Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Shooting Brake the world’s ultimate estate car.
Aston Martin built a limited run of Zagato-bodied Vanquishes in three different body styles: Coupe, convertible, and shooting brake, the latter being by far the coolest. The company built 99 of each, so most were tucked into collections, never to see the light of day.
Zagato Shooting Brake is based on last-generation Vanquish platform. That means a 6.0-liter naturally aspirated V-12 sending 580 horsepower to the rear wheels via an eight-speed automatic transmission. The interior is largely the same too, save for the bespoke cargo area, which sports a carbon fiber floor (a $19,000 option) and plenty of leather trim. This particular example is also decked out with a $10,000 carbon fiber roof panel, a $5300 paint two-tone red and black paint job, and carbon fiber steering wheel paddles which, for some reason, cost $3190.
The whole car looks sensational, but one design highlight is the central tapering glass roof panel that runs the length of the car. Glazed in special photochromic glass it can darken its tint at the press of a button, reducing glare and adding definition to the sky above like viewing the world through a pair of sunglasses.
Aston Martin of Dallas, the dealer selling the car, asked just over $917,000 for the car right now on eBay!
