Zagato’s New Sports Car Has A Removable Long-Tail Rear Bumper

Zagato’s New Sports Car Has A Removable Long-Tail Rear Bumper
Zagato’s New Sports Car Has A Removable Long-Tail Rear Bumper

Zagato has a beautiful new automobile known as the AGTZ Twin Tail. It pays homage to the Alpine A220 that raced at Le Mans, and it is based mostly on the mid-engined Alpine A110 sports activities automobile. But that is extra than simply one other beautiful wanting, ultra-expensive car.

Like the Alfa Romeo TZ1, the Iso Rivolta GTZ, and different Zagato builds earlier than it, the AGTZ has a shapely rear finish design. But right here the again finish is definitely detachable; The Twin Tail provides you the choice of a protracted tail search for higher aerodynamics or a stocky quick tail design for each day cruising. Both iterations of the Alpine-based sports activities automobile look beautiful.

Zagato AGTZ Twin Tail
Zagato AGTZ Twin Tail

Zagato doesn’t say what powers the Twin Tail, but it surely probably retains the manufacturing unit A110’s turbocharged 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine, rated at 249 horsepower from the manufacturing unit. In the A110 the engine is paired to a seven-speed dual-clutch computerized and rear-wheel drive, which helps it to 62 miles per hour in about 4.5 seconds. Zagato doesn’t say how a lot weight it added with the additional bodywork, both, however the base A110 weighs a scant 2,429 kilos—so it shouldn’t be far more than that.

 

If you’re one of many 19 fortunate consumers of this lovely bespoke Alpine, you’ll be capable to choose any livery or inside colour mixture you want. Zagato showcases the primary two automobiles in blue and white, in addition to a 3rd automobile with a good-looking blue, white, and crimson ‘tricolore’ Hommage livery as a nod to the French flag.

Zagato AGTZ Twin Tail
Zagato AGTZ Twin Tail

Prices begin at €650,000, and practically half of them have already been spoken for. The Zagato AGTZ Twin Tail makes its in-person world debut on the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in May.