Last year, Aston Martin revealed that its Zagato line would receive a shooting brake variant of the Vanquish, issuing a teaser photo of the model in red. Then the company went silent, leaving many wondering what happened. Apparently there was no reason to worry, as Aston Martin just released a pretty robust series of images highlighting the vehicle’s bold styling.
With this much fanfare, it must be getting close to launch.
The vehicle, which uses the old Vanquish S platform, makes use of a naturally-aspirated, 5.9-liter V12 and comes with a handful of mechanical upgrades to the steering and suspension. Like the Vanquish Zagato and Vanquish Volante Zagato, the Shooting Brake will be limited to just 99 units. And, if the previous Zagato-designed models are anything to go by, it should be ludicrously expensive.
Visually, the Shooting Brake leans on the classic Aston design but incorporates numerous less-traditional elements. There’s a lot of two-tone paint, including a tapered roof that’s split right down the middle to let in some extra sunlight, and podded taillights that feel a little off-brand for Aston but right on the money for Zagato.
The interior is also receives a bit of the old Zagato flair, with little Zs embroidered all over the seat leather. But the real star is the carbon fiber adorned luggage compartment just behind those seats. While not cavernous, the space should be sufficient for housing whatever items two people might need on an extended road trip or journey to the shops.
Aston Martin still hasn’t said when the Shooting Brake will make its official debut, let alone when production and customer deliveries might start. However, we would assume this most-recent batch of photos are indicative of the wait being nearly over.
[Images: Aston Martin]
Could I please get one in a dark shade of pearl blue?
Indeed! – or emerald green.
And I thought the guy who designed the Subaru XT left the industry for a job in insurance sales. Hmmm.
This looks ghastly and mostly incongruous on the styling front. Par for the course from Zagato, though.
The quilted Zs are especially kitschy.
No doubt Nissan will put a version on its’ new Z…if there is a new Z.
Disliked this glass roof in the old maxima.
Hate it in the aston.
That is one busy design. Everywhere you look: busy, busy, busy.
Exactly, looking at it inside and out my eye doesn’t know where to land, it’s distracting
Aston Martin has made/makes some of the most beautiful cars ever… This ain’t one of them
This is my feeling too. But hey, at least it’s not boring!
^This!
I think it’s trying to look like a mash-up between a Porsche 928 and a Lamborghini (any Lamborghini), but the effort falls flat. Because it’s not extreme or rakish enough to evoke a Lambo – for all the “style” cues it’s still a bit bulbous and bland, It seems unbalanced as well, but that can work for me if the lack of balance is itself interesting in some way. Haven’t decided yet whether that’s the case here.
I’m no fan of the floating roof like in the Maxima and Murano but if this helps to influence other manufacturers to include a Shooting brake in their line up like the BRZ/86 that was shown a couple of years ago by all means.
Wealth signaling looks painful for both eyes and spines.
How can you say anything bad about a car that has the tail lights from the Turbine Car?
… and the front seats from a ’76 Pacer
Shooting-brake variants for all the cars!
Oh boy another copy-paste from zagato. It’s always the same design, just a different badge and a different year.
Hideous looking.