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02.04.2006 Zagato will unveil the unique Ferrari 575 GTZ, which they have specially built for Japanese Ferrari collector Yoshiyuki Hayashi, at the Villa d'Este Concours d'Elegance this month

Yoshiyuki Hayashi is a famous Japanese car collector, who owns numerous cars of great historical value, including several Ferraris such as the 166MM, the 250 Spider California, two Daytonas – a coupé and a spider – and the Enzo. In the classic tradition of the keen purchaser of exclusive cars who stimulated the creativeness of Italian coachbuilders in the 1950s and 1960s, Yoshiyuki Hayashi asked Zagato if it would be possible to create a body for his 575M, in the style of the famous 250GTZ berlinetta.

When Zagato received this request, it informed Ferrari of the project, which would be a good opportunity to celebrate the model’s anniversary, and then created a car that harked back to the 250 GTZ, built around the Ferrari 575. Like its forebear, the 575 GTZ has an all-aluminium body, and, as a tribute to Ferrari and to two-seater Italian sports cars, it has joined the exclusive group of cars that are the fruit of the tradition of custom-built cars. Like the 250 GTZ, the new car sports two-tone paintwork with styling cues and volumes that explicitly refer back to the 1950s, and sublimates the character of the many cars which have been built by Zagato to clothe original engineering, with the pure style of traditional sports cars.
 

FERRARI 575GTZ

This second official image from Zagato gives a glimpse of the front end of their new Ferrari 575 GTZ which draws clear inspiration from the 50-year-old 250 GTZ.

FERRARI 250GTZ

At the Geneva International Motor Show last month Zagato celebrated the 50th anniversary of their famous coachbuilt Ferrari 250 GTZ.

FERRARI 575GTZ

Historic Italian coachbuilder Zagato has released this 'teaser' image of their unique new coachbuilt Ferrari 575 GTZ, ahead of its public debut which is scheduled to take place at the prestigious Villa d'Este Concours d'Elegance later this month.


For Zagato, the project represented an opportunity to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Ferrari 250 GTZ of 1956, one of the most outstanding GT cars, which has already gone down in history. The model, which was also commissioned by a gentleman driver and collector, in the best Zagato tradition, is a sublime synthesis of prestige and performance, elegance and sportiness, to the point that it can boast the highest value of any car in the luxury period sports car market. The 250 GTZ has won numerous competitions and concours d’élégance, and it represents a dream come true, because experts and fans consider it one of the most beautiful cars in the world.

The new 575 GTZ has the Ferrari prancing horse on its bonnet and the Z of Zagato on its side, an expression of eternal Italian excellence in its form and content. It is a winning combination, linking the most powerful, famous engineering in the world with the most refined, fascinating sporting style, both made strictly in Italy. The concept of sporty elegance, functional design that does not merely follow the trend of the moment but strives for pure performance, and the ultra-light aluminium body are Zagato’s strengths which become a universally recognised value.

Just as in the 1956, the 250GTZ was showed at the most important concours d’elegance, 50 years later, the 575GTZ will be presented in a world premier at Villa D’Este Concours
D’Elegance, Cernobbio (Italy) April 22th -24th.
 

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Report: Zagato / © 2006 Interfuture Media/Italiaspeed