Does The Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Work As A Convertible?

Presented over last weekend’s concours event on the shores of Lake Como, the Vanquish Zagato Concept caused quite a stir.

The last in a long line of coach-built vehicles, Zagato counted collaborations in the past with Ferrari, Lamborghini, Jaguar, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Jaguar and others.

Crafted from carbon fiber, the study features a wide array of design elements that pay tribute to the Brit luxury automaker’s past models, while carrying modern touches as seen on the One-77 supercar, track-only Vulcan and the recent DB11.

Aside from the visual tweaks, engineers fiddled with the 5.9-liter V12 engine and gave it an extra 24 PS (24 HP), raising the total output to 600 PS (592 HP), and if mods stopped here, then we can assume that the car needs less than 4 seconds to go from naught to 100 km/h (62 mph) and will keep accelerating up to 324 km/h (201 mph).

While the concept shown at the 2016 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este takes pride to be a coupe, X-Tomi‘s own interpretation shows how it would look like as a Volante, which is Aston slang for convertible, waving goodbye to the double-bubble roof, adding to a new visual drama and wetting potential customers’ appetite.

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ASTON MARTIN VOLANTE ZAGATO CONCEPT