Aston Martin V-12 Zagato hits Jeddah roads

The limited edition of Aston Martin V-12 Zagato, launched in Jeddah recently, is an exhilarating marriage of Aston Martin’s race-proven engineering excellence and the company’s fifty years’ collaboration with the Milanese design atelier Zagato Carrozzeria.
Production will be limited to just 150 units and the first deliveries are scheduled to begin later this year.
Ali Alireza, CEO of sole Aston Martin concessionaires in Saudi Arabia Haji Husein Alireza Co. Ltd. (HHA), in the company of Michael Van Der Sande, chief commercial officer for Aston Martin and Nathan Gore-Brown VIP Sales manager, told the invited guests that he was delighted to present the iconic V12 Zagato to one of Aston Martin’s most important markets.
“This unique car is destined to become one of the most iconic in the world,” he said.
“Aston Martin and Zagato have collaborated once again to create this modern interpretation of the marquee which remains true to the company’s original focus of craftsmanship, performance and exclusivity.”
Alireza said the V12 Zagato’s exquisite design, race derived technology and strictly limited 150 production run would surely make it a hugely desirable collector’s car. It is just over half a century since the production of the all time classic the 1960 DB4 GT Zagato. The car was a perfect resolution of the technical demands of competition, and the aesthetics of near-perfect design. Today’s guideline auction price for the DB4 GT Zagato is a staggering SR27 million (£4.5 million).
Inspired by the V8 Vantage Zagato, the V12 Zagato combines the best of the structural and technological design parameters and materials of the Vantage and fabled Aston Martin One-77.
The goal was to apply all the Italian technical-design and stylistic elements typical of Zagato to the car: The huge front grille, the “double-bubble” curves on the roof, the “criss-cross” motif that embraces the side and rear windows, and the ‘minimalist’ round lights.