Aston Martin Is Building A Limited-Edition, 210mph Rapide AMR
Aston Martin is preparing a faster, more powerful Rapide under the AMR sub-brand, according to reports. And it sounds amazing.
This video captured a couple of days ago at the Nurburgring shows a Rapide development mule, complete with yellow AMR-spec detailing around the rear diffuser and exhausts, doing laps at the famous German testing ground.
The noise from the V12 is incredible, for one thing, and this will be a rare beast. Autocar writes that just 210 of the exclusive four-door grand tourers will be made; a reference to the car’s 210mph top speed.
A 50bhp increase bumps the 5.9-litre V12’s power to 595bhp and is mostly the same as the one that was crammed into the hardcore GT12 version of the old V12 Vantage. We’re told to expect a 0-62mph sprint of about four seconds and sharper handling to go with it.
This could also be the last hurrah for the legendary 5.9 V12 eargasm, with a blown 5.2-litre replacement already having debuted in the DB11. As this footage reminds us, the old boy will be missed.
Source: Autocar
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Interesting
I need this in my life, that sound is eargasmic.
And God said, Let glorious music be heard throughout this silent land.
And the V12 cometh, unbinded from the shackles of turbocharger, to sing before creation.
And God saw that it was good.
Wait… 210mph. Which makes it the fastest 4 door car ever made. Why is no one talking about this?
The car in the pic is a 2012 car so where has this news come from? Unless they were developing an all new Rapide that would actually give the panamera a run for its money then this seems like a waste of time.
am i the only one that always forgets that the rapide exists?