{"id":106530,"date":"2016-05-20T16:47:30","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T20:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=106530"},"modified":"2016-05-20T16:47:30","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T20:47:30","slug":"aston-martin-turns-to-zagato-for-new-vanquish-concept-coupe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2016\/05\/aston-martin-turns-to-zagato-for-new-vanquish-concept-coupe\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Martin Turns to Zagato for New Vanquish Concept Coupe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Concept coupe is the marque's latest cutting-edge concept.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Britain\u2019s luxury carmaker Aston Martin is just coming out of a long sleep, with a pocketful of new capital helping it set in motion the most aggressive product roll-out in its 103-year history.<\/p>\n

And we\u2019re getting a peak at what\u2019s coming with a first look at the new Vanquish Zagato concept coupe. As the name suggests, Aston has turned to Italian design house Zagato for the show car making its official debut this weekend at the exclusive Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este on the shores of Lake Como this weekend.<\/p>\n

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Concept News!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe pride ourselves on our strong partnership and the creation of the Vanquish Zagato Concept was a true shared experience,\u201d Zagato’s CEO, Andrea Zagato, said in a statment. “It represents the essence of an important design relationship that dates back over 50 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, the new Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato is the fifth design the Italian house has done for the British marque. The Aston Martin V12 Zagato concept revealed at the same Concorso in 2011 won wide praise and the show\u2019s Design Award for Concept Cars and Prototypes — while also setting the stage for the latest show car.<\/p>\n

The two share some key themes, though the latest concept model is a bit more muscular and sensually sculpted, with twin air extractors on the hood framing a pair of sharp creases flowing off the coupe\u2019s nose. The roof subtly bulges above each of the four passengers\u2019 heads.<\/p>\n

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The the new Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato is the fifth design the Italian house has done for the British carmaker.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the rear, the Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato features a retractable spoiler, along with \u201cbladed\u201d taillights said to evoke the brand\u2019s Vulcan hypercar.<\/p>\n

(Aston Martin DB11 \u201cmost important car\u201d in marque\u2019s history. <\/em>Click Here<\/a><\/span> for the story.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chrome strakes flow rearward from just behind the front wheels, capping twin air exhausts from the concept car\u2019s wheel air curtains.<\/p>\n

The greenhouse atop the lightweight carbon fiber body gracefully tapers inward, creating distinctively muscular rear \u201cshoulders\u201d an a classically large C-pillar \u2013 though that approach, combined with a relatively narrow back window likely limit rear visibility.<\/p>\n

Inside, the Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato concept features contrasting read-and-black leather. The sports seats are sculpted to keep driver and front passenger firmly in place during even the most aggressive driving. A \u201cZ\u201d is woven into the quilted material on both the seats and doors.<\/p>\n

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Under its muscular hood, the show car features a 6.0-liter Aston V-12 making 569 horsepower.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The show car\u2019s instrument panel retains familiar Aston cues but gives the overall cockpit a much more modern feel than the dated Vanquish of today.<\/p>\n

(<\/em>Click Here<\/a><\/span> for details about James Bond\u2019s DB10 selling for $3.48 million.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

What plans Aston has for the Zagato concept aren\u2019t being revealed, though the use of the Vanquish name strongly suggests the prototype will have a direct influence over the new sports car we\u2019ll be seeing in the near future.<\/p>\n

Under its muscular hood, the show car features a 6.0-liter Aston V-12 making 569 horsepower. In production, the next Vanquish is expected to be powered by a new drivetrain derived as part of a partnership between Aston Martin and Daimler\u2019s Mercedes-AMG performance subsidiary.<\/p>\n

The debut of the Vanquish Zagato comes only a few months after Aston revealed the new DB11 at the annual Geneva Motor Show.<\/p>\n

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Inside, the Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato concept features contrasting read-and-black leather.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe aspire to make the most beautiful cars in the world,\u201d declared Aston CEO Andy Palmer.<\/p>\n

(To see more about Bentley expanding its model line-up with EVs, <\/em>Click Here<\/a><\/span>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

If the new Vanquish Zagato concept car is any indication of what\u2019s coming from Aston Martin, that boast should be taken quite seriously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

British luxury carmaker Aston Martin is getting “back in the game” so to speak with its latest concept vehicle: the Vanquish Zagato concept coupe. Get a closer look at this new beast at TheDetroitBureau.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"make":[],"post-state":[],"category_old":[151],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106530"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106530"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=106530"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=106530"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=106530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}