RE: Aston Vanquish Zagato Shooting Brake spotted
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HeMightBeBanned said:
Thanks for posting. Enjoyed the vid. I think all four are wonderful. Too many moaning b
ds on Pistonheads these days.
lol - it was the first day back to work for many ...ds on Pistonheads these days. I agree all four are great - I do actually think the shooting brake is the best one of the lot, followed by the Coupe and then the roadster.
The Volante imho just isn't different enough - a bubble fabric roof would have fixed that - there's a gauntlet for the AM team .... that's not to say I would say no thanks if given the opportunity to get one !
I saw a customer's Zagato Shooting Brake at the local dealer yesterday - Lava Red IIRC, stunning. The pano roof is quite trick; like those electro shutter windows on most Grand Designs houses, it can have its opacity switched.
The interior detailing, particularly the parcel shelf design is nicely executed, but looks a bit high - had it been a smidge lower it might provide more practicality (a moot point). The reality is though, that the majority of Zags go into a collection, never to be seen again, which is a shame.
The interior detailing, particularly the parcel shelf design is nicely executed, but looks a bit high - had it been a smidge lower it might provide more practicality (a moot point). The reality is though, that the majority of Zags go into a collection, never to be seen again, which is a shame.
I think it’s just the usual human reaction - our brains come to accept that an object should be a certain shape. And when it isn’t our brain rejects it as “wrong”. The history of car design is littered with examples of this
Maybe showing my age but I remember when the curvy Sierra shape cake in, it got slated (“where are the straight edges). But now it’s the norm and our brains accept it as such. And who didn’t react badly when we first saw a Panamera (a 911 gone wrong).
So I understand when people don’t like concept cars - and that is essentially what the Zagatos are. But give it time, see one in the flesh if you can. They are truly stunning designs.
And maybe if you can, next time you see a car with an unusual design, give it a few weeks before deciding it’s hideous. Jeez, even the Senna now looks vaguely acceptable to me
Happy New Year one and all!
Maybe showing my age but I remember when the curvy Sierra shape cake in, it got slated (“where are the straight edges). But now it’s the norm and our brains accept it as such. And who didn’t react badly when we first saw a Panamera (a 911 gone wrong).
So I understand when people don’t like concept cars - and that is essentially what the Zagatos are. But give it time, see one in the flesh if you can. They are truly stunning designs.
And maybe if you can, next time you see a car with an unusual design, give it a few weeks before deciding it’s hideous. Jeez, even the Senna now looks vaguely acceptable to me
Happy New Year one and all!
That's an unpleasant looking rear end, fussy, ungainly and bloated even by modern standards. I don't like the roof appearing to be so deep either, it seems to sit up quite a bit higher than the top edge of the side window glass. I guess it's the somewhat experimental Zagato thing, standard Aston's like the DB11 look good IMO.
RobDown said:
I think it’s just the usual human reaction - our brains come to accept that an object should be a certain shape. And when it isn’t our brain rejects it as “wrong”. The history of car design is littered with examples of this
Maybe showing my age but I remember when the curvy Sierra shape cake in, it got slated (“where are the straight edges). But now it’s the norm and our brains accept it as such. And who didn’t react badly when we first saw a Panamera (a 911 gone wrong).
So I understand when people don’t like concept cars - and that is essentially what the Zagatos are. But give it time, see one in the flesh if you can. They are truly stunning designs.
And maybe if you can, next time you see a car with an unusual design, give it a few weeks before deciding it’s hideous. Jeez, even the Senna now looks vaguely acceptable to me
Happy New Year one and all!
Even Porsche eventually admitted that the Panamera looked horrible. The Sierra was derided by traditionalists yes, but it did herald a new era in car design. The AM Zagatos don't. Maybe showing my age but I remember when the curvy Sierra shape cake in, it got slated (“where are the straight edges). But now it’s the norm and our brains accept it as such. And who didn’t react badly when we first saw a Panamera (a 911 gone wrong).
So I understand when people don’t like concept cars - and that is essentially what the Zagatos are. But give it time, see one in the flesh if you can. They are truly stunning designs.
And maybe if you can, next time you see a car with an unusual design, give it a few weeks before deciding it’s hideous. Jeez, even the Senna now looks vaguely acceptable to me
Happy New Year one and all!
I am one of the minority who actually likes Zagato's classic designs, almost without exception. No amount of patronisation will cause me to like the Vanquish Zagatos. And I have seen both the coupe and the shooting brake in the flesh.
Doofus said:
Even Porsche eventually admitted that the Panamera looked horrible. The Sierra was derided by traditionalists yes, but it did herald a new era in car design. The AM Zagatos don't.
I am one of the minority who actually likes Zagato's classic designs, almost without exception. No amount of patronisation will cause me to like the Vanquish Zagatos. And I have seen both the coupe and the shooting brake in the flesh.
You're by no means in a minority Doofus in liking Zagato's, albeit you might well be on PH. The Zagato Shooting Brake image (the silver one someone posted above) was the most liked AML Instagram post of 2018 (180k), second highest image....the launch pictures of the car back in April.I am one of the minority who actually likes Zagato's classic designs, almost without exception. No amount of patronisation will cause me to like the Vanquish Zagatos. And I have seen both the coupe and the shooting brake in the flesh.
Of course no-one has to like it. Everyone has their own opinion, albeit the two noticeable things about PH over the years are 1. PH seems to have a lot of conservative (with a small C) posters and. 2. Those same conservative posters always seem to shout loudest
Its not meant to be patronising, its purely an observation (we're allowed to make those aren't we?). Take it however you want
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