VANQUISH BLOWS ITS TOP IN THE ITALIAN SUN; Zagato opens another Aston, and it's one swish 'Quish.( )
AutoWeek, May, 2004 by Davis, Matt
Byline: MATT DAVIS ]] Back in 1992 when Aston Martin managed to build only 42 cars, none of us would have thought that it would ever again have the chance to even joke about a roadster for the 21st century. Much less exist beyond 1993. The first Aston rearranged by Zagato was the seriously sexed-up 1960 DB4 GTZ, a shorter-wheelbase, track-tuned version of the DB4.
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Nineteen were built. The relationship between Aston Martin and Zagato was a bit on-again off-again until 2000, when Ulrich Bez took over leadership of Aston Martin. Bez is a Zagato fanatic, and the Vanquish was ...
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