Episode 2648
Aston Martin Rapide
Sun, 2024-Aug-04 00:56 UTC
Length - 1:58
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The Aston Martin Rapide ( rÉ™-PEED) is an executive saloon car that was produced from 2010 until 2020 by the British carmaker Aston Martin. Aston Martin began developing the Rapide in 2005—the first series produced, four-door automobile from the company. The initial design was completed in about seven weeks by Marek Reichman. After more than four months of development, a prototype was completed and displayed at the 2006 North American International Auto Show. The production version of the Rapide debuted at the 2009 International Motor Show Germany, and official manufacture began in May 2010 at the Magna Steyr facility in Graz, Austria.
The "vertical/horizontal" (VH) platform, which the Rapide uses, extensively incorporates aluminium throughout the body, reducing weight. In 2012, Aston Martin ended its partnership with Magna Steyr and shifted production to Gaydon, a Warwickshire village where the other VH platformed cars—including the DB9, the DBS, the Vantage and the second-generation Vanquish—were produced. In 2015, Aston Martin began developing an electric version of the car, named the "Rapide E". The production-ready model debuted in 2019 but was never series produced.
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