Aston Martin Rapide Forum | rapideboard.comFor the upcoming BMW M5 competitor: the four-door Aston Martin Rapide. Only unveiled as a concept car, but will be launched in 2007. rapideboard.com
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2002 E39 Carbonblack/Caramel M5 (best car I ever owned)
2005 E60 Blue Onyx/Caramel/Light Figured Ash M5 (worst car I ever owned)
2007 E90 Montego Blue/Black Alpina D3 (sublime) Let me tell you what SMG stands for...
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Ashok
2002 E39 Carbonblack/Caramel M5 (best car I ever owned)
2005 E60 Blue Onyx/Caramel/Light Figured Ash M5 (worst car I ever owned)
2007 E90 Montego Blue/Black Alpina D3 (sublime) Let me tell you what SMG stands for...
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Ashok
2002 E39 Carbonblack/Caramel M5 (best car I ever owned)
2005 E60 Blue Onyx/Caramel/Light Figured Ash M5 (worst car I ever owned)
2007 E90 Montego Blue/Black Alpina D3 (sublime) Let me tell you what SMG stands for...
yep just read that as well! 702 million euros is quite a price!! Wonder what they are going to come up with... Do you think they are going to build new cars soon, or keep on with the DB9 and V8 for some time?... I read Ford would continue sending engines for about a year or so... what next?
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2007 Audi S6, black on black. Many options (sold... not too happy with that one...)
2006 Audi A3 3.2 Quattro, Black/Beige, full opt. Love the car!
Ex 2004 Audi A4 convert 3.0 sport, grey/dark red, many otions, traded for the S6... I miss it!
1959 Triumph TR3a, english racing green, undergoing full restoration, almost there...
I think the DBS and Rapide projects were on hold until the sale was agreed.
Now that it is a done deal, I expect to see these two models to come out pretty quickly. The DBS is going up against the 599GTB so it's going to have to be absolutely brilliant to compete. Interesting times.
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Ashok
2002 E39 Carbonblack/Caramel M5 (best car I ever owned)
2005 E60 Blue Onyx/Caramel/Light Figured Ash M5 (worst car I ever owned)
2007 E90 Montego Blue/Black Alpina D3 (sublime) Let me tell you what SMG stands for...
It appears that Prodrive has recently found new funds.
F1 and buying a car manufacturer that hasn't made a dime since its start are costly experiences..
Or would Aston MArtin go into F1????
Oh yes..
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|D-1 cage|full race spec for looking at chequered flags
They have two Kuwaiti financial banks and I believe an American investor so yes Prodrive have more money. And it looks very likely that there will not be a Prodrive team but a Aston Martin team in the F1. I hope Richards will make the Aston Martin better and hope the brand will flourish. Looking forward to the Rapide and the DBS. Just hope that they can work the engine thing out and also more power of course to better compete with Porsche and Ferrari.
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Forza Ferrari, Kimi vs Schumi..
Well, maybe they can work a deal to let somebody else do the LM racing, but financially it looks like the F1 would make it impossible to do other racing at the same time. Which in some ways is a shame as those cars look a little more like "normal" Astons than an open wheel formula-car will
nice pic too.
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Forza Ferrari, Kimi vs Schumi..
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