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When the Aston Martin [Rapide->ar73054] was introduced to the world at last month’s Frankfurt Motor Show, a lot of people left with high hopes for the new British supercar. Now it looks like [Aston Martin->ke13] is hard at work to give the people exactly what they want. The British automaker recently released a new video of the Rapide undergoing a series of high-speed tests at the company’s Mira facility in Warwickshire, England, followed by another run, this time at the world-famous Nurburgring Nordschleife. Finally, the Rapide heads off to the Italian boondocks for another run of powertrain testing. It’s been a while since we last saw an Aston Martin being taken out for a test run and judging by the video we just saw, it looks like the Rapide is as good as advertised; maybe even better than we all initially thought. Powered by a 6.0-liter V12 engine with a mouth-watering 477 horsepower and 600 Nm of torque, the Rapide is capable of accelerating from 0-60 mph in just a