Aston Martin Announces Additional Vanquish Zagato Models

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By Jonathan Lopez

Published Aug 16, 2017

You better act quick if you want one in your collection

What happens when you mix British good looks with Italian flair? The answer is one very desirable automobile, as evidenced by nearly six decades of collaboration between Aston Martin and Zagato. The latest products of this happy union are new Speedster and Shooting Brake iterations of the Vanquish, which join the Coupe and Volante to bring the grand total of Zagato’d Vanquish models to four. Revealed during Monterey Car Week just five days ahead of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, Aston says production will be limited to 325 units total, including 99 Coupes, 99 Volantes, 28 Speedsters, and 99 Shooting Brakes.

Production is already underway, with deliveries expected through 2018. Unfortunately, anyone looking to grab one of the more rare Speedster models is out of luck, as all 28 are already spoken for. Updates from the design house only pertain to the exterior and cabin, while the mechanicals remain unchanged. That means as much as 580 horsepower from an all-atmosphere 6.0-liter V-12 powerplant, with output routed rearwards by way of a Touchtronic III gearbox. Adaptive dampers help it handle. Outside, you’ll find carbon fiber body components, plus taillights inspired by the outrageous Vulcan racing car and a 3D Zagato “Z” theme for the front fascia. Inside is herringbone carbon fiber with anodized bronze trim.

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Over the years, Aston Martin and design house Zagato have given us some pretty slick versions of Aston’s sports cars, including fancified iterations of the DB7, Virage, and DB9, not to mention older examples like the DB4 GT. This latest round once again brings the heat in terms of styling, and is well timed with the hype of Monterey Car Week, an annual event where beauty, power, and rarity are the norm.

“Why create a family of Zagatos?” asks Marek Reichman, Aston’s Chief Creative Officer. “Well, many of our customers want different things. Some prefer the purity of the Coupe, but others love the idea of something more extreme, like the Speedster. And yes, some of them have ordered one example of each. There’s always an over-demand from our clients and patrons. We could easily fulfill demand for more cars than this, but we want Zagato to remain something very special. We’re creating collectibles, future concours cars.”

Makes sense. Which one would you have?