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Spied – High resolution close range shots of the Aston Martin Rapide!

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Forget the low resolution, colorless leaked official pictures of the Aston Martin Rapide. Here’s the real deal – Non-camouflaged close-up shots of the 4-door Aston that debuts at the Frankfurt Motor show next month.

The 4-door Aston is deployed to wipe out the Porsche Panamera and the upcoming Estoque (if it does come) from Lamborghini. Powered by a 470HP 6.0-liter V12 engine delivering about 600Nm torque, the Rapide’s rapid acceleration will get rapider with the new V12 engine in the future sourced from Mercedes Benz.

In what looks like a parking lot of a road side restaurant, a couple of fully disrobed Rapides were photographed, accompanied by another partly camouflaged car.

I’m not sure if the drivers of these cars were bribed. How come they allowed someone to open the doors and pick up some snaps?

Either it was that, or the drivers forgot what they were driving and their duties.

Or they were drunk.

:P

Good for us though. Click on the thumbnails for hi-res images.

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Entry posted on August 11th, 2009 and filed under Aston Martin, Spy pictures

Leaked – Aston Martin Rapide official images

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Only this morning we posted information on the Rapide’s official Frankfurt launch. Hours later, one of our readers brought this to our notice – Leaked official images of the Rapide.

One thing we missed reminding our new readers is about its future engine – a V12 engine developed by Mercedes Benz for its future S-Class.

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Entry posted on August 10th, 2009 and filed under Aston Martin, Spy pictures

Fully finished Aston Martin Rapide heading to Frankfurt

Fully finished Aston Martin Rapide heading to Frankfurt

The Aston Martin Rapide concept was unveiled three years back. Back then the word ‘recession’ was confused with ‘depression.’ Who really cared? Aston engineers and customers were fully protected from both, thanks to the development and the expectation and enthusiasm of viewing the fully finished product shortly after.

However, times changed quickly. Depression and recession now go hand in hand. Development times have expanded like the universe – lay offs, pay cuts, budget slashes, (bankruptcy filing) and all that have helped for the wrong reasons.

After all the drama and delay, finally, the Aston Martin Rapide will be made official at the Frankfurt Motor Show. It is supposed to be powered by a 470HP 6.0-liter V12 engine delivering about 600Nm torque.

Recession or no recession, fully expect the price tag to be unscathed. The Aston Martin Rapide is expected to carry a £110,000 price tag when it goes on sale.

Cheap. (If you were the Sultan of Brunei)

P.S – If you don’t have the interest to attend the show in Frankfurt or want to desperately see the car, then you should take a look at the Aston Martin category page every day from today.

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Entry posted on August 10th, 2009 and filed under Aston Martin

Video – Aston Martin Rapide spied in Kuwait

Temperatures are on higher side during this time of the year in Kuwait. Aston Martin engineers believed this was the finest place to try out the forthcoming Aston Martin Rapide, putting it through some heat testing and logging the response.

The Aston Martin Rapide was cruising on the streets of Kuwait when one attentive car buff took out his cam and began filming. The car was partly camouflaged.

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Entry posted on July 17th, 2009 and filed under Aston Martin, Spy pictures

New Mercedes V12 engine will power S-Class and Aston Martin Rapide

New Mercedes V12 engine will power S-Class and Aston Martin Rapide

Mercedes-Benz is supposedly developing a new V12 engine (so much for all the 6-cylinder + turbocharger = V12 performance+lower emissions bull shit theory).

This new powerplant is likely to make appearance in the next S-Class, and Aston Martin has also inked a deal with Mercedes for this engine.

Mercedes-Benz’ V12 unit will be used in the Aston Martin DB9 and upcoming Rapide after its 2012 release.

Aston Martin at present uses a 6.0-liter V12 Duratec engine sourced from Ford (If you are reading this for the first time, your Fiesta immediately becomes a Bond car).

It is widely believed that the Aston Martin Rapide would use the same Ford-sourced V12 unit when it embarks production. In the future, Aston might swap the Merc engine in place of the Duratec. People are even saying Aston could delay production dates to bring in the Merc V12 from day one.

Things are muddles but one thing is clear. Aston Martins from 2012 will use Mercedes engines.

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Entry posted on July 16th, 2009 and filed under Aston Martin, Mercedes Benz

Spied – Aston Martin Rapide sans camouflage

Spy photographers are unnecessary if you look at what Simon Gregg, a follower of Car Magazine has just caught on his cam- That’s right, he snapped a production model of the 4-door Aston in a parking lot without ANY camouflage. Take a bow Simon.

The car spied here could be one of the final prototypes before the actual car is shown at the Frankfurt Motor show in mid-September. The naked prototype finished in black, has its interiors soaked in red.

Poised to take on the 4-seat-4-door contenders like the stylish Porsche Panamera and the Mercedes Benz CLS, the Rapide is fitted with a 6.0-liter V12 engine that makes 470bhp and 600Nm of torque. Power will be directed to the rear wheels through a six-speed ZF automatic transmission with Aston’s Touchtronic control.

The Aston Martin will arrive at showrooms around the globe in 2010. Don’t expect it to cost any less than $200,000.

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Entry posted on June 10th, 2009 and filed under Aston Martin, Spy pictures

Big Fish- 32 Live shots of £1,050,000 Aston Martin One-77

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Our friends over at Omni Auto have posted some live shots of the Aston Martin One-77 from the Villa D’Este. The car was shown with its covers off which it previously wore at the Paris Motor Show last year, during the initial stages of the Geneva Motor Show last month, only to be replaced by a weird and frightening Lagonda SUV prototype.

A wrap on the Aston Martin One-77 for fresh visitors

The Aston Martin One-77 is built using a full carbon fibre monocoque chassis and an aluminium body that’s crafted painstakingly by hand. Under the bonnet it is business as usual with a 7.3 litre V12 screaming its gut out with 700 hp strolling about the crankshaft. Estimated top speed is around the magical 200 mph mark. True to its name, only 77 units will be dispatched to customers starting October this year.

The Aston Martin One-77 is priced above your and my reach- £1,050,000, the same amount of money could fetch you a Lamborghini Reventon.

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Entry posted on April 27th, 2009 and filed under Aston Martin

Aston Martin Rapide- First Official details

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The Aston Martin Rapide, which is a 4-door sportscar from the British firm to challenge the Porsche Panamera and the Mercedes Benz CLS, is now closer than ever before. Aston Martin have issued a press release which means the curtains are going to rise very soon.

The car we knew wasn’t all the far away as it had shed most of its camouflage, the excess along the doors and the headlights we’re the misleads.

An Aston 6.0-litre V12 throwing out no less than 470bhp (350kW) and 600Nm of torque will transfer the task to a Touchtronic gearbox, which will eventually reach the rear axle of the Aston Martin Rapide.

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Entry posted on April 14th, 2009 and filed under Aston Martin

Spied- Aston Martin Rapide at the Nurburgring

Spied- Aston Martin Rapide at the Nurburgring

The Aston Martin Rapide is spied once again, on this occasion performing test laps in the infamous Nurburgring or “ring” as some like to refer it.

Previously it was spotted in the cold country of Scandinavia running around in the name of cold weather testing. The Aston Martin Rapide is based on the DB9 platform and will deliver no less than 480 hp to its wheels.

The Aston Martin Rapide is a 4-door, 4-seat supercar that will join the elite league consisting of the controversial Porsche Panamera and the existing Mercedes Benz CLS.

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Entry posted on April 3rd, 2009 and filed under Aston Martin, Spy pictures

Aston Martin Rapide spied testing in Scandinavia

Aston Martin Rapide spied testing in Scandinavia

Aston Martin’s upcoming 4 seater, the Rapide has been spied undergoing winter testing in Scandinavia. As expected, the car is minimally disguised as the pictures had been leaked earlier.

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Entry posted on February 25th, 2009 and filed under Aston Martin, Spy pictures
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