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Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Concept Kicks Off the 2016 Concorso d'Eleganza

This year’s edition of the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este opened its doors in grand style. The first automaker to present a masterpiece on wheels at the elegance competition is Aston Martin. That masterpiece is the Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato.
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Zagato, an Italian coachbuilding company founded in 1919, and the peeps at Aston Martin go a long way back. To be more precise, the first fruit of labor comes in the form of the 1960 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato. Prior to the advent of the bite-the-back-of-your-hand beautiful Vanquish Zagato, the companies joined hands to create the Vantage-based V12 Zagato endurance racing concept car and production car.

If you think that the Vanquish Zagato Concept and the V12 Zagato Concept bear a resemblance, you’re not wrong. The design of the C-pillar and the shape of the rear window are the most obvious common traits. Visual elements inspired by other Aston Martin models are also present. The taillights look remarkably similar to those of the Vulcan. The side mirror supports, on the other hand, were borrowed from the One-77.

The bottom line is that the fifth model to emerge from the collaboration between Aston Martin and Zagato is breathtaking. "We pride ourselves on our strong partnership and the creation of the Vanquish Zagato Concept was a true shared experience," declared Andrea Zagato, the chief exec of Zagato and the grandson of the founder. "It represents the essence of an important design relationship that dates back over fifty years."

It’s not known if the Vanquish Zagato will be put into production in the same vein Aston Martin did with the V12 Zagato. If there will ever be a Vanquish iteration of the Aston Martin DB11, it's safe to assume that it's still some years away from seeing the light of day. It would be a great farewell party for the current generation of the Vanquish if the British outfit were to offer a limited edition with the Zagato touch.
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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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