From Aston Martin announced that the price of its new Rapide model in Britain will start from 139 950 pounds and in parallel, spread a lot of new pictures of the car. The first deliveries of Aston Martin Rapide is scheduled for early in the second quarter of 2010th by the end of that year will be produced 2 000 copies of the car. Rapide will be the first model of Aston Martin, which will be produced in the factory of the company in the UK and in the Austrian factory Magna Steyr, located in Graz. Elaboration of a single copy will take about 220 hours of human labor. We remind you that the Aston Martin Rapide made its debut at the exhibition in Frankfurt in September. The car uses so-called Platform V / H Architectur, which is the same as the models Vantage, DB9 and DBS. Rapide is equipped with 6.0-liter V12 engine with a power 470 h.p. and a maximum torque of 600 Nm which is combined with six-speed automatic transmission Touchtronic 2, with the possibility of switching gears from behind the steering wheel controls.
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Thanks to photographer Simon Greg can see these pictures of Aston Martin Rapide, which are made of parking in the UK. The car has no varnish on it and apparently is one of the latest prototypes of the future 4-doors compartment. Although the Aston Martin Rapide will be officially presented at the exhibition in Frankfurt in September, the British company has already revealed that the vehicle will be equipped with 6.0-liter V12 engine generating power from 470 h.p. and maximum torque 600Nm. It is known also that the drive will be transmitted to the rear wheels through an automatic transmission 6-stage Touchtronic. Production Aston Martin Rapide will be done in the factory of Magna Steward, located in the Austrian city of Graz, and sales will start in early 2010.
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