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Grand Tourer of the Year: Winner
Congratulations to the Aston Martin Rapide, the winner of our 2011 Grand Tourer of the Year category.
The Aston epitomises the fast four-door. Elegant but thunderously fast, practical but still beautiful, too.
Said judge Bill McKinnon: "The Rapide wins because it's got the grand tourer performance/handling/comfort/luxury formula spot-on. It has enough of everything and too much of nothing... except beauty and class. Every time you climb in, it's an occasion. Climb out, even at the end of a 1200-kilometre day, and you'd be up for more."
Up next: the finalists of the Sports Car category.
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