Motor Authority - blog Category: Rapide

You know all about the 2010 Aston Martin Rapide, you've read about its official debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show, you know it has a revised version of the DB9's sweet/vicious 6.0-liter V-12 engine. You even know it's rated at 470 horsepower and 442 pound-feet of torque. But do you know every nook and cranny of the car by heart?

If you don't, you'll love this gallery. You'll probably even love it if you do. Aston Martin's latest release of official photography shows the super-sedan in almost every way imaginable, inside and out--the only thing missing to our tech-obsessed minds is an undercarriage shot.

Enough talk! Enjoy the show.

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It's just over two weeks since the 2010 Aston Martin Rapide was revealed at the Frankfurt Auto Show, and now we get some of the first rolling footage of the car courtesy of an official testing video.

The video depicts the Rapide sports sedan testing in various locales around the world including the U.K., Germany and Italy--in short, doing what it does best in some of the most picturesque settings imaginable.

The 2010 Aston Martin Rapide features a revised version of the DB9's 6.0-liter V-12, mated to the new Touchtronic 2 control six-speed automatic with paddle shifters. Final output of the engine is 470 horsepower and 442 pound-feet of...