Aston Martin has once again teamed with the Italian design house, with stunning results. The Aston Martin V12 Zagato ($TBA) offers aggressive yet graceful curves courtesy of a handcrafted bonded aluminum body, and features a front mid-mounted 6.0L V12 engine pumping out 510 hp, rear wheel drive, a steel roll cage, a six-speed gearbox with auto-shift and select shift manual modes, menacing LED taillights, and the iconic Zagato double bubble roof.Not a lot’s happened mechanically, but Zagato’s gone to preposterous lengths to form that awesome body. Building the shell using machines wasn’t possible, so each aluminium design flourish was fabricated by hand from sheet metal before being grafted together to form a panel. The front wings alone are built in seven pieces. The road car in the pics has been untouched. Its 6.0-litre V12 still produces 510bhp and 420lb ft of torque. But there’s a stickered-up enduro racer in the works, which will compete in the 2011 24-hour Nurburgring.
As the trademark vehicle of choice for James Bond, it’s tough to make most Aston Martins any more elegant, powerful or aesthetically pleasing. Famed Italian
coach-maker Zagato, however, managed to do just that with their brand new special edition Aston Martin V12 Zagato. Cast in aluminum and based off the classic V12 Vantage, design details on this formidable Aston concept car include Zagato’s signature “double bubble” roof (originally meant to allow extra headroom for racer’s bulky helmets), a muscular flank reminiscent of the Vanquish, and LED lights all around. Supposedly an in-between variant of the GT3-spec racing Vantage announced earlier this year and a future production model of the flagship Aston, the V12 Zagato is truly a one-of-one force to be reckoned with.
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