This Rapide S is believed to be the very first production Rapide S, retained by AML. It was displayed in 2017 at Gaydon during an AML Employee Weekend and visitors were encouraged to write messages on the Stratus White coachwork.
This is not the first-time visitors to AML have had this opportunity. Back in 2013, during Centenary week, a prototype DBS Coupe was also covered in graffiti by visitors to Gaydon.
The Rapide S was unveiled in January 2013 and production ran until 2018. The ‘S’ was a major update to the original Rapide model including tuning the AM11 engine to produce 550 bhp, an increase of 80 bhp (17%) over the original. This shaved 0.4 seconds from the 0-60 mph acceleration, down to just 4.7 seconds, together with a top speed of 190mph.