Star of the show – The all new Aston Martin Rapide

The all new Rapide was the star of the show for the launch of the first four door sports car from Aston Martin at Grange Welwyn.

Over 70 guests had the opportunity to experience the car first hand with two demonstrators being used for test drives on the evening, as well as enjoying fine food and champagne.

The Aston Martin Rapide encapsulates the values of Aston Martin in a sporting saloon, a four-door sports car with unrivalled performance, extremely high levels of craftsmanship and exceptionally elegant design. The Rapide is a car to savour and share, a characterful, expressive sports grand-tourer that extends the Aston Martin experience to an entire family, a group of colleagues or other performance enthusiasts. Beauty, power and practicality have never been presented so seductively.

As a special guest on the night, the race prepared Aston Martin Rapide, fresh from it’s first outings success at the Nürburgring 24-hour Race, where the Rapide recorded a hugely impressive podium finish in the SP8 class after running faultlessly throughout the 24-hours.

The evening concluded with entertainment from the singing waiters, who had kept guests thirsts at bay, before they amazed and thrilled the audience as they burst into the finest spectacular singing.

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Business secretary visits Aston Martin and Jaguar

Vince Cable

Vince Cable, the business secretary, is today visiting automotive businesses in the West Midlands, including Aston Martin at Gaydon and Jaguar at Warwick University.

At Gaydon, Cable will drive as Aston Martin plus Jaguar’s developmental petrol-electric hybrid, known as the Limo Green.

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