The Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Coupe – first seen at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in May and announced for production in June – made its North American debut at the 2016 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. There, Aston Martin announced a partner for that special car, the Vanquish Zagato Volante.
Like the fixed top Vanquish Zagato, the Volante will be built to a limited production run of 99 cars at Aston Martin’s HQ in Gaydon. Previous Aston Martin Zagato convertibles have included the striking V8 Vantage Volante (1987) and the DB AR1 (2003). Developed as an open-topped Zagato-bodied DB7 and also limited to 99 units, the latter was similarly designed for the North American market and is a collectible today.
The Volante shares its proportions with the Coupe, a quintessential Aston Martin form with a classic Zagato twist. Highlights include round tail light reflectors that use the same ‘bladed’ LEDs as the AM Vulcan; and twin cowls on the rear deck that blend into the leading edge of the luggage compartment, concealing a bespoke folding hood derived from the mechanism used in the Vanquish Volante. Carbon fibre sills around the lower body create a pronounced horizontal emphasis.
Inside, the Volante features the unique signature ‘Z’ quilt pattern stitch on both seat and door sections, as well as the celebrated trademark Zagato ‘Z’ embossed on the headrests and stitched into the centre console. The marque’s Q division can add further personalisation such as herringbone carbon-fibre, anodised bronze detailing and fine Bridge of Weir leather, among other things.
Like in the Coupe, the AM 310’s 6.0 litre V12 engine has been uprated to increase its output to 600 PS, capable of delivering a projected 0-96 km/h (0-60 mph) time of 3.7 seconds, two tenths slower in the roadster.
The Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Volante is the latest creation from a collaboration that reaches back over nearly six decades, beginning with the beautifully muscular DB4 GT Zagato race car of 1960 and includes the DB7 Vantage Zagato of 2002, 2011’s V12 Vantage Zagato. Customer deliveries are set to begin next year.
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0-100 in 3.7 secs…. this car can give Bezza a 5 secs headstart lead and still smoke it before bezza even reach 100kmph.
Are u retarded? Why does everyone here like to bring up p1, p2, vios, takata, city, dap, bn etc in every article? Why?
This car will also cost about a hundred times more than a Bezza, has 4 times as many cylinders and 6 times as much displacement.
Beautiful car hampered by horrible rims.