Thursday 26th July 2012
Aston Martin limits V12 Zagato to 101 cars
...seems the original 150 units were just too many...
Aston Martin has revealed that the already limited production run for
the forthcoming V12 Zagato is to be throttled back still further, with the company now planning to build just 101 examples rather than the 150 originally envisaged.
In fairness, Aston Martin only ever said they would build 'up to' 150 cars, so we presume the 101 figure is based on how many deposits they have actually taken for the £330K special.
But does this mean that Aston is having trouble flogging its super-exclusive supercar? Or is it that the 2,000 man hours required to build it (100 of which is spent in the paint shop alone) is just too much for Aston? Or maybe the buzz around the new Vanquish is sending customers in the direction of its new flagship instead of the Zagato.
If you're being really kind, you might even suggest that Aston is being extra careful to ensure the future exclusivity of the Zagato...
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s2000db
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166 posts
23 months
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Or that it's just too expensive for what it is??
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housen
637 posts
62 months
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whoami
7,386 posts
110 months
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s2000db said: Or that it's just too expensive for what it is?? Correct.
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mikey k
6,752 posts
86 months
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whoami said: s2000db said: Or that it's just too expensive for what it is?? Correct. Or the Good Doctor over estimated the abilities of his marketing wizardry  
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sunsurfer
214 posts
51 months
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Maybe it's just me but I have a sense that Aston Martin are treading water. They are not truly developing the cars we will all be talking about.
I hope I'm wrong and they are generating the profits and employing the engineering wizards who are working on really exciting new cars.
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DanDC5
7,025 posts
37 months
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sunsurfer said: Maybe it's just me but I have a sense that Aston Martin are treading water. They are not truly developing the cars we will all be talking about.
I hope I'm wrong and they are generating the profits and employing the engineering wizards who are working on really exciting new cars. Not sure what the plans are beyond the initial doing, but they are currently working on a Cygnet with the engine from the V8 Vantage. Don't know what the plans for it are though.
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FWDRacer
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whoami
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110 months
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mikey k said: whoami said: s2000db said: Or that it's just too expensive for what it is?? Correct. Or the Good Doctor over estimated the abilities of his marketing wizardry That too. 
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PascalBuyens
2,604 posts
152 months
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I'd still have one... if it would fit in my budget...
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noumenon
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74 months
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turbobungle
339 posts
94 months
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maybe its just that its the worst looking Aston for years!
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steve_n
112 posts
72 months
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turbobungle said: maybe its just that its the worst looking Aston for years! I agree. The standard V12 is spot on, this is an abomination in my eyes.
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angry jock
844 posts
69 months
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They only built 99 examples of the DB7 Zagato and the AR1 each. In comparison to the standard DB7 neither of which are exactly pretty...   I would assume that part of the scale back is directly attributable to the fact that it isnt as aesthetically pleasing as a standard V12V and the launch of the new Vanquish. In saying that, however, the Zagato may have slightly better residuals than either of them if you compare to other AM/Zagato collaborations.
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K2MDL
2,485 posts
89 months
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It looks horrible to me. The back end rear haunches look so much like the Bentley GT it's almost as though Zag couldn't be bothered to design that part themselves.
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Dave Hedgehog
5,321 posts
74 months
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hmmm nissan GTR window roof line
looks like an AM thats been put inside a plastic bucket thats then had the bucket melted over it
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Froomee
724 posts
39 months
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Saw this at Goodwood Festival of Speed and to be fair it looked lovely. Photos don't do it justice in my opinion. Certainly looked a lot better and certainly more distinct than some of the offerings from other manufacturers.
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thewheelman
2,194 posts
43 months
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That is one damn ugly car. And those wheels......... 
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vertico2k
15 posts
93 months
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Spooky. AR1 parked outside our offices right now (with parking ticket)
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rev-erend
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154 months
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Love the rear end styling .. very original.
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V8 GRF
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80 months
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rev-erend said: Love the rear end styling .. very original. Is it just me or does the backend remind you of this.... ? 
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