The Glorious Aston Martin Rapide Made Its First Presentation As A Concept Car At Detroit's North American International Auto Show In The Middle Of 2006, With Eager Buyers Having To Wait Until The 2009 At The Frankfurt Motor Show, With This To Be The Company's First Unveiling Of Their Production Version, Destined For Showrooms For 2010. The Aston Martin Rapide Had References From The Name And Distinctive Design Detail To The Past Aston Martin Rapide Lagonda, Which Had Been Discounted In 1989 And After Some Twenty One Years, The Aston Martin Production Plant Had Decided That It Was Time To Offer Their Well Healed Global Clients This All New Radical Four Door, Elegantly Refined, Spacious Motoring Statement. Every Element Of The Design Was Focused On Attention To Detail, With The Sensational 6.0 Litre V12 Engine To Be Positioned Behind The Centre Line Of The Front Wheels, Which Ultimately Gave The Car A Near Perfect Weight Distribution, Which Resulted In Confidence Inspiring Handling And Vehicle Agility. The Rapide Offers The Driver A Fully Immersive Driving Experience, Along With A Highly Comfortable Cabin Space For Those Occasions When You Simply Want To Relax And Effortlessly Cover Big Distances, With The Remarkable V12 To Literally Eat Up Those Miles. In 2014 Aston Martin Updated This Model With The All New Aston Martin Rapide S Model, With The V12 Producing More Grunt, Which Increased The Power Output To An Astonishing 550 BHP, Which Gave Acceleration From 0-62 MPH In Just 4.4 And A Top Speed Of 190 MPH, With All This Power Elegantly Controlled By The Six Speed Touchtronic II Automatic Transmission The Rapide S received further revisions in August 2014, for the 2015 model year, including a new, 8-speed Touchtronic III automatic transmission. It now also used the AM29 V12 engine, with a power output of 560 PS (412 kW; 552 hp) and 630 N⋅m (465 lb⋅ft) of torque, resulting in an acceleration of 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 4.4 seconds and an increased top speed of 327 km/h (203 mph)