Bertone Jet 2+2 is a family-style Aston Martin Rapide Leave it to Bertone to take a stab at improving the look of the Aston Martin Rapide. The coachbuilder may have done just that with its Jet 2+2 shooting brake unveiled here at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. Using the sexy Aston four-door as a basis, the coachbuilder worked the Aston's rear quarters and lifted the roof into a proper hatch, resulting in a machine with plenty of cargo space out back (though rear seat room doesn't appear to be much better than the production sedan). An LED span joins the vehicle's two taillights, and the design looks far more cohesive than the original renderings led us to believe.
Bertone Jet 2+2 is a family-style Aston Martin Rapide
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| Bertone Jet 2+2 is a family-style Aston Martin Rapide |
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| Bertone Jet 2+2 is a family-style Aston Martin Rapide |
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| Bertone Jet 2+2 is a family-style Aston Martin Rapide |
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| Bertone Jet 2+2 is a family-style Aston Martin Rapide |
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| Bertone Jet 2+2 is a family-style Aston Martin Rapide |
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| Bertone Jet 2+2 is a family-style Aston Martin Rapide |
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| Bertone Jet 2+2 is a family-style Aston Martin Rapide |
An unnamed collector commissioned the one-off build, and Bertone is using the longroof to mark the 60th anniversary of the company's first partnership with Aston Martin. We couldn't think of a better way to commemorate the date. The stock 6.0-liter V12 remains unsullied, cranking out 476 horsepower, though Bertone has given the interior a once-over with unique wood, glazed aluminum and two leather colors specified by the individual who commissioned the car. Check out the full press release below for more information.
A dream sports car to celebrate a double historical anniversary. At the International Car
Show of Geneva, Bertone celebrates the Aston Martin centenary and Sixty years of
cooperation between the Italian Company and the prestigious English Brand presenting an
interpretation of the Aston Martin Rapide.
It is a luxurious and refined shooting-brake realized as a one-off vehicle, keeping
unchanged the mechanical engineering of the original model (6 litres V 12 cylinders engine
476 HP), combining a stretched and muscular car body and a functional use of the
hatchback. The Rapide Bertone was commissioned by an Aston Martin collector who took
part in person in the whole development of the project, from the first phases of the style
research to the manufacture of the car in the workshop, choosing the bodywork paint as
well as the leather trimming and the cockpit upholstery.
Bertone Jet 2+2 is a family-style Aston Martin Rapide
Close to the Rapide Bertone a new exemplar of the Aston Martin Jet 2 is proposed, once
again a shooting-brake realized in 2004 based on the Vanquish. In this case the exposed
model in Geneva was especially set up for the president of the Company, Mrs Lilli Bertone,
with trimmings personalized by Foglizzo Leather (a prestigious Italian Brand founded in
1921) and special paint.
Both the cars were manufactured by "Bertone Officina" (Bertone Workshop), the new
company department organized as a high fashion atelier, completely designed for the
production of custom-built models coherently integrating in the historical tradition of
Bertone. That means a "tailor made" service for special customers, but also an example of
how Bertone could help the manufacturers to vary their own range making "custom-built"
cars, exactly as they made in the Fifties and Sixties, with all the standards of quality and
safety of a modern car manufacturer.
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