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Initially, the prospect of this car has really taken me by surprise. I became convinced
that there wouldn't be a Volante version on the Vanquish - the appearance of the
DB9 Volante appeared to make such a car unnecessary. But I had been blind to
the possibility of yet another special edition to come from the collaboration of
AML and the Italian coachbuilders, Zagato.
The front of the original Vanquish has been retained - all the visual changes
have involved the removal of the
solid roof, new rear bumper and new round rear tail lights, reminiscent of those
on the DB-AR1. But unlike the AR-1, the Vanquish roadster is supposed to
have an electrically
folding canvas roof stowed under a twin bulged panel behind the seats although
this has never been seen.
The car was seen in the metal at the Geneva Salon in March
2004 - although at the time, there were no concrete plans for production. CAR Magazine,
May 2004 very much doubted that this car would reach production. Whereas, AutoExpress 21/4/2004 issue
was confidant
of 99 production cars, most of which, it said had already been sold at a price of
£240,000 - how wrong could they be. I was personally very impressed by the Zagato Vanquish and I was sure
that there would be a small production run - but sadly not. I believe this car
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