Goldblinger: Aston Martin reveals its new DBS GT Zagato – the gold-plated second half of an exclusive deal where customers must buy two cars for £7.2M
- Aston Martin’s new 200mph-plus DBS GT Zagato must be bought alongside the DB4 Zagato Continuation
- Together the pair make up the Aston Martin DBZ Centenary Collection and cost £7.2million
- Neither car can be driven on the public road and so are confined to the track and private roads
- The DBS GT Zagato comes with the option of a gold-plated interior, alongside other customisations
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Aston Martin has revealed its new DBS GT Zagato – the gold-plated second half of an exclusive deal where super-rich customers must buy two cars for £7.2million.
Those wishing to own the latest in the line of coveted Aston Martin Zagatos – named after the famous Italian coachbuilder – must purchase both it and the DB4 Zagato Continuation car, a brand new version of a 60-year-old classic.
Just 19 of each will be built and despite a combined price tag of £6million plus VAT, neither of the cars can be driven on the public road. However, well-heeled owners will be able to take their DBS GT Zagato out on track – or perhaps round their country estate – in plenty of luxury.
The supercar from James Bond’s favourite car maker features lashings of bling both inside and out, including optional 18-carat gold jewellery – in a style that would put 007’s nemesis Goldfinger to shame.
The DBS GT Zagato, right, must be bought as part of a pair with the DBS GT Zagato, left, as part of the £7.2million Aston Martin DBZ Centenary Collection
The opulent DBS GT Zagato comes with optional gold-plated jewellery adorning the 200mph-plus supercar’s interior
Together the cars complete the Aston Martin DBZ Centenary Collection, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Italian design house and coachbuilder Zagato and its collaboration with the British sportscar-maker
The DBS GT Zagato has a 760bhp, 5.2 litre, twin turbo, V12 engine and is based on Aston’s £225,000 DBS Superleggera grand tourer.
It was unveiled today in the US, at the new Audrain’s Newport Concours & Motor Week, at Rhode Island.
The DBS GT Zagato features contrasting exposed carbon fibre accents and ‘satin black and gold’ 3D machined wheels, a gloss finish carbon fibre roof and rear diffuser.
It also includes exterior ‘figurative jewellery’ in the shape of its solid 18-carat gold wing badges front and rear, as well as a black anodised active front grille, gold anodised side strakes and centre lock wheel nuts.
Inside no luxury has been spared, with Caithness Spicy Red leather, Z quilted seats, exposed carbon fibre and in an automotive world-first, 3D-printed metal and carbon interior finishes – including gold-plate lattice-work.
These can be configured to the taste of the buyer on knobs, dials, switches, trim surrounds, or wherever the mood takes.
Carbon trim comes as standard, but aluminium and gold are optional extras whose exact price is ‘subject to negotiation’ with Aston Martin.
The gold-plate option requires almost 100 hours of print time, with additional polishing and post-processing
Aston Martin said that the gold-plate option requires almost 100 hours of print time, with additional polishing and post-processing by skilled craftsmen to achieve a perfect lustrous finish.
A spokesman said: ’This represents the pinnacle of traditional Aston Martin material craft, combined with pioneering technological innovation’.
Customers can also go further to customise their car, using the services of Aston Martin’s specialist ‘Q by Aston Martin’ division, albeit they won’t be able to get Bond movie-style machine guns fitted behind the grille
The gold theme has been played up by Aston Martin as it revealed the DBS GT Zagato, with flashes through the car’s side
The 19 DBS GT Zagatos will be built at a dedicated area within Aston Martin’s headquarters in Gaydon, Warwickshire.
They sit alongside the same number of DB4 GT Zagato Continuation models being hand-built by the specialist Aston Martin Works and Heritage Division, which is based in its historic home at Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire.
The DB4 GT Zagato Continuation models boast a 390bhp 4.7-litre version of the straight-six cylinder petrol engine used in the original, which is linked to a four-speed manual transmission.
All DB4 GT Zagato Continuation cars will be delivered by the end of 2019.
The 19 DBS GT Zagatos will built at a dedicated area within Aston Martin’s headquarters in Gaydon, Warwickshire
Aston Martin said: ‘This uniquely ambitious project, created to celebrate the centenary of the legendary Zagato signature, pays tribute to an icon of the past and creates a classic of the future’.
Aston Martin said that each pair of cars represents its ‘most valuable new sports cars yet built’.
Aston Martin executive vice president and chief creative officer Marek Reichman, said: ‘The design studio at Aston Martin has risen to the task magnificently.
‘They have taken the already fabulous DBS Superleggera and shaped it into something which retains its Aston Martin identity, yet expresses itself as only a Zagato can. It is the modern expression of a timeless icon.’
The gold plating continues with the Aston badge on the front of the DBS GT Zagato sitting atop its striking grille
Customers can customise their car, using the services of the ‘Q by Aston Martin’ division, so there’s plenty of choice to add to a set of gold wheels