One of the first decisions that David Richards and his partners made after buying Aston Martin from Ford last year was to produce the four-door Rapide. The platform architecture of the DB9 was designed to be easily stretched in both length and width, making derivatives like the Rapide and the DBS a possibility without much fuss and expense. There was, however, one annoying little detail to address with the Rapide. Aston Martin's UK manufacturing facilities are already running full-tilt building the DB9, DBS and V8 Vantage.. Aston had to find somewhere else to build the new car, and Magna Steyr stepped into the breach. Magna will set up a new manufacturing facility dedicated to Rapide production at its factory in Graz, Austria. The Aston Martin Rapide Plant will be patterned after the processes at the Gaydon plant in the UK where other Astons are built, and production of some 2,000 Rapides a year will begin late next year in Graz.

 

Wow! Just wow.

Can't wait until it hits the roads, AM are really hitting their stride.

 

This will give luxury sedans a run for their money, just wondering how much rear leg room. Not to sure about the two-tone steering wheel, looks iffy.

 

So Magna-Steyr is going to build this beauty eh? Can you say most reliable Aston Martin ever :P.

Rear head and leg room is crappy. But who cares; I would sell both my legs to own that car

 

Tint out the pano roof and it's perfect! I can't wait to see one in person.

 

Does anyone have a ballpark on price?

 

200-250k.