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It's been a long wait, but the Aston Rapide is nearly here.
We finally saw the production version of the gorgeous four-door in Frankfurt last month, and now Aston has created a slick promotional video showing the Rapide in testing.
The three-minute clip takes the Rapide from high-speed testing in the UK to the Nurburgring and, finally, to the Stelvio Pass in northern Italy for drivetrain development.
Yes, that's the same Stelvio Pass that Jeremy, James and Richard tackled in their trio of luminous lightweight supercars. Not a bad place to test a couple of boxfresh Rapides, eh?
Just to remind you, here are a few Rapide numbers: it's powered by the DB9's 6.0-litre V12 putting out around 470bhp, and is expected to hit 60mph in around five seconds flat.
The first Rapides will hit the road early next year. What's it going to be, all you well-monied family types? Rapide, Maserati Quattroporte or Porsche Panamera?
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AshHorne commented on this article
at 11:55 am on 05 October 2009
Panamera. The Porsche is a good, fast, luxurious, practical car, as they all are, except the Porsche is also extremely reliable. The Maserati is Italian, so something will break within minutes, and Aston's reputation isn't without blemishes either. The Panamera is definitely the least pretty car there, but personally, I wouldn't mind. It's not exactly dog ugly either.
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AstonBoon commented on this article
at 12:23 pm on 05 October 2009
The Panamera look like some sort of mutant.
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Cardinal_Fang commented on this article
at 12:38 pm on 05 October 2009
Aston first, Maserati second and Porsche last. While the Aston is clearly related to the DB9, it still looks beautiful in 4-door form. The Porsche is either a 911 that got stretched or a Cayenne that got sat on by an elephant. When will Porsche start employing designers that can use something other than tracing paper and a photocopier?
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KMTV commented on this article
at 01:21 pm on 05 October 2009
Whoever filmed this, I want their job. Beautifully filmed and gorgeous cars to boot! wonder if they need a runner?
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Da_Vincentius commented on this article
at 01:35 pm on 05 October 2009
Why does it look so much like the Porche? This is ugly aswell. Bring on the 4-door Lambo, NOW!!!
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