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02-25-2013, 08:59 AM
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Way back in 2004 Bertone created a one-off concept called the Bertone Jet 2 (http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/1925/Aston-Martin-Vanquish-Bertone-Jet-2.html), a shooting brake based on the Aston Martin Vanquish (http://autoblog.com/aston+martin/vanquish). For this year's Geneva Motor Show (http://autoblog.com/geneva-motor-show) the Italian styling house is doing it again, but this time it has used the Rapide (http://autoblog.com/aston+martin/rapide) to create the Jet 2+2. Employing a model whose lines were more readily made for shooting brake adaptation has resulted in a vehicle that we find far better looking than its predecessor.
There's a 470-horsepower V12 under the hood, a bespoke interior with two-tone leather, a stretched and heightened rear quarter for more headroom and luggage room, and fold-flat rear seats. An LED strip connects the taillights across the wide tailgate.
An unnamed client commissioned the build, and it also happens to be another candle on Aston Martin's centenary birthday cake as well as commemoration of the sixty years since Bertone and Aston Martin (http://autoblog.com/aston+martin) first worked together. It will take the floor in Geneva along with the Rapide S.Bertone bringing one-off Aston Martin Rapide shooting brake to Geneva (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/25/bertone-bringing-one-off-aston-martin-rapide-shooting-brake-to-g/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Way back in 2004 Bertone created a one-off concept called the Bertone Jet 2 (http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/1925/Aston-Martin-Vanquish-Bertone-Jet-2.html), a shooting brake based on the Aston Martin Vanquish (http://autoblog.com/aston+martin/vanquish). For this year's Geneva Motor Show (http://autoblog.com/geneva-motor-show) the Italian styling house is doing it again, but this time it has used the Rapide (http://autoblog.com/aston+martin/rapide) to create the Jet 2+2. Employing a model whose lines were more readily made for shooting brake adaptation has resulted in a vehicle that we find far better looking than its predecessor.
There's a 470-horsepower V12 under the hood, a bespoke interior with two-tone leather, a stretched and heightened rear quarter for more headroom and luggage room, and fold-flat rear seats. An LED strip connects the taillights across the wide tailgate.
An unnamed client commissioned the build, and it also happens to be another candle on Aston Martin's centenary birthday cake as well as commemoration of the sixty years since Bertone and Aston Martin (http://autoblog.com/aston+martin) first worked together. It will take the floor in Geneva along with the Rapide S.Bertone bringing one-off Aston Martin Rapide shooting brake to Geneva (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/25/bertone-bringing-one-off-aston-martin-rapide-shooting-brake-to-g/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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