News Source: topspeed.com

This represents a new chapter in the long-standing relationship between the two firms inaugurated in the Sixties with the DB4 Zagato and subsequently consolidated with the Vantage and Volante Zagato. The sleek and muscular Aston Martin DB7 Zagato is a return to the styling that made the DB4 Zagato a classic. From a grill that references the original, to the long hood, truncated tail, and curvaceous top crowned by the immortal Zagato “double bubble” roof, the DB7Z can only be an Aston-Zagato. The interior will mimic the DB4Z in being comfortable yet Spartan, a reflection of the DB7Z’s sporty nature and superior performance to the production DB7 Vantage.

Body & Exterior

• Zagato-styled exterior panels on a shortened DB7 Volante underframe
• Aluminium bonnet and door skins, boot and front wings
• Composite sill covers and front and rear aprons
• Unique rear quarter windows and rear screen
• Rear brake lights, fog lamp, reversing light and reflectors
• Zagato-badge on boot lid and front wings

Suspension, Wheels & Tyres

• Zagato-styled alloy wheels with revised offset to give wider track - 8x18” front (unique to DB7 Zagato); 9x 18” rear (standard DB7 Vantage)
• Uprated brakes
• DB7 Vantage sports suspension with unique dampers

Powertrain

• DB7 Vantage sports differential 4.09
• Shortened propshaft, quickshift gear lever
• DB7 Vantage 12-cylinder, 6.0-litre engine with additional 20bhp
• DB7 Vantage sports exhaust

Interior

• Unique to DB7 Zagato aniline leather trim
• Modified door trim to match high waist line
• New rear trim panels with luggage shelf replacing rear seats
• Standard DB7 Vantage front seats but finished in quilted aniline leather with the Zagato ‘Z’ embossed in seat backs
• DB7 Vantage sports switchgear