Luxury British automotive brand Aston Martin is to unveil the first production model of its V12 Zagato in Kuwait next month.
The V12 Zagato first premiered at the Villa D’Este Concours in May last year, but has until now only been seen in race specification whizzing around the Nürburgring.
The production version intended for customers will be seen for the first time at the Kuwait Concours d’Elegance, which runs February 15-18.
A renowned yacht designer has unveiled a new concept yacht based on the luxury vehicles of supercar maker Aston Martin.
The Aston Martin Voyage boat was inspired by Aston Martin vehicles such as the Vantage, Rapide, DBS and Virage and was unveiled last week.
De Basto, a Miami-based custom yacht designer, put together the concept as a way to test whether the car brand’s signature design could be transposed onto water.
Aston Martin has announced the road-going variant of the V12 Zagato which will be making its public debut at the Frankfurt motor show next month.
The luxury British automaker will be bringing two exemplars of the V12 Zagato, based on the Aston Martin V12 Vantage, to the show – one named Zig and the other Zag.
The car is powered by Aston’s 6.0-litre V12 engine producing 510 bhp (380 kW / 517 PS), and 570 Nm (420 lb ft) of torque.
Aston Martin has unveiled the new concept V12 Zagato supercar ahead of its first showing in Italy.
The V12 Zagato is an interpretation of Aston Martin’s V12 Vantage by Italian design house Zagato, the latest in a line of collaborations between the two brands.
The first Zagato premiered in 1960 and was based on the DB4 GT, beginning a series of models which included the V8 Zagato, the DB7 Zagato and the DB AR1.
Aston Martin is to bring the V12 Vantage — the most powerful sports car the brand has ever made — to the US, it announced May 10.
Although Aston Martin had not originally planned a US version of the car, it says that unexpected demand forced a reconsideration of the decision.
A specially-modified version of the car is now to go on sale in North and South America later this year, although prices are unconfirmed.
Aston Martin has unveiled a Carbon Black makeover package for its popular DBS and V12 Vantage (above).
The special editions get 50 man hours of bespoke Carbon Black metallic paint applied by hand.
The inside naturally also received the black widow touch via a carbon-fiber and Kevlar interior outfit.
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