Aston Martin V12 Vantage Zagato (Foto Ufficiali)

[McNab]

Questo enorme sfogo dietro le ruote anteriori è funzionale o solo estetico?

Sotto la pioggia, l'acqua tirata su dalle gomme potrebbe generare un effetto scenografico niente male.

[poliziottesco]

Dato che sono letteralmente innamorato di questa auto, sperando di fare cosa gradita anche ad altri, copio/incollo questo breve pezzo sulla collaborazione AM/Zagato

Aston and Zagato - a quick history

Richard Bremner

Years back, I was fortunate enough to see a 1986 Aston Martin Zagato being built. Its creator was bashing out an aluminium front wing with a hammer, using a tree-stump as a former. They really did hand fashion alloy-bodied cars at Zagato back then, just as they had for decades before, and it was quite a sight.

So was the resulting V8-based Aston, whose nose was dominated – or ruined, depending on your aesthetic sensibilites – by the appearance of the improbably large bonnet bulge required to house the car’s Weber carburettors.

Aston V8 Zagato

It was not a pretty car, the V8 Zagato, and certainly not the sublime creation that its predecessor, the DB4 GT Zagato, was.

Aston DB4 GT Zagato

But it was partly as an attempt to renew the association with the famous Italian coachbuilder that the 1986 Aston Zagato was produced, and to mark 50 years since that first DB4 GT Zagato was made that this latest Aston Zagato has emerged, as a design project shared by Aston and the Milanese coachbuilder.

To be cynical for a moment, perhaps the most striking thing about this latest Anglo-Italian machine is that it does not look like all the other Astons in today’s range, a failure of imagination (and, no doubt, investment funding too) from which the latest Virage suffers badly. While this V12 Zagato concept shares something of the current line-up’s side window silhouette and long-bonnet proportioning, its attractively stunted tail, gaping mouth of a grille and double-bubble Zagato roof topography give it a look all of its own.

Aston V12 Zagato

That’s something it shares with the most recent Zagato-bodied Aston Martin, which was based on the DB7 and emerged in 2002. Only 99 of these were produced (plus one for Aston’s museum) in both coupe and convertible forms and though not as beautiful as a DB9, it was an appealing throwback to the coachbuilt Italian sports coupes of the ‘60s, including the original Zagato Aston. For the record, there were 19 of the original DB4 GT Zagatos (a further four were built in 1991, wearing unused chassis numbers, these cryptically known as Sanction II cars, followed by another pair labelled Sanction IIIs), and 89 V8 Zagatos from the ‘80s, though no-one has been rushing to add to their numbers.

Aston DB7 Zagato

Aston has yet to decide whether it will build this latest edition, but let’s hope so – it’s good to see something novel come from the company and great to see the Zagato name on one of its cars again. Given the huge desirability of the original, the fact that the previous run of 99 Zagato Astons sold out immediately and that even the ‘80s examples are fairly sought after, it would be surprise if a limited run of this soon-to-be-raced fourth iteration failed to materialise. Especially as every Aston that’s campaigned by the factory in the Nurburgring 24-hours tends to make the showroom.

Fonte: www.autocar.co.uk

[TurboGimmo]

Secondo me a sto giro hanno un po' toppato.

Riconosco che i punti di contatto con la GT4 ci sono (la vetratura del finestrino fisso laterale) ma mia pare ci siano piu' punti con la GT-R..

In un altro colore più Aston magari la somiglianza sarebbe stata meno palese.

Questa l'ho vista stamattina, era dietro di me..

mi sono sbodolato tutto.

[Regazzoni]

Prima foto (in realtà "rendering") ufficiale della configurazione da corsa, che correrà ad una 24 ore al Nurburgring a fine giugno.

da Car Magazine

[Martin Venator]

A me piace, e molto. Che devo fa', me devo fa' vedé da uno bravo?

[Cosimo]

A me piace, e molto. Che devo fa', me devo fa' vedé da uno bravo?

siamo in due..

[AndreaB]

...stupenda!

[Regazzoni]

Un secondo esemplare del concept, in allestimento da gara, è già al Nurburgring, dove è stato beccato dai fotografi.

Correzione rispetto al messaggio dell'altro ieri: correrà già questo week-end in una "4 ore" e in un altra gara di qualificazione prima di poter partecipare alla "24 ore" di fine giugno.

da Worldcarfans

[Touareg 2.5]

The road car variant of the new Aston Martin V12 Zagato, which will go into production from the middle of next year, has been revealed.

The hand-built Zagato is based on the V12 Vantage and features a body of aluminium and carbonfibre. The race-bred machine is powered by the Warwickshire-based firm's six-litre engine, which produces 510bhp and 420lb ft of torque.

Developed half a century after the introduction of the iconic DB4GT Zagato, the new V12 Zagato broke cover at the Villa D’Este Concours on Lake Como, Italy, in May. It won the coveted design award for the concept and prototypes class.

Two prototypes were then honed during endurance races at the Nürburgring, including the 24-hour event at the German track in June.

The pair of Zagato racing machines will appear on Aston’s Frankfurt motor show display next month, along with the One-77 supercar and the recently launched Virage and Vantage S.

The competition specials have been nicknamed ‘Zig’ and ‘Zag’ by Aston technicians. ‘Zig’ will appear in full racing specification and features a full aerodynamic package including front splitter, dive planes, rear diffuser and spoiler.

‘Zag’ – the car that Autocar tested last month – has been converted back into a road-spec show car to give an indication of how the finished customer cars will look when they are built next year.

[superkappa125]

In queste foto le potrei perdonare anche il carry over dei fari. Fiancata splendida.

Continuano a convincermi poco i fari posteriori.