The Vanquish Zagato Volante May Be Pebble Beach's Sexiest Convertible

Just a few monthsafter stunning the automotive world with the Vanquish ZagatoAston Martin is back at it again, this time with Vanquish Zagato Volante. The convertible was announced at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance almost exactly three months after the hardtop Zagato-styled Vanquish wowed the crowd at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este on the shores of Italy's Lake Como. The two cars are similar in many ways, starting under the hood. Both sport a tuned V12, with the Vanquish Zagato Volante's mill churning out 600 hp.

A run form 0-60 mph is projected by Aston Martin to take just 3.7 seconds, which is just off the 3.5 seconds it takes the hardtop Vanquish Volante to do the same sprint. In terms of design and proportions the two Zagato Astons are identical. Both have a bladed tail light design inspired by the Vulcan supercar. In terms of exterior bits it looks like all the performance aero pieces were carried over from the coupe, including that massive rear diffuser. The interior can be customized by Q, Aston Martin's in-house customization service. But to let people know that you're driving a special car designed by Zagato there needs to be some branding. As such the design house's "Z" stitch pattern is present on both the doors and seats.