With enhanced performance sharper dynamics and more powerful design language aston martin has taken rapide to new and exciting extremes.
Aston martin four door rapide.
Amr takes technology and inspiration from our motorsport programme to amplify the sporting prowess in our road cars which is clear to see in the rapide amr aston martin s most extreme 4 door sports car.
Aston martin claims a zero to 60 mph time of 4 2 seconds.
It completes the aston martin range conveying our established attributes.
The new rapide is the company s first 5 door fastback saloon since the lagonda which was discontinued in 1990.
The only transmission is an eight speed automatic and all rapide amr models are rear wheel drive.
Aston martin chief executive dr.
The first cars rolled off the production line in may 2010 initially built at a dedicated plant at the magna steyr facility in graz austria.
The rapide s is a traditional attempt by aston martin to grow out of its niche market and appeal to the most common consumer market who is interested in buying sedans.
The rapide has all of the traditional stylings of an aston martin vantage.
Extruded bonded aluminium vh body structure aluminium magnesium alloy and composite body extruded aluminium door side impact beams single bi xenon headlamps with integrated led side lights and direction indicators led rear lamps and side repeaters.
The rapide will be the most elegant four door sports car in the world.
The rapide is based on the db9 and is underpinned by the aston martin vh platform.
Four door body style with 4 individual seats.
Aston martin rapide s 2013 2018 review 8 gaydon s four door grand tourer gets more power and panache but hasn t evolved to quite the same transformative degree as its main rival the.
Rapide amr represents the ultimate evolution of a spectacular versatile sports car.
Aston martin president chief executive officer dr andy palmer commented.