It’s been a great day for Aston Martin after they unveiled the new endurance racer concept, V12 Zagto, at Villa D’Este Concours on the shores of Lake Como, Italy. The V12 Zagato will have its first racing challenge at the Nürburgring race track at the end of May. This launch generates great excitement among lovers of care due to Aston Martins’ renewed collaboration with Zagato, one of the renowned Italian design teams. This cooperation has special meaning right now, as this is the 50th anniversary of Aston Martin’s iconic DB4GT Zagato.

The Aston Martin and Zagato alliance has a glorious past dating back to the 1960s, when they worked hand-in-hand for the legendary DB4GT Zagato. Aston Martins’ search for a design house that can make the iconic DB4GT even lighter and more performing ended up finding Zagato. DB4GT Zagato garnered great recognition from car enthusiasts at the London Motor Show in 1960 and production of this exclusive car began in 1961. The DB4GT became one of the best collector cars in the world and in this fiftieth anniversary this renewed collaboration draws special attention to the automobile. industry.

These two giants have teamed up again in 1986, 25 years after the first product, to build a limited edition V8 Vantage and V8 Zagato Volante Zagato. Both models were able to produce record performance by taking just 4.8 seconds to hit 0-100. The Volante convertibles resembled the Coupes in body shape, but had a new grille cover and an engine without advantageous specs. Likewise, the V8 Vantage Zagato is reduced in size with a short chassis and absent rear seats and modified aluminum bodywork from Italy. Their most recent collaboration was in 2002, when they introduced the grand tourer, Aston Martin DB7 Vantage Zagato, at the Paris Motor Show, which was a limited edition with just 100 cars produced.

To sum up the specs, the V12 Zagato Race Car has a two-door, two-seat coupe body. The entire structure is made of aluminum joined with a custom steel roll cage. The aluminum body is handcrafted for a better fit and finish. The V12 Zagato is equipped with a 5935cc V12 engine. It is a type of alloy quad overhead camshaft with 48 valves. The compression ratio of this endurance race care is about 10.9: 1. This is a rear wheel drive car with a front center mounted engine. The V12 Zagato employs a six-speed automated manual gearbox, mounted in the middle rear. It features automatic manual transmission and select manual transmission with electric hydraulic control system. Aston Martin uses the unique magnesium alloy torsion tube with a carbon fiber propeller shaft for substantial weight reduction and a dual plate competition clutch to facilitate driving and thus further enhance performance. The limited slip differential gear arrangement is also used for better stability.

For suspension, the V12 Zagato is equipped with an independent double wishbone that provides comfort and control with fully adjustable Multimatic DSSV shocks to enhance performance. Ventilated floating slotted discs are used for the braking system. This racing car is mated to a 120 liter fuel tank for endurance racing.

Reviving a collaboration, which has made classics from all their previous cooperations, which has produced the most coveted and beautiful cars in the world, car enthusiasts tell for another legend, the Aston Martin V12 Zagto.