Aston Martin is a luxury sports car
manufactured in Britain. The car company derived its name from the two
founders, Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. In 1913, Martin and Bamford decided
to make their own car. By 1920, Bamford had left and Aston revitalized the
company. The initial cars were all developed to compete on the racing circuit
in Europe. The company struggled financially and stopped car production during
the 2nd World War. After the war, under new leadership of David Brown, the
company regained it elite status both on the racing circuit and with consumers.
Gauntlet again revived fame for Aston Martin by supplying the car for the James
Bond movies. In 2003 Aston Martin released the AMV 8 Vantage Concept car. The
vantage had a V8 engine to compete with the large American cars. Despite all
the success, Aston Martin has always struggled financially. The global economic
downturn has not left Aston Martin unscathed. The sublime new "Aston
Martin V12 Zagato (2011)" was unveiled a few weeks ago on the shores of
Lake Como, Italy at the Villa D'Este Concours. By the end of the weekend the
new Aston Martin V12 Zagato walked away with the prestigious award for the
"Concorso d'Eleganza" (concours d'elegance) Design Award for Concept
Cars and Prototypes.
The new Aston Martin V12 Zagato was
designed to mark the 50th anniversary of the legendary iconic "1961 DB4 GT
Zagato" which set the benchmark for hand crafted design in luxury sports
cars. It follows in the historical heritage of the collaboration of both Aston
Martin and designers Zagato in the quest for designing and producing driving
excellence. Zagato as a design company have collaborated together with Aston
Martin on many special models together over the years as well as other
"Grand Marque" sports car company's like; Bentley, Maserati, Ferrari,
Jaguar, and Lamborghini to name a few, so it is good to see them back together
for their latest exotic sports car offering. After its unveiling at the Villa
D'Este Concours, the Aston Martin Zagato will be heading for Germany to the formidable
"Nürburgring Nordschleife" race circuit to compete in the annual
"24-hour Nurburgring Endurance Race" which is set for the 25th June. The
24-hour Nurburgring race will feature two AM V12 Zagato's both driven by
experienced racing drivers and supported by the Aston Martin Works team. The
new Aston Martin V12 Zagato is based on the V12 Vantage, but underneath
features a newly crafted aluminium body, the V-12 engine is the same 6.0-litre
unit from the standard V12 Vantage car producing around 510bhp, but this is
expected to be increased towards the launch of the retail version of the sports
car.
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