If the James Bond movies have sparked your interest in buying an Aston Martin but your worried your family isn’t going to be happy with your new two door sports car, you can keep your family happy too with the latest from Aston Martin, the Rapide four door sports.

The Aston Martin Rapide is designed to seat four adults with a beautifully hand crafted interior and full length front to rear center console whilst still keeping with the same driving experience that you would expect from the rest of the Aston Martin model range.  The Rapide essentially looks very similar to the other models keeping with a coupe look and feel but a little more stretched in the middle with two extra doors and the removal of the B pillow. All panels on the Aston Martin Rapide are new except for the front doors and bonnet and even with the addition of two extra doors and space for another 2 passengers, the Aston Martin Rapide still only tips the scales at just a little over 2 ton. The Rapide comes with adequate luggage space with a 301 litre capacity with access from the passenger compartment.

Powering the Aston Martin Rapide is a hearty 6.0 litre V12 with 470 bhp and should get the Rapid from 0-60 mph in 5.1 seconds. The V12 engine is backed by a six speed automatic gearbox with manual override fully controllable from the F1 style paddles mounted in the rear of the car. The Rapide comes with a sports mode if you feel like letting your hair down and driving more aggressively with sharper gearshifts and a more responsive engine to match and the suspension being stiffened up by the Adaptive Dampening System to the maximum levels. When you’ve had your fun simply pressing  ‘D’ control to go back to full automatic and the standard performance and damper settings.

Much of the Rapide performance and mechanics have been inspired by Aston Martins experience with other models such as the DB9 and the DBS which have somewhat influenced how the Rapide would be developed. With those beautiful coupe feel and low roof line, we think the Rapide is a great addition to the Aston Martin lineup.

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