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Maserati GS Zagato Coupe

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Click here to download printer friendly version One year after the presentation of the Ferrari 575GTZ, Zagato returns to Villa with a world preview for fans of Italian sports sedans: the Maserati GS Zagato. In the most classic traditions of exclusive collections that inspired the creativity of car designers in the '50s and '60s, Paolo Boffi, well-known entrepreneur in the furnishing and luxury design sector, has commissioned from Zagato a customised look for his Maserati GS Spyder.

Zagato proposes a line that evoked the historical Maserati A6 G Zagato of 1954: one of the most beautiful Italian sedans ever built, and nowadays at the top of every collector’s wish list. The Maserati GS Zagato, like its celebrated ancestor, has all-aluminium bodywork and bears the Trident on the bonnet and the Z on the wing, expressing eternal Italian excellence in its shape and its content. A winning combination that matches powerful and reliable mechanics, with an elegant and and sports style, both rigorously Made in Italy.

For purists of the compact coupé, afficionados of the Milano-based brand, it is a two-volume, two-seater, hatchback with a streamlined profile and a neat tail. The wheelbase is 180mm shorter, a spin-off from the Spyder, provides excellent handling and stability on curves, with extraordinary torsional rigidity.

In homage to the tradition of the gentlemen drivers who asked Zagato to transform the bodywork of their cars, modern collectors choose mechanics at the top level of technical evolution and ‘dress’ them in tailor-made garments that increase in value as time passes. This is the mission of a modern automobile atelier: to create timeless objects that celebrate prestigious models and brands and which, unlike mass produced vehicles, are destined to last for ever.

Zagato, born in 1919 as an atelier for automobiles and planes, has put its signature on all the most important mechanics of the last century, earning the opportunity to create, every time, an ''instant classic''. Zagato’s strengths lie in the concept of sports-style elegance, a functional design that does not bow to momentary fashions but seeks out the excitement and pleasure of driving, and in the precious aluminium bodywork, a value recognised everywhere.

Company press release, last updated on 04 / 18 / 2007

Add your comments on the Maserati GS Zagato Coupe

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MrBabune
05-07-2007
Zagato's creations have always been "interesting" looking. They are often bespoke one-offs that are for a particular patron. They have also become more about making a statement and communicating more art than car. What exactly they ment to communicate here has gotten a little lost in translation, but the soul of Zagato is definately aparent with the swoopy lines and slight references to the A6G.
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4NCAR GUY
05-05-2007
If Zagato was attempting to do a design that looked bad from every angle. . . They succeeded. This ugly duckling will never become a swan.
     

General specifications
Country of origin Italy
Numbers built N/A (Prototype)
Introduced 2007
Body design Zagato

Engine
Configuration 90º V 8
Location Front, longitudinally mounted
Construction aluminum silicon alloy block and head
Displacement 4.244 liter / 259 cu in
Bore / Stroke 92.0 mm (3.6 in) / 79.8 mm (3.1 in)
Compression 11.0:1
Valvetrain 4 valves / cylinder, DOHC
Fuel feed Fuel injection
Aspiration Naturally Aspirated

Drivetrain
Chassis/body unitary steel
Suspension (fr/r) double wishbones, progressive rate dampers, co-axial coil springs
Steering rack-and-pinion, power assisted
Brakes vented and cross-drilled discs, all-round, ABS
Gearbox Cambiocorsa 6 speed Semi-automatic
Drive Rear wheel drive

Dimensions
Length / Width / Height 4303 mm (169.4 in) / 1822 mm (71.7 in) / 1305 mm (51.4 in)
Wheelbase / Track (fr/r) 2440 mm (96.1 in) / 1525 mm (60 in) / 1538 mm (60.6 in)

Performance figures
Power 400 bhp / 298 KW @ 7000 rpm
Torque 451 Nm / 333 ft lbs @ 4500 rpm
BHP/Liter 94 bhp / liter

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