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Revealed with great pomp and circumstance in July 2019, the DBS Zagato is the latest collaboration between the British automaker and the Italian coachbuilder. But the thing is, Aston Martin has only published computer-generated images so far. Renderings if you want to call them that way.
Happily, however, the real deal does exist and the carparazzi have spied a prototype doing its thing in the vicinity of the Nurburgring. The headlights and taillights are definitely ready for production, and the carbon-fiber body shell also looks faithful to the images that Aston published last year.
The DBS Zagato in the photo gallery, however, doesn’t feature gold garnish on the center-lock wheels and the fender/door trim piece of the production model. The quad exhaust is there, though, and as you would expect from a Zagato, the double-bubble roof makes this car a little more special.
Being based on the DBS Superleggera, the DBS Zagato can only be had alongside the DB4 GT Zagato Continuation for the princely price of £6 million. Aston Martin calls the two-car special edition package the DBZ Centenary Collection. Only 19 such pairs will be ever produced, so yeah, exclusivity is the name of the game. Care to guess what hides under the newcomer’s hood?
As opposed to the DBS Superleggera, Aston has uprated the 5.2-liter twin-turbo V12 to 760 brake horsepower. That’s 771 PS for the AE31 engine, up from 725 PS or 735 horsepower. A bubble theme can also be noticed at the front of the vehicle, and the headlights complement a redesigned grille.
The DB4 GT Zagato Continuation, on the other hand, is an improved replica of the original. A track-only car, the oldtimer’s engine is a Tadek Marek straight-six with 380 horsepower (385 PS) on deck. The grand tourer sports car from the 1960s, by comparison, produces roughly 314 horsepower (318 PS).
Aston Martin and Zagato were joined at the hip in the early ‘60s with the arrival of the DB4 GT Zagato, which was raced by the likes of Jim Clark. And like the original, the continuation series is an instant classic in its own right.
The DBS Zagato in the photo gallery, however, doesn’t feature gold garnish on the center-lock wheels and the fender/door trim piece of the production model. The quad exhaust is there, though, and as you would expect from a Zagato, the double-bubble roof makes this car a little more special.
Being based on the DBS Superleggera, the DBS Zagato can only be had alongside the DB4 GT Zagato Continuation for the princely price of £6 million. Aston Martin calls the two-car special edition package the DBZ Centenary Collection. Only 19 such pairs will be ever produced, so yeah, exclusivity is the name of the game. Care to guess what hides under the newcomer’s hood?
As opposed to the DBS Superleggera, Aston has uprated the 5.2-liter twin-turbo V12 to 760 brake horsepower. That’s 771 PS for the AE31 engine, up from 725 PS or 735 horsepower. A bubble theme can also be noticed at the front of the vehicle, and the headlights complement a redesigned grille.
The DB4 GT Zagato Continuation, on the other hand, is an improved replica of the original. A track-only car, the oldtimer’s engine is a Tadek Marek straight-six with 380 horsepower (385 PS) on deck. The grand tourer sports car from the 1960s, by comparison, produces roughly 314 horsepower (318 PS).
Aston Martin and Zagato were joined at the hip in the early ‘60s with the arrival of the DB4 GT Zagato, which was raced by the likes of Jim Clark. And like the original, the continuation series is an instant classic in its own right.
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