Aston Martin is gearing up to begin deliveries of its limited-run DB4 GT Zagato Continuation, with ten customerexamples nearing completion at the firm’s Newport Pagnell-based Heritage Division.
Each car is the result of around 4500 hours of labour carried out by the engineers, handcrafted using what Aston calls "artisan coachbuilding skills", including techniques more commonplace in the middle of the last century.
The first completed DB4 GT Zagato Continuation model was shown at the Le Mans 24 Hours in June. It was painted in Rosso Maja, a colour mixed by paint supplier Max Meyer specially for use on the original Zagato DB4.
Inside, carbonfibre race seats are trimmed in black leather, as are the door cards and headliner, with carpets decorated to match. A full FIA-approved roll cage and period-correct race instrumentation also feature.
As well as the 19 DB4 GT Zagato Continuation models being produced, the same number of a bespoke new supercar, called the DBS GT Zagato, are scheduled for production, but the two models will only be available to buy as a package – at a cost of £6 million for the set, before tax.
The track-only DB4 GT Zagato is powered by an updated 4.7-litre version of the Tadek Marek-designed straight-six engine that features in the original. It delivers more than 390bhp to the rear wheels through a four-speed manual transmission and limited-slip differential.
Join the debate
Add your comment
Agreed....
Streaky,
it’s not just you, whenever I have ssen a Zagato bodied Aston it has made it quite clear to me how right Aston got it the first time, and how Zagato just buggers the whole thing up. This car, for instance, looks like a cross between a DB4 and a Ferrari 250 SWB, but manages to be nowhere near as pretty as either car.
If Aston really wants to do recreations, why not just redo the DB4, DB5 or DB6? Any of them would be nicer than this.
Bloody brilliant. Yes it’s
Bloody brilliant. Yes it’s expensive, yes you can’t drive it anywhere....but look at it! It’s beautiful. It’s also fantastic that Aston are keeping these skills and supply chains alive. How anyone can be negative about this kind of artistry from such a wonderful British brand I don’t know.
Is it beautiful?
-or is it me? I've always thought that whenever Zagato produced a variation of an Aston, it was never as good looking as the car it was based on; the shapes and proportions were always a bit "off". Take the grille on this one for example - nothing like as stylish and shapely as the original.
So what...
Irespective of staged pics or not, look at it!, British workmanship at its best, this Car looks perfect, and yes the asking price is wild,but, there are buyers out there with money to burn , hide from Tax authorities.