, Lamborghini Estoque, Porsche Panamera and BMW Gran Turismo. It was first presented as a concept car at the North American International Auto Show in 2006 and will be produced on the AM VH platform. The Rapide name is a reference to the Lagonda Rapide, a sedan produced by Lagonda, now part of Aston Martin. The car is based on an Aston Martin DB9.

Aston Martin has announced that the Rapide will be built at a dedicated plant at the Magna Steyr facility in Graz, Austria. Production will start in 2009. One new feature that may appear on the production version is a full-length glass roof.

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See Also

ASTON MARTIN

Prodrive Ltd.

Prodrive | Aston Martin | Lagonda | Tickford | Glenn Seton Racing | Aston Martin Racing

Current Models: V8 Vantage · V8 Vantage Volante · V12 Vantage · DB9 · DB9 Volante · DBS · Rapide · One-77

Historic cars: DB1 · DB2 · DB3 · DB2/4 · DB Mark III · DB4 · DB4 GT Zagato · DB5 · DB6 · DBS · V8 · DB7 · V12 Vantage · DB7 Zagato · DB AR1 · Lagonda · Lagonda Rapide

Historic Supercars: V8 Vantage · V8 Zagato · Virage · V12 Vanquish

Racing/Competition: DB3 · DBSS · DBR1 · DBR2 · DBR3 · DBR4 · DBR5 · DP212 · DP214 · DP215 · Nimrod · AMR1 · DBR9 · DBRS9 · Rally GT · Vantage GT2 · LeMans Works LMP1

Concept cars: Jet · Bulldog · Jet 2 · Lagonda Vignale · Vanquish Zagato Roadster · 20/20 · AMV8 Vantage · Rapide Concept · V12 Vantage RS Concept · Cygnet Concept

David Brown

edit Lionel Martin Corporate website A brand of Prodrive Ltd.


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