Announced to the world in 2011, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Aston Martin and the Italian coachbuilder, Zagato’s historic partnership, the V12 Zagato delivers a unique combination of race-proven handling and performance, rarity and fastidious attention to detail, both inside and out and is destined (if not already) to be one of the most highly coveted models in the marque’s history.

At its launch, the V12 Zagato scooped the prestigious accolade of best design of a concept car and prototype at the Villa d’Este Concorso d’Eleganza and has gone on to being recognised as one of the most successful Aston Martin and Zagato collaborations.

Elegant, yet brutal, the V12 Zagato is a forward thinking Zagato which respects the past. Clothed in lightweight hand-rolled aluminium and carbon fibre body panels which involved 2,000 hours of craftmanship for each car.

The sculpted aluminium ‘double bubble’ roof and bulging haunches, both Zagato hallmarks, along with the stunning ‘Z’ pattern front grille all leave you in no doubt that this is a Zagato, while the rear wing, diffuser and splitter, all formed from carbon fibre, give the car a purposeful and menacing appearance.

The V12 Zagato is built upon the highly respected V12 Vantage platform with 510bhp / 570 NM of torque coming from the 6.0 litre V12 Engine, mated, to the delight of ‘drivers’, to a 6-speed manual gearbox. With a lighter weight, courtesy of its smaller frame and use of weight saving materials, means the V12 Zagato is as fast as it looks.

In total, just 61 production V12 Zagato’s were built and supplied by the middle of 2013, many of which now form part of the most important collections, around the globe.

The striking example, we are now delighted to offer, is the only V12 Zagato finished in Sunburst Yellow, an AML special colour, over a highly complimentary interior specification of obsidian black semi aniline hides with contrasting yellow stitching. Full gloss black wheels, carbon fibre A-pillars and door mirrors, black textured tailpipe finishers and yellow brake calipers are finishing touches to this eye popping specification. Notable interior specification options include Carbon Fibre lightweight seats, carbon fibre facia and door pulls and Bang & Olufsen 1000w audio.

First registered in France, the previous owner purchased the car from Zagato in Milan in 2015, at which time it was UK registered, forming part of a small collection and used sparingly by its Aston Martin enthusiast owner. During his ownership, maintenance of the car has been carried out at AM Works. The car is in perfect, unmarked condition throughout and now available for viewing at our Hertfordshire showrooms.