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Aston Martin is a famous British manufacturer of luxury sports cars, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire, founded by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford in 1913. It was a part of the Ford Motor Company From 1994 until 2007 and became a part of the company’s Premier Automotive Group in 2000. On 12 March 2007 purchased for £479 million (US$848 million) by a joint venture company, co-owned by Investment Dar and Adeem Investment of Kuwait and English businessman John Sinders.

Recently, they made a four-door, high performance concept coupé of remarkable grace and poise and named it the Aston Martin Rapide. And after a long wait for car enthusiasts this four-door sports car goes through final engineering and testing phases before being launched in early quarter two 2010, Aston Martin confirms US pricing.

Like Aston’s other models, the Rapide is built on the company’s VH (Vertical/Horizontal) architecture. This high-strength, low-mass architecture forms the backbone of the current generation of Aston Martins, which was pioneered by the DB9 Coupé and redefined by the DB9 Volante and the Vantage.

It has a highly distinctive visual language and is said to compete with vehicles like the Porsche Panamera. But the Aston will likely be one of the most expensive and exclusive luxury sports sedans on the market.

As for its engine, it features a hand-built 6.0-litre V12 engine producing 470 horsepower with peak power being delivered at 6,000 rpm and 443 pound-feet of peak torque at 5,000 rpm.

The price of the Rapide will start from $199,950 in the US which features an impressive level of standard specification