Spied: Face-lifted Aston Martin Rapide Fully Uncovered

It seems like only yesterday that the Aston Martin Rapide was unveiled to us when suddenly our spy photographers manage to catch this unsuspecting facelift prototype out for a drive. This is the 2012/2013 Aston Martin Rapide which will literally be getting a fresh face, and our Teamspeed spy-shots are the first to show the revised front without any camouflage.

The rear end of the Rapide is also getting a change with a new rear bumper and a rear spoiler which looks a little bigger than on the current model. Also, the rear parking sensors seems to be located higher up. The next Aston Martin Rapide may get a new engine variant too, but we have yet to confirm whats under this bonnet.

Expect the revised Rapide to launch in late 2012 or early 2013.

 

One-77 elements trickling down the range.

 

Promising looks..

 

New front nose is much more aggressive looking, me like!

 

why so soon

 

I don't get some of the comments above - all I see is a new front bumper/splitter which has Virage overtones

Entirely to be expected of course, bearing in mind that Virage/DB9 are shortly to morph into one with the name 'DB9' but the Virage body shape. I don't see anything else new on the car above, though of course we can't see the inside which may be marginally repackaged

In fact, it's quite good if it helps distinguish new Vanquish at one end of the scale and then ties DB9 (current Virage) and Rapide together at the other, through shared looks, to better market the idea that Rapide is a LWB version of the base 2 door GT

 

facelift already?

 

Yeah looks great... but still only has a backseat for kids and amputees.

 

YES! Can't wait to come out so the old models gets even cheaper!

 

Only problem with AMs are their rears. Those lights always look as they've been portrayed by some 10 yr old kid.