Description
Uniquely finished in original Zagato applied Cobalt Blue with Navy Blue hide and with matching Alcantara trims and dark blue Wilton carpeting.
One of only 32 completed in Right Hand Drive and exceptionally well maintained and preserved, by its previous 3 owners, from new.
There’s no doubting this superb, rare and exciting Aston Martin V8 Vantage Zagato, should be considered ‘tick box’, in satisfying the exacting criteria of collectors and drivers, when hunting down that elusive and best example of the model, to collect and enjoy.
With a total mileage of just 8, 800 miles covered from new, when not being exercised this uniquely coloured example has been kept in ideal climate-controlled garaging. One long term owner, 2003 -2024, having bi-weekly driven over a known Sussex route of 25 miles, to keep the car in top condition during his 20 plus year ownership. Whilst in his tenure, maintenance has exclusively been carried out by our trained Heritage technicians.
Supplied new by Aston Martin Agents, Chapman Spooner Ltd of Birmingham. in 1987 and maintained by themselves and Aston Martin in Newport Pagnell until 2003, this V8 Vantage Zagato remains in its ‘as built’ specification and is available with a set of factory supplied 16’’ V8 Vantage ‘Ronal’ road wheels, as well as the original unique Zagato design road wheels, as shown in our marketing photography .
Original documentation accompanying this exceptional Zagato, includes copies of the original 1987 bill of sale, Aston Martin Build Record, all maintenance and service invoices, continuous MoT certificates, the original owner’s handbook, the manufacturers original period press releases and brochures, all contained within a Zagato presentation folder. The file also contains first owner, supplying dealer and manufacturer period correspondence. Additionally, an Aston Martin Zagato paint colour sample book, a copy of a 1987 Performance Car magazine driven feature and original press releases, further accompany the car.
Built in one of the more attractive colour combinations, this example, with its beautifully preserved original paintwork and with an unmarked interior, was last supplied by ourselves in 2024, joining the collection of an esteemed collector, known for his high standards of care and devotion to maintaining the quality of his collection, who has continued to maintain the car with ourselves.
Without doubt one of the finest examples of this rare model with distinctive and characteristically 1980’s styling, the V8 Vantage Zagato is acknowledged by Aston Martin aficionados and collectors, as one of the most outstanding driver focused high performance models, from Aston Martin’s back catalogue.
Today, this rare and exclusive product of a highly successful British and Italian collaboration, represents an interesting value opportunity to collectors, in particular when measuring its value against peer group 80’s limited-edition supercars. Ferrari’s 288 GTO and Porsche’s 959, both less limited-edition supercars, introduced and manufactured in the same period, currently commanding substantially greater sums of money, in the existing collector and enthusiast market.
Complete with its comprehensive history file, owners’ handbooks, comprehensive documentation, the originally supplied tool roll, spare keys and car cover. This exceptional V8 Vantage Zagato is supplied inclusive of a manufacturer scheduled service, detailed preparation and 12-months warranty.
Superbly well maintained and in excellent condition, extremely low mileage, just 3 owners from new and finished in a highly complementary colour combination, we recommend a prompt response and discussion to view and secure this uniquely coloured example of the model, at our Hertfordshire showrooms.
V8 Vantage Zagato - Brief model details:
At the 1984 international motor show at Geneva, Aston Martin re-kindled a long-standing relationship with Italian design house and coach builders Zagato (Est. 1919), to collaborate and to produce, a new limited production extreme performance derivative of the legendary AMV8 Vantage. At the time the most powerful model of the AMV8 range, which had been previously hailed by the motoring press, as ‘Britain’s first supercar’.
12 months later, the first prototype example was presented to the public in 1985 again at Geneva Motor Show. Built on the existing Vantage platform, the Zagato bodied ‘X- pack’ engine equipped Vantage Zagato, is a triumph of form meeting function, offering a overall weight reduction of 10%, a reduced frontal area and drag co-efficient, functioning NACA duct induction and underfloor aerodynamics, a reduced overall length and body incorporating flush fitting glass, collectively the time honoured Zagato philosophy of reducing weight and designing slippery bodies, had produced dramatic improvements to every aspect of dynamic performance, including acceleration, braking, road holding and handling, while providing a top speed, independantly recorded on closed roads, of 186 mph.
Launched with the most powerful V8 engine option, the ‘X-pack’ specification V8 engine, as fitted to this Zagato, produced a healthy 432 bhp in part by way of the improved induction and exhaust system fitted exclusively to this model. Between 1985 and 1987, the as announced limited production run of 50 cars, 32 of which were completed in RHD, were all manufactured and delivered by the close of 1988.
For production, modified and basic production rolling chassis, were sent to the Zagato manufacturing facility in Arese, nr Milan in Italy, where the chassis and superstructure was completed and bodied with hand formed alloy panels, lightweight composite boot floors and bumpers front and rear and the cars painted to customer specifications, by Zagato’s famed coachbuilders craftsmen. The uniquely designed interiors, fitted with light weight seats were trimmed to customer specifications and the completed car then returned to the AM factory in Newport Pagnell, for final fit out, preparation and eventual handover to their new owners.
Appreciably lighter in weight, with wind tunnel developed lightweight bodies, some 10% more power from the ‘X-pack’ V8 engine and with finely tuned suspension, all Aston Martin’s performance goals had been met and tested as the first production cars were delivered. In 1986 a V8 Vantage Zagato, driven by French motor sports journalist and racer, Jose Rosinski, was timed independently for French magazine ‘Sport Auto’, recording a top speed of 186 mph on a closed Autoroute near Paris. The published results demonstrated the V8 Vantage Zagato to have the highest top speed, of any of AM V8 model, from the 1969-1990 production run.
Production finished in 1988, by when a total of 2 prototypes and 50 production cars had been built.
