Aston Martin revealed Rapide

                                                                                
Before the appearance blizzard of Porsche Panamera and Lamborghini Estoque 4-door coupe in the village, the British car company decided to release the final image of "Queen" Rapide.
It has been two months now, the media, specializing in auto focus up to the battle of the giants in the four-door coupe segment, the type of car that even the experts do not know whether to call a sedan or coupe.
The first is the sudden appearance of the screen Lamborghini Estoque concept at the Paris Motorshow takes place in September. Next to the mass-produced version of the Porsche Panamera. All overshadowed Rapide name of Aston Martin.
For this reason, the British car company decided to launch the familiar way of marketing is to disclose some details of the Rapide. Auto Car Magazine honored to be proprietary draw final Rapide (ie will be put into mass production).
Compared with the lines "unprecedented beauty" on the concept that the editor Top Gear remarked, Rapide changed little in the nose. Two niches wind side on a three-shock-no. Wind tendons connected from the stoma edge hip now been extended down to two doors.
Parameters remain the motives but Car predicted that a 6 liter V12, producing 500 horsepower and maximum torque of 569 Nm. Aston Martin can be equipped with a 6-speed ZF automatic gearbox.
Aston Martin Rapide will be the first to be assembled outside the UK. Magna Steyr plant in Graz, Austria will be responsible for the oven of this four-door coupe.
Projected first customer car in the fall of 2009 with factory price in the UK at around $ 200,000 to $ 230,000.