Estimates predict that this 682-mile 1987 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Zagato Sports Saloon could go for as much as $250,000
. Thanks to the standard 432 hp , 5.3-liter V8 engine, it also meant that the car could achieve Zagato’s performance targets of a sub-five-second 0-60 mph time and a top speed of 186 mph .
In all, 50 customer cars, one prototype, and another pre-production car were made. This example is one of three owned by Shogo Watanabe, a collector from Japan. However, although it is numbers matching, it is not entirely original. The original bill of sale states that it was shipped new in “French spec,” but was changed to Swiss spec at a later date. That added an uprated cooling system, Ronal style wheels, and a different exhaust system. It also now has a hideous DVD navigation system. Since the car has only traveled 682 miles , how lost could the driver have gotten?
Unfortunately, as the odometer reading would suggest, it has been sitting for a while, which means it may need recommissioning before it can hit the road. Still, estimates suggest that it
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