Three-quarter Rear view of an Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato Continuation Model, on display at the 2020 London Classic Car Show
Multiple valuesThe Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato was introduced in October 1960 at the London Motor Show. It was effectively a DB4 GT, lightened and improved by the Zagato factory in Italy, by Ercole Spada. Initially, the factory planned to produce 25 cars, but demand was not as strong as expected and production was reduced to 20. The popularity of the original DB4 GT Zagato resulted in two subsequent waves of cars based on DB4s being rendered into "Zagatos" through the cooperation of Aston Martin and the Zagato works in Italy. They are known as "Sanction II" and "Sanction III" cars. Also, an unauthorised but lucrative private industry of modifying original DB4 GTs into "Zagato" replicas has arisen as well to meet market demand for high-quality Zagato recreations. The team at Aston Works under the leadership of Paul Spires, has also been building the DB4 GT Zagato Continuation – the most valuable new car yet created by Aston Martin and Paul’s brainchild. He has taken the business from c. 75 staff in 2015 to c. 125 staff today, as well as driving commercial success here. The success of DB4 GT Continuation naturally led to last year’s launch of the DB4 GT Zagato Continuation – part of the DBZ Centenary pairing that marks both 100 years of the Zagato brand and it’s near 60-year association with Aston Martin.
Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Olympia Exhibition Centre, West Kensington, London, W1
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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