Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato 1960 1962

The Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato has become a classic car combining English technology with Italian styling suited both for road use as well as for racing tracks. This version was even lighter than the Aston Martin DB4 GT. Only 19 cars of this type have been produced. The Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato was entered in several GT racing events.

As Ferrari updated the aging 250 GT “Tour de France” with the SWB Berlinetta, Aston Martin introduced the DB4GT in an effort to level the playing field, but it was not enough. Looking to hold back the onslaught of competition-specification Berlinettas, Aston Martin knew it needed something that would take the DB4GT to the next level. The solution was to approach an outside coachbuilder who could utilize their existing platform yet produce a new car that was both more attractive and competitive than its predecessor. The DB4GT was by all accounts a tough act to follow, but Carrozzeria Zagato was not one to shy away from a task. This would be an Aston Martin unlike any other, and when the completed product was unveiled at the 1960 London Motor Show, it was clear that Zagato had fashioned exactly what Aston Martin needed.

Changes were more than just skin deep, as Zagato and Aston Martin also endeavored to make this car faster than its standard brethren, reducing nearly 50 kilograms of weight and adding 12 horsepower to the total output. (reference -RM 2015)

The metallic green Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato in this artcle was photographed by autoconcept-reviews.com team at Villa d'Este Concorso d'Eleganza 2007 where it was entered by Peter Read from U.S.A. and where it gained victory in its class.

The 1962 Aston Martin DB4 GT chassis DB4GT 0190L was sold for US $ 2.695.000 at the 2005 Arizona RM Auction Sale.

The 1961 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato registered 2 VEV was sold for Euros 11.362.637 at 2018 Bonhams Goodwood Auction Sale.

The 1962 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato chassis DB4GT-0186R was sold for US$ 14.300.000 at 2015 New York RM Sotheby Auction Sale.

2019 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato Continuation
DBZ Century Collection includes 2019 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato Continuation and 2020 DBS GT Zagato

In 2019 for the 100th anniversary of Carrozzeria Zagato, Aston Martin Heritage proposed 19 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato Continuation. The production model of this track-only sports car, the latest in Aston Martin’s hugely successful Continuation programme which began with the DB4 GT Continuation series in 2017, represents the culmination of around 4,500 hours of painstaking and meticulous artisan craftsmanship.Originally built as an evolution of the short-chassis DB4 GT, the DB4 GT Zagato Continuation follows the same recipe, with those thin-gauge aluminium body panels dressing a lightweight tubular frame in a chassis optimised for track work.

Paired with the DB4 GT Zagato Continuation to complete the DBZ Centenary Collection – of which only 19 will be created and are priced at £6m for the pair – these latest renders provide a fresh look at some of the model’s key design features.

First deliveries to customers will commence in QTR 3 2019 for the DB4 GT Zagato Continuation and in QTR 4 2020 for the Aston Martin DBS GT Zagato.

wallpapers of the Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato