Don’t get us wrong. The Aston Martin Rapide is a special car itself. It was the first four-door Aston Martin to make it into production and a declaration of beauty as far as its design went. One particular customer, however, wanted all that and more luggage room – after all, the Rapide only offered 317 liters of trunk volume, which is hatchback territory – and that’s how the one-off Rapide Bertone Jet 2+2 was born.

The only one of its kind

Try to ignore the fact that the Aston Martin Rapide had the gear selector deconstructed and spread on the center console, with a big round button for P, R, N, and D. Or that fact that the front and rear windows overlapped when closed to seal off the cabin from the rain. A particular Mr. Barry Weir wanted more from the Rapide, and since Aston Martin wasn’t selling a shooting brake version at the time, the only way for such a car to exist was as a one-off.

On top of that, Aston Martin’s chief designer Marek Reichman initially rejected the final design because the folks over at Bertone wouldn’t use the upgraded Rapide front grille on the one-off car.

In the end, it all came together and the Jet 2+2’s body was hand-assembled just in time to debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, where it made a lot of jaws drop. Since it hadn’t been teased or hyped whatsoever, the car was a genuine surprise and got a lot of natural attention. Maybe the fact that the original Rapide was inspired by the DB9, a gorgeous car from every angle, contributed to its sleek appearance suited to the shooting brake treatment.

Other than the modified body, the Bertone Jet 2+2 featured the standard Rapide powertrain, aka a 5.9-liter V-12 with 470 horsepower at 6000 rpm and 443 pound-feet of torque at 5000 rpm. In the regular, 4299-pound Rapide, the mill, helped by a six-speed automatic with paddle shifters, could boast 0-60 mph sprints of 5.1 seconds en route to a top speed of 188 mph.

2014 Aston Martin Rapide Jet 2+2 specifications

The car in question is on sale via Classic Mobilia and it reportedly has just 10,000 miles on the odometer. That and its one-off status might demand a hefty price, easily into six-figure territory. Unfortunately, the ad doesn’t mention such details.