Spy Shots: Competition-spec Aston Martin Rapide spotted testing on 'Ring
 

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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><sma ll>Competition-spec Aston Martin Rapide for the N&uuml;rburgring 24-Hour race - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/aston-martin/">Aston Martin</a> announced its <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/06/aston-martin-to-field-near-stock-rapide-at-nurburgring-24/">intent to race</a> a lightly modified <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/rapide">Rapide</a> at this year's N&uuml;rburgring 24-hour race, and what has to happen before that? Testing. Here is the black beauty with slicks and perspex windows caught measuring its mettle on that very track before doing the real thing in May.<br />
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The marque has taken class wins the last two years with its <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/v8+vantage">Vantage</a> coupes, but it would still make for quite the hubbub if it pulls off the same in a 4-door hatch. All of a sudden, matte black as a production color really doesn't seem so bad. Have a look at it in the gallery of high-res photos below.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/competition-spec-aston-martin-rapide-on-the-ring/low/">Competition-spec Aston Martin Rapide on the 'Ring</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/competition-spec-aston-martin-rapide-on-the-ring/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/01amnurbrap_thumbnail.jpg " alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/competition-spec-aston-martin-rapide-on-the-ring/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/02amnurbrap_thumbnail.jpg " alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/competition-spec-aston-martin-rapide-on-the-ring/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/03amnurbrap_thumbnail.jpg " alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/competition-spec-aston-martin-rapide-on-the-ring/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/04amnurbrap_thumbnail.jpg " alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/competition-spec-aston-martin-rapide-on-the-ring/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/05amnurbrap_thumbnail.jpg " alt="" title="" /></a></div><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/20/spy-shots-competition-spec-aston-martin-rapide-spotted-testing/">Spy Shots: Competition-spec Aston Martin Rapide spotted testing on 'Ring</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:26:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/20/spy-shots-competition-spec-aston-martin-rapide-spotted-testing/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19447509/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/20/spy-shots-competition-spec-aston-martin-rapide-spotted-testing/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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