Well, this isn’t something you see everyday. A rich guy, surfboard designer Roberto Ricci, takes his mate for a ride in his new Aston Martin Rapide, which he says he got 280 km/h out of, and crashes it into the guardrails. He must have been traveling at some serious speed because the damage done to [...]

On June 25th, Aston Martin Rapide will simultaneously race at the Nurburgring 24 hours and Spring Mountain 24 hours. Read More… The team the will race with the Rapide at Spring Mountain Motor Sports Ranch, Nevada, includes drivers from Aston Martin drivers Road&Track magazine. Aston says it will show the durability of Aston Martin’s four [...]

Looks like things are not going just as planned for Aston Martin Rapide, as the Warwickshire-based company has cut its production. Read More… One might think this has something to do with Aston’s recent decision to buy itself back from Austrian Magna Steyr and brings the production of the Rapide back to the UK. But [...]

So far all of the Aston Martin Rapide models were made by Magna Steyr in Austria. From the second half of 2012 though, it’ll be back in the UK. Read More… Back in 2008 when Aston was preparing the Rapide for production, the top branch managers felt that making the car alongside the sports models [...]

Aston has already dispatched test mules for a harder, more powerful version of the Rapide super sedan to the Nurburgring. Read More… This version, allegedly called the Rapide S, will be powered by the same V12 engine that you find in the DBS and V2 Vantage with an output of 510-hp. The normal Rapide has [...]

Aston Martin Chief Executive Dr. Ulrich Bez will auction off a Rapide that he has been using as company car since 2009 at this year’s annual Bonhams auction to help the victims of Tsunami and Earthquake in Japan. Read More… The car in question is a late 2009 model as mentioned, and was exclusively built [...]

Here’s the part three of Aston Martin Rapide Film, if you have been following it. If you haven’t, this series of four episodes make a promotional film for the Rapide and it has the same spy theme that Aston is famous for thanks to its role in James Bond movies. It’s a stupid film really, [...]