Aston Martin Rapide S to U.S. $ 199,950

- Customers in the U.S. can own sports sedan Aston Martin Rapide S in June with prices starting from $ 199,950.
At the New York International Auto Show 2013, Aston Martin has officially unveiled the Rapide S in the U.S. market. Besides the Rapide S, the display's Aston Martin at the New York International Auto Show 2013 is also a new generation Vanquish and DB9.
After the official launch for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show 2013, which took place in early March, Aston Martin has brought the new Rapide S V12 engine capacity of 550 horsepower to the New York International Auto Show 2013, before the official vehicles were sold from June.
Director Aston Martin Americas region, Julian Jenkins said: "We are delighted to bring the Rapide S 2014 to customers in North America, along with the Vanquish and DB9, with a significant upgrade in both design design, engineering, and equipment. "
"We also partner with The Racers Group to bring New York International Auto Show 2013 V12 Vantage GT3 and V8 Vantage GT4, this is a rare opportunity for car lovers in the U.S. can watch the Aston Martin racing car. "According to Aston Martin.
The luxury four-door Rapide S has been designed to fundamental changes in the design of the vehicle in order to reaffirm the position of the Rapide S as "the world's most beautiful four-door car," a car beautiful and balanced, a four-seat sports car desirable. Along with the changes in the design of technical improvements, makes Rapide S sports and more subtle. Rapide S boasts an attractive new face, with an all-new grille and more prominent.
These changes are similar in design also found in the back of the sports sedan, with a luggage compartment lid is designed glide up like a wing. These upgrades greatly improve aerodynamics and aesthetics for Aston Martin Rapide S.
Comprehensive changes were also found inside the cabin of the Aston Martin Rapide S. The car is equipped with 6.0-liter V12 naturally aspirated like the previous version, but the power and performance has improved significantly.
Compared with the previous Aston Martin Rapide, Rapide S's capacity has increased 17%, from 470 hp to 550 hp at 6,000 rpm / min. Torque of the car is increased from 600 Nm to 620 Nm at 5500 r / min.
The increase in strength, combined with changes in the aerodynamic design of the car also comes with the increase in performance. Aston Martin Rapide S takes 4.7 seconds to accelerate from 0-96 km / h, 0.4 seconds faster than its predecessor. Maximum speed of the vehicle is 306 km / h.
According to Aston Martin, the base price of the 2014 Aston Martin Rapide S in the U.S. is $ 199,950.