RE: Production Aston Zagato Edges Closer

[amir_j]

grammalta said:

am I the only one that notices the rear part of the windows and roof are exactly like the Nissan GTR 35 and the 370Z?? =/

For me looks very Lotus inspred in that red pic.

[j123]

Zagato or any italain design house could reproduce any major brand name car and it would sell out, its just the nature of the rich and tasteless. No rule about having money and taste. (and lets not leave out ethics but thats another story) j

[thewheelman]

Is it just me, or does anyone else see some styling cues from the Nissan GTR & 370? The roof line at the rear & the rear side windows. No bad thing by any means, personally i think it's one of the better looking high end cars of late.


Edit:- I didn't read other posts before posting, i see i'm not alone in seeing the similar styling.

Also, just noticed how st the wheels look.

Edited by thewheelman on Thursday 25th August 22:00

[rockymount]

205007 said :

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i want to take the wheel designer at gaydon aside and tell him/her how utterly inappropriate recent aston wheel designs are ............. as if the v12 vantage wasn't bad enough they offer these? ..........Fail

I’m not sure if Gay Don or Gay Donna from Gaydon had anything to do with the wheel design, judging by this light-alloy option you can buy to “Quote” Perfect the athletic appearance of your BMW X5 !!!





God give me strength – only muppets like Zig and Zag are going to fall for that marketing line surely ??? Spaceship them back to planet Zog that’s what I say

[AMArchie]

I am surprised the Zagato has the same power, torque and hence performance figs as the V12V...and yet costs more than 2x the latter car?! I know they will only build 150 examples, but surely someone spending ~400k would want better performance numbers?

[205007]

JohnG1 said:

Paul_M3 said:

Completely agree.

If I could ever afford a V12 Vantage, (which I can't) the first thing I'd do is fit the wheels from an earlier V8 Vantage.

Then you'd find that you'd have to put £15,000 of pads and discs in the bin since the CCM discs & pads on the V12 will not fit inside the V8 wheels.

Each to their own!

Or you could just put DBS wheels on - either way it gets rid of the utterly gash standard wheels

[chevronb37]

I actually think the grey mock-up is too conservative compared to the production V12V. The prototype shown at Villa d'Este with the dramatic splitter, deep scallops behind the front wheels and lack of rear win looks incredible. Bold without being contrived and keeping the same muscular stance as the production car. Interesting to see some of the styling cues arriving on the new GT3 V12V as well. I think it's important for AML to strike out with something a little different and this is their opportunity to quieten the folk who claim every model looks the same.

[trickymex]

Don't like the wheels

[Neil G60]

I hate the wheels too. They did it with the V12 Vantage as well. Rather than having something nice like a BBS or a Speedline it looks like they ram-raided Halfords. That diamond cut silver over black just looks so out of place.

[JohnG1]

205007 said:

Or you could just put DBS wheels on - either way it gets rid of the utterly gash standard wheels

Then you will find that you will potentially crash the car during high speed turns under heavy suspension compression as the DBS wheels would hit the inside of the wheel arch.

[Paul_M3]

JohnG1 said:

205007 said:

Or you could just put DBS wheels on - either way it gets rid of the utterly gash standard wheels

Then you will find that you will potentially crash the car during high speed turns under heavy suspension compression as the DBS wheels would hit the inside of the wheel arch.

You've obviously already looked into whether the V8 or DBS wheels will fit the V12.

Tell the truth, do you secretly hate your wheels?

[JohnG1]

Paul_M3 said:

You've obviously already looked into whether the V8 or DBS wheels will fit the V12.

Tell the truth, do you secretly hate your wheels?

No I have not. My wheels are graphite coated diamond cut forged aluminium. They are beautiful and they contrast with the mako blue (shimmery metallic baby blue) body and harmonise with the carbon fibre splitter, bonnet vents and diffuser.

Add in what will probably be the last 6.0 V12 engine manual gearbox drivetrain that will be in mass production and frankly what's not to like?

[205007]

JohnG1 said:

Paul_M3 said:

You've obviously already looked into whether the V8 or DBS wheels will fit the V12.

Tell the truth, do you secretly hate your wheels?

No I have not. My wheels are graphite coated diamond cut forged aluminium. They are beautiful and they contrast with the mako blue (shimmery metallic baby blue) body and harmonise with the carbon fibre splitter, bonnet vents and diffuser.

Add in what will probably be the last 6.0 V12 engine manual gearbox drivetrain that will be in mass production and frankly what's not to like?

You need to get out more

[alexpa]

Zagato are not making it. Aston are making it in the UK. Its basically a way over priced body kit.