Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato 'Goodwood green' CMC M-150 PRE-OWNED
Product information "Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato 'Goodwood green' CMC M-150 PRE-OWNED"
Description
The DB4 Zagato has become one of the most, sought-after sports cars in the world today. By adopting a soft design language that accentuate the styling curves, Gianni Zagato managed to tailor an imaginative body for the car. All nineteen original cars are somewhat different in looks. This is because Zagato had acommodates customer preferences in the detailing of each car.
The newly-released M-150 is donned in a dark green finish, that is typical of the racing cars from Aston Martin. Aston Martin recommended tht we produce that Zagato in one more finish - dark green when CMC was about to conclude its DB4 production. M-150 is not a limited edition, but there is a very limited supply of this replica for global markets.
Aston Martin’s immediate goal was to compete against the dominant Ferrari 250 GT SWB and even outpace it. The DB4 GT Zagato was famous for its light-weight body. This was achieved by wise choice of materials (e.g. thin aluminium plates) and removal of body trimmings and unnecessary luxuries so that the weight of the DB4 GT was reduced by more than 100 kg. But even this radical “body slimming” and the maximum output of 314 hp were not enough to clinch the success that Aston Martin had hoped for. At the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1961, two Zagato’s from the Essex Racing Stable of Great Britain raced with the license plates “1 EV” and “2 EV,” but they failed to break the dominance of the Ferrari cars. Even seasoned pilots like Jim Clark, Roy Salvadori, and Innes Ireland had to concede to the Ferrari dominance in subsequent races, which saw them each drive a Zagato.
CMC based its replica on the 19 original Zagato’s and has it painted in “Aston Martin racing green.”