The stunning new Aston Martin Rapide S is making its debut with yet more luxury and yet more power on offer in its quintessentially elegant four-door silhouette.
The iconic British car maker’s new luxury GT has been sympathetically redesigned and painstakingly re-engineered to reassert its position as the world’s most beautiful, and beautifully balanced, four-seat sports car.
Details are:
- 558 PS (550 bhp) at 6,750 rpm
- 620 Nm (457 lb ft) at 5,500 rpm
- 0-62 mph in 4.9 seconds
- 190MPH max speed
- Four-door sports car with four seats
- 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
- Clear LED rear lamps
- All-alloy, quad overhead camshaft, 48 valve, 5,935cc, V12
- Front mid-mounted engine, rear-wheel drive
- Fully catalysed stainless steel exhaust system with active bypass valves
- Front: dual cast discs, 398 mm diameter with six-piston monobloc calipers
- Rear: dual cast discs, 360 mm diameter with four-piston monobloc calipers
- Grey painted brake calipers
- Full-grain leather interior
- Walnut facia trim with graphite centre console finish and iridium silver surround
- Leather sports steering wheel
- Electrically adjustable front seats with side airbags
- Memory front seats & exterior mirrors (three positions)
Now the mammoth list of options:
- 20-inch multi-spoke alloy gloss black painted wheels with diamond turned finish
- 20-inch ten-spoke alloy silver painted wheels with diamond-turned finish
- 20-inch ten-spoke alloy black painted wheels with diamond-turned finish
- 20-inch 20-spoke polished alloy wheels
- Alternative brake caliper finish – black, red, or silver
- Magnum Silver rear lamp infills
- Delete model badge
- Delete protective tape
- Carbon Exterior Pack
- Optional facia trims – Piano Black, bamboo, tamo ash, mahogany
- Piano Black Pack
- Matching wood door trim
- Personalised sill plaques
- Semi-aniline leather
- Black and red perforated duotone leather
- Colour-keyed steering wheel
- Embroidered Rapide S seat logo
- Carbon Interior Pack
- Twin-screen rear-seat entertainment system with six-disc DVD player, auxiliary input, wireless headphones and remote control
- Auto-dimming interior rear-view mirror with garage door opener 1
- Alarm upgrade (volumetric and tilt sensor)
- Ventilated front and rear seats
- Smoker’s pack (ashtray and cigar lighter)
- Second glass key
- Tracking device (UK category five)1,3
- First-aid kit
By Adam Tudor-Lane
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Owner / Editor of Carwitter - French car fiend, hot hatch lover.
Freelance writer and car journalist I've turned my passion for cars into my livelihood.
