RE: OMG: Zagato takes the Alpine A110 to new lengths
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cirks said:
Interesting side by sides.
They also did the prototype for the new TVR Griffith
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Only a couple of nice ones out of the 12 'prettiest'!
https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-c...
Which they recycled into an Aston Martin:They also did the prototype for the new TVR Griffith
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https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-c...
Vanquish Zagato
It's interesting to see what the very wealthy can be tempted into spending their cash on, personally prefer the un-zagato'd A110 but appreciate there are crazy Italians or Germans out there who's sole job is to create exclusive coach built car bodies for rich folk. Granted those purchasing may have been better served by a visit to an optician which would have saved them several hundreds thousand pounds.
i would risk that if this was £100k, everyone would think it is fantastic.
I was very cynical about the McL speedtail before i saw one in the metal and utterly fell in love.
These cars feel like the concept of coach built cars of the 1930s brought into the 21st century.
Ignoring the price, i think the white car looks good with the tail fitted. Suspect it is much better in the metal.
I was very cynical about the McL speedtail before i saw one in the metal and utterly fell in love.
These cars feel like the concept of coach built cars of the 1930s brought into the 21st century.
Ignoring the price, i think the white car looks good with the tail fitted. Suspect it is much better in the metal.
DrDaveWatford said:
pycraft said:
On a different note, I see that we're now using "OMG", and earlier this week, "Gadzooks"; has someone run "Behold" though the thesaurus?
Interesting that you should mention a thesaurus…. When I run “Zagato” through my thesaurus it spits out “horrendous”. Quhet said:
What's the point? 
I get the confusion; it's wildly expensive, divisively styled and makes no performance brags over its donor vehicle. If you don't care for the homage aspect or find it beautiful in isolation it is a baffling proposition.This surely exists outside the realm of 'normal' automotive retail offerings though. It's a curio being offered to very wealthy collectors for whom the 'Zagato' and 'homage' elements are sufficiently interesting/evocative to drop a casual half mil on, and - at points in the future - they might roll it out onto the Concours fields of the world to genteel applause.
Is understandable if that seems sickening - I'd much prefer to see one being given hell (as a GT3 entry at Le Mans!) - but eh, it is what it is.
I really like it. Be surprised if they shift 19 of them tho.
I agree that in general Zagato cars look less pretty than the often very pretty models on which they are based. But isn’t that their signature? Not to make the elegant look even more elegant but to make something slightly controversial, slightly affronting?
Think of “Il mostro”, the Alfa SZ… Brutal, distinctive, challenging. And no, I’m not a huge fan in terms of wanting one (give me a Pininfarina product any day - well, not the Hyundai Matrix, but a Peugeot 406 coupe or an Alfa Duetto or any of a number of Ferraris), but there has to be a place for a design house the challenges the norm… In the same way Lamborghini has always added an element of shock value in the presence of its cars. And for some people, that “stand out from everyone else” factor surpasses the art, elegance, or fluidity of design of the alternatives, even if we don’t feel the same way.
Just an alternative view…
Think of “Il mostro”, the Alfa SZ… Brutal, distinctive, challenging. And no, I’m not a huge fan in terms of wanting one (give me a Pininfarina product any day - well, not the Hyundai Matrix, but a Peugeot 406 coupe or an Alfa Duetto or any of a number of Ferraris), but there has to be a place for a design house the challenges the norm… In the same way Lamborghini has always added an element of shock value in the presence of its cars. And for some people, that “stand out from everyone else” factor surpasses the art, elegance, or fluidity of design of the alternatives, even if we don’t feel the same way.
Just an alternative view…
Stick Legs said:
I never got the veneration of Zagato. All they seem to do is ruin my favourite cars.
This:
Is infinitely prettier than this:
Their second attempt with an Aston Martin:
Looks like a mid 80’s Maserati & a Subaru SVX had a baby:
And by the 2000’s were busy turning this:
Into this horror:
I could go on but you get the point.
So given their track record I’m not surprised.
It seems to be a facility for people who like the car in question but find it simply isn’t exclusive enough to tickle their fancy to achieve bragging rights.
This:
Is infinitely prettier than this:
Their second attempt with an Aston Martin:
Looks like a mid 80’s Maserati & a Subaru SVX had a baby:
And by the 2000’s were busy turning this:
Into this horror:
I could go on but you get the point.
So given their track record I’m not surprised.
It seems to be a facility for people who like the car in question but find it simply isn’t exclusive enough to tickle their fancy to achieve bragging rights.
Edited by bmv6197 on Thursday 22 February 20:42
Edited by bmv6197 on Thursday 22 February 20:43
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