DBS GT Zagato 

Famous design house Zagato will be celebrating its centenary quite soon. To celebrate the occasion the Italian company is going to produce the new DBS GT Zagato. This new model forms part of the DBZ Centenary Collection, a unique project that pays tribute to an icon of the past and creates a classic of the future.

Cementing ties

The starting point for the DBS GT Zagato is Aston Martin’s DBS Superleggera. This new project is inspired by curvaceous, original DB4 GT Zagato. Just 19 units of this car will be built.

A key design feature remains the iconic double-bubble roof.  It stretches the full length of the canopy, from the top of the front windscreen to the car’s rearmost tip. The DBS discards the traditional rear windscreen in favour of a purer roofline. The double-bubble theme continues forwards across the car’s bonnet. A wide wrap-around windscreen, removes any hard lines above the car’s shoulder line.

Muscular rear haunches deliver powerful definition to the car’s profile, while a unique wheel design, headlamps and front grille are all a modern twist on the DB4 GT Zagato’s classic form.

In his own words

Speaking of the DBZ Zagato Collection, Marek Reichman, Aston Martin Lagonda’s executive vice president and chief creative officer said: “In the DB4 GT Zagato Continuation we have one of the world’s most beautiful and instantly recognisable pieces of car design. Creating a car fit to stand alongside it was always going to be a formidable challenge, but also a great motivation.

“Both design teams at Aston Martin and Zagato have together risen to the task magnificently; taking the already fabulous DBS Superleggera and shaping something which retains its identity as an Aston Martin, but expresses itself as only a Zagato can. Sensational-looking and extremely rare, it is the modern incarnation of a timeless icon.”

DBZ Centenary Collection