This Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato For Sale Is Achingly Beautiful

And it can be yours for a cool $883,000.

Many enthusiasts are already proclaiming that the all-new Aston Martin Vantage is the best-looking car the British automaker has produced in a long time, but others aren’t so sold on its looks. But if you want a car with unbridled beauty, few would argue that the Vanquish Zagato Coupe is one of the best-looking modern cars ever made. Not only is it one of the most achingly beautiful Aston Martins ever, it’s also one of the most exclusive since only 99 were built.

And now one of them is looking for a new owner, as German dealer Kagan Assets has listed a barely used Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Coupe for sale in yellow – but it will set you back nearly $1 million. Finished in Cosmopolitan Yellow with matching yellow brake calipers and a contrasting interior that’s all-black bar a few subtle yellow accents, the dealer says that this is the 49th Vanquish Zagato that rolled off the production line. It was delivered to its owner back in January and has a mere 43 miles on the clock, so it’s practically brand new - let’s hope the next owner gives its sublime-sounding 6.0-liter, naturally aspirated V12 more of a workout.

The V12 unit delivers 592 hp through a eight-speed automatic transmission, allowing the coachbuilt supercar to sprint from 0-62 mph in 3.5 seconds. So it has the performance to match its looks. Its exclusivity comes at a price, however – this Vanquish Zagato has an eye-watering price tag of 749,000 Euros ($883,000), which makes it over three times more expensive than the new Vantage. If you weren’t lucky enough to secure the new Vanquish Zagato Volatne, Speedster or Shooting Brake, why not snap up the original Coupe?

Enjoy Every Moment Of This Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato At The Ring

Beauty. Sound. Personality. It's all too perfect.

What you’re about to see is sort of the end of an era. We emphasize the ‘sort of’ part. Thanks to YouTube spotter Automotive Mike, this is recent footage of an Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato advanced prototype testing at the Nurburgring. Because it was already revealed nearly a year ago, there’s no reason for any camouflage. So why is the car so special? For starters, it’s been styled by Italian design house Zagato as part of the longstanding relationship it’s had with Aston Martin.

Compared to the standard Vanquish, take note of the round taillights and that distinct double-bubble roof. Only 99 examples of the coupe are planned, but there will be an additional 99 convertibles at a later date. So why is this particular Aston Martin a reminder of what we’re about to lose? It’s engine.

Under the hood lies a naturally aspirated 6.0-liter V12 with 592 hp, enabling the Aston to enjoy a 0-60 mph sprint time of only 3.5 seconds. No manual gearbox will be offered here, limited to an eight-speed automatic which sends power to the rear wheels. Heck, the sound the tires are making here as they try to grip the pavement on the corners sounds great. The brand new DB11 ditched the NA V12 for a 5.2-liter twin-turbo V12 with about the same output. But still, there’s no replacement for displacement when it comes to the dramatic bark of a V12 like this one.

Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Speedster Looks Stunning In The Metal

We can't stop staring at the Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Speedster.

Looks like the rumors were right. After Aston Martin revealed the ultra-rare Vanquish Zagato Volante, render artist Jan Peisert tipped us off that an even rarer Speedster variant is in the works. While no official announcement has been made, a new spy video captured by BridgeToGantry appears to confirm the Speedster’s existence. Unusually, the Speedster was spotted being tested at Nurburgring without wearing any camouflage, allowing us to admire its striking styling in the metal.

Aston Martin already makes some of the most beautiful cars on the planet, but when it teams up with legendary coachbuilder Zagato the results are truly breathtaking. The seductive Speedster is no exception. The rear seats and folding roof have been removed in a design that evokes the 2003 DB AR1, transforming the Vanquish into a true two-seater sports car.

A pair of buttresses are located behind the driver and passenger without tarnishing the Speedster’s elegance. Like the Vanquish Zagato Coupe and Volante, power will be sourced from a 5.9-liter V12 with 592-horsepower. Chances are the Speedster will be marginally faster off the line than the Volante since removing the rear seats will make it lighter. While the Zagato Volante is restricted to 99 units, the Speedster is even rarer – only 28 of these beauties are being built, and our source says they’ve all been snapped up for ￡1.3 million (around $1.7 million) each. With video footage confirming the Zagato Speedster’s existence, it's surely only a matter of time before we get an official reveal.

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Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Speedster Looks Stunning In The Metal

We can't stop staring at the Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Speedster.

Looks like the rumors were right. After Aston Martin revealed the ultra-rare Vanquish Zagato Volante, render artist Jan Peisert tipped us off that an even rarer Speedster variant is in the works. While no official announcement has been made, a new spy video captured by BridgeToGantry appears to confirm the Speedster’s existence. Unusually, the Speedster was spotted being tested at Nurburgring without wearing any camouflage, allowing us to admire its striking styling in the metal.

Aston Martin already makes some of the most beautiful cars on the planet, but when it teams up with legendary coachbuilder Zagato the results are truly breathtaking. The seductive Speedster is no exception. The rear seats and folding roof have been removed in a design that evokes the 2003 DB AR1, transforming the Vanquish into a true two-seater sports car.

A pair of buttresses are located behind the driver and passenger without tarnishing the Speedster’s elegance. Like the Vanquish Zagato Coupe and Volante, power will be sourced from a 5.9-liter V12 with 592-horsepower. Chances are the Speedster will be marginally faster off the line than the Volante since removing the rear seats will make it lighter. While the Zagato Volante is restricted to 99 units, the Speedster is even rarer – only 28 of these beauties are being built, and our source says they’ve all been snapped up for ￡1.3 million (around $1.7 million) each. With video footage confirming the Zagato Speedster’s existence, it's surely only a matter of time before we get an official reveal.

Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Shooting Brake Looks Breathtakingly Beautiful In The Metal

A prototype test mule of the Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Shooting Brake has been spotted for the first time.

Last summer, Aston Martin unveiled the awe-inspiring Vanquish Zagato Shooting Brake, which will be joining the Vanquish Zagato Coupe, Volante, and Speedster. So far, we’ve been able to marvel at its beauty in render images. Now, over a year later, a Vanquish Zagato Shooting Brake prototype has been spotted in the metal for the first time. Prepare to pick your jaw up from the floor.

The first photo posted on Reddit shows the stunning shooting brake storming down the M23 UK highway, while photos shared by Twitter user @dusiue78 give us a clearer look at the camouflaged prototype being transported on the Eurotunnel to Calais. Like other cars in the Zagato Vanquish family, the Shooting Brake features carbon fiber body panels, Vulcan-inspired taillights and 3D Zagato ‘Z’ motifs in the front grille and rear vent meshes. Obviously, the Shooting Brake stands out from the rest thanks to its stretched roofline.

You’ll notice, however, that the prototype shown in these new photos doesn’t have a gloss carbon roof like the car shown in Aston Martin’s renders. The whole exterior appears to be painted in matte red, including the rear diffuser and side air vents. It’s a shame because the car doesn’t look quite as striking without the bold black accents. But we’re nit-picking here, because the shape still looks sensational.

Being based on the outgoing Vanquish S, the Shooting Brake is powered by a naturally aspirated V12 that produces 592 hp. Aston Martin is only building 99 examples of the Zagato Shooting Brake, which matches the production runs of the Coupe and Volante. The Speedster, on the other hand, will be even more limited, with just 28 units planned for production.

Aston Martin Breaks The Internet With New Vanquish Zagato Shooting Brake

And yes, all 99 units are already sold out.

It’s not just you, the variation in ultra-high luxury models is on the up and up as an ever wealthier clientele decides to put their money where their wheels are. The boom in the high-end luxury segment is leading us to a golden age of ultra-rare works of automotive art and is singlehandedly reviving the art of coachbuilding. And if the $850,000 Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato wasn’t outlandish enough for your fancy tastes, the Italian coach builder has another model it revealed today.

Zagato previously unveiled the Vanquish Zagato Coupe and then followed that with Volante and Speedster versions revealed at the 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. During that show, the company also alluded to a Shooting Brake variant with sketches, but today it took the time to officially unveil that version to the public. The addition to the Zagato family is a boon for Aston Martin and Zagato. With 99 units of the Vanquish Zagato Coupe, Volante, and Shooting Brake as well as 28 Speedsters, the total production run comes out to 325 cars. Multiply that by the $850,000 base price of the Vanquish Zagato Volante (the Shooting Brake and Speedster cost even more) and you start to see how the coachbuilding business can be plenty profitable.

With that kind of financial motivation, why did it take Aston Martin and Zagato so long to get the Shooting Brake’s official design out to the masses? Road and Track asked Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer that very question and found that its Pebble Beach reveal was a spur of the moment decision. According to the executive, Aston Martin and Zagato wanted to quench fans’ thirst for the exotic grand tourers with something they had never seen before. Given that both the Speedster and Volante the companies brought to the show had sold out before anyone saw them in the metal, Palmer wanted to take the audience by surprise and asked Aston's design chief Marek Reichmann to sketch up a shooting brake version of the Vanquish Zagato.

The response was overwhelmingly positive, with another 99 units of the Zagato Shooting Brake—which at that point only existed on paper—being sold out at the show. Funnier still is the fact that the Zagato Shooting Brake doesn’t exist as a road car. "We have half of one in clay," Palmer said. "We haven't finished the other side yet.” The images we see here are computer-generated sketches of what the final product will look like. The Shooting Brake features a glass roof designed with Zagato’s signature “double bubble” design, Zagato’s modern design touches, two seats, a "luxuriously trimmed” rear luggage compartment, and a 5.0-liter naturally aspirated V12 sending 592 horsepower to the rear wheels via an eight-speed automatic.

Performance figures remain under wraps, but it’s safe to assume 0-62 mph will pass by a little after the Coupe’s 3.7 seconds or the Volante’s 3.9 seconds given the extra weight. Just as murky is the price, which may as well be irrelevant to buyers who can afford to drop close to seven figures on a car. Either way, look for the Vanquish Zagato Shooting Brake at exclusive car shows sometime in 2018.

Aston Martin And Zagato Reveal Glorious Vanquish Station Wagon

In addition to the equally gorgeous coupe, convertible and speedster. Today is a good day.

Aston Martin and Zagato have collaborated for years to design and build some achingly gorgeous, double bubble-roofed exotic sports cars. Today is no different. The two companies have just announced, conveniently timed for Pebble Beach, the new Vanquish Zagato family that will consist of 325 cars. Here’s the precise breakdown: 99 Coupes, 99 Volantes, 28 Speedsters and 99 Shooting Brakes. Yes, a Vanquish Zagato station wagon. Holy hell. Zagato Coupe production is already underway, and the Zagato Volante is next.

As was the case with the coupe, all 99 Volantes have been spoken for. Same goes for the Speedster, and those customers can expect delivery sometime in 2018. As for the Shooting Brake/station wagon, production won’t begin until 2018 and, as of right now, it hasn’t been sold out. All of these Zagato models are based on the Vanquish S, powered by a naturally aspirated 6.0-liter V12 with 592 hp, and paired to an eight-speed automatic transmission. Each model’s adaptive damping has been precisely fine-tuned accordingly. In case you’re not fully certain what is the difference between the Volante and the Speedster, we’ll explain:

The Speedster’s design features a pair of so-called “Speed Humps” that “rise up to form streamlined cowls that flow back from the seats, representing Zagato’s signature ‘double-bubble’ roof.” Just look at the photos if a visual explanation is required. All body panels are made from carbon fiber in all four models, and they also share the Aston Martin Vulcan-inspired ‘Blade’ taillights. There are also 3D ‘Z’ motifs in the front grille and rear vent meshes. As for the Shooting Brake, it’s not a Ferrari GTC4 Lusso fighter for this very simple reason: it’s strictly a two-seater, whereas the Ferrari has a pair of rear seats as well.

The Shooting Brake, thanks to its extended (double-bubble, of course) roof that flows into the power tailgate, offers enough space for luggage, which is pretty convenient considering each one will come with a tailored luggage set. Essentially, the Vanquish Zagato Shooting Brake is a V12-powered grand touring station wagon. Pricing wasn’t announced for the Shootig Brake, but the Volante costs a cool $850,000. For those buying any one of these 325 Vanquish Zagatos, money is clearly not a factor.

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