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Kamis, 21 Juni 2012

Aston Martin V12 Zagato


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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