Aston Martin DBS GT Zagato has a 108-piece grille that moves
It'll cost about $8 million to pick one up, but that price also includes a DB4 GT Zagato Continuation.
Aston Martin and design house Zagato have a six-decade-long relationship, combining forces to create some of the most stunning vehicles on the road. As part of Zagato's 100th birthday, Aston Martin will offer up 19 examples of the new DBS GT Zagato, and the automaker is finally ready to show off its production-ready shape and offer up a bit more information about what to expect.
Aston Martin on Tuesday unveiled a small handful of pictures that show the production form of the DBS GT Zagato alongside its old-school sibling, the DB4 GT Zagato Continuation. Starting with a DBS Superleggera, the body picks up some wild new styling, including a full carbon roof that eliminates the rear glass, as well as some stunning taillights, new flourishes on the sides and a curvaceous front end.
To accommodate the roof, Aston Martin created a camera-based rearview mirror that still allows the driver to see behind the vehicle without any rear windshield. Consider it like those mass-market mirrors that let you swap between normal and camera-based viewing, only the former is impossible because there actually isn't any rear glass at all.
If you think that's wild, take a look at the grille. It looks intricate, sure, but it's even crazier than you might think. The grille comprises 108 pieces of diamond-shaped carbon fiber. When the car is off, the grille looks sealed up with a flush appearance, but upon starting the car, those pieces "flutter into life," as Aston puts it, physically opening up to provide the car's V12 engine with air. Good luck trying to get that repaired anywhere but the dealership.
At a cost of roughly $8 million, the grille had damn well better mimic a living being. But then again, that price tag doesn't just include one car. DBS GT Zagato buyers also receive a DB4 GT Zagato Continuation model, a handbuilt coupe finished in the same hue as the original DB4 GT Zagato cars that were built in the 1960s. All of a sudden, paying $8 million for two utterly stunning small-batch creations doesn't sound so obscene.
The rear end of the DBS GT Zagato is breathtaking, and not just because it lacks a rear windshield.
