British carmaker Aston Martin has officially revealed the 2013 Rapide S which receives updates in all major areas.
"The Rapide S is to me, without doubt, the most beautiful four-door sports car on the market today. This is, very clearly, the power of luxury in action," said Aston Martin CEO, Dr Ulrich Bez. "The car’s stunning visual appeal is now matched by a much more powerful and yet more efficient engine - our exceptional new AM11 V12 - which increases massively both the excitement and performance potential of the Rapide S."
"It is a four-door sports car that uniquely combines luxury, style and sporting excitement in Aston Martin’s most flexible and accommodating silhouette. Purity of proportion and exceptional elegance are mixed with truly sensational dynamic performance - this is the four-door sports car in its most versatile form and I am sure our customers around the world are going to love it!"
"The Rapide S is to me, without doubt, the most beautiful four-door sports car on the market today. This is, very clearly, the power of luxury in action," said Aston Martin CEO, Dr Ulrich Bez. "The car’s stunning visual appeal is now matched by a much more powerful and yet more efficient engine - our exceptional new AM11 V12 - which increases massively both the excitement and performance potential of the Rapide S."
"It is a four-door sports car that uniquely combines luxury, style and sporting excitement in Aston Martin’s most flexible and accommodating silhouette. Purity of proportion and exceptional elegance are mixed with truly sensational dynamic performance - this is the four-door sports car in its most versatile form and I am sure our customers around the world are going to love it!"
Available to order worldwide next month, the Rapide S is powered by a naturally-aspirated 6.0-liter V12 engine that develops 550 hp at 6,750 rpm and a maximum torque of 620 Nm at 5,000 rpm. This allows the coupe to accelerate from 0-100 km/h in 4.9 seconds and hit a top speed of 305.7 km/h.
You can check out the full specs after the jump.
Body
- 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
Engine
- 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 Max power: 550 hp at 6,750 rpm
- Max torque: 457 lb-ft (620 Nm) at 5,500 rpm
- Acceleration: 0-60 mph in 4.7 seconds
- Max speed: predicted 190 mph (305.7 km/h)
Transmission
- Rear mid-mounted ‘Touchtronic 2′ six-speed transmission with electronic shift-by- wire control system
- Alloy torque tube with carbon fibre propeller shaft
- Limited slip differential
- Final drive ratio 3.46:1
Wheels & Tyres
- 20-inch, 20-spoke, silver painted alloy wheels
- Front wheel: 8.5J x 20-inch
- Rear wheel: 11J x 20-inch
- Front tyre: Bridgestone Potenza 245/35 ZR20
- Rear tyre: Bridgestone Potenza 295/30 ZR20
- Tyre repair kit
Dimensions
- Length: 197.6-inch (5019mm)
- Wheelbase: 117.7-inch (2989mm)
- Front Track: 62.6-inch (1589mm)
- Rear Track: 63.5-inch (1613mm)
- Width: 84.3-inch (2140mm) (inc. mirrors) 75.9” (1929mm) (exc. mirrors)
- Fuel tank capacity: 19.9 Imp.galls, 23.9 US galls (90.5 litres)
- Height: 53.5-inch (1360mm)
- Weight: 4387lb (1990 kg)
Steering
- Rack and pinion, servotronic speed-sensitive power-assisted steering, 3.0 turns lock-to-lock
- Column tilt and reach adjustment
Brakes
- 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
- Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) with track mode
- Anti-lock Braking System (ABS)
- Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD)
- Emergency Brake Assist (EBA)
- Traction Control (TC)
Suspension
- Three Stage Adaptive Damping System (ADS) with Normal, Sport and Track modes
- Front: independent double wishbones incorporating anti-dive geometry, coil springs, anti-roll bar and monotube adaptive dampers
- Rear: independent double wishbones with anti-squat and anti-lift geometry, coil springs, anti-roll bar and monotube adaptive dampers
Specification
- 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)
- Dual-stage driver/front passenger front airbags
- Front occupant side airbags
- Powerfold exterior heated mirrors
- Heated front and rear seats
- Heated rear screen
- Automatic temperature control
- Organic Electroluminescent (OEL) displays
- Trip computer
- Cruise control
- Bluetooth® telephone preparation1
- Satellite navigation 1,2
- Auto-dimming interior rear-view mirror
- Auto-dimming interior rear-view mirror with garage door opener (USA and Canada only) 1
- Satellite radio system (USA only) 1
- Front and rear parking sensors
- Tyre pressure monitoring system 1
- Alarm and immobiliser
- Remote-control central door locking and boot release
- Glass ECU
- Tracking device1,3 (UK only)
- LED map-reading lights
- Boot-mounted umbrella
- 1000-watt Bang & Olufsen BeoSound audio system with ICEpower® technology
- Integrated Apple iPod®,4 connector
- USB Connector with Waveform Audio Format (WAF), Windows Media Audio (WMA) and MPEG (MP3) audio file compatibility
- 3.5 mm auxiliary input socket
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
- Duotone black and red perforated 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
