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BMW Zagato Coupe photogallery
The BMW Zagato Coupe is a collaboration between auto enthusiasts - a BMW seen through the eyes of Zagato. The hand-built one-off concept car features a number of the Italian coachbuilder’s hallmark design cues. From the side, the BMW Zagato Coupe displays the pared down, clearly defined distribution of visual mass for which Zagato is renowned, blended with the familiar surface treatment and design language of a BMW. The interior is clearly structured, in customary BMW style, and invites the keen driver to take the helm. The contoured bonnet builds on with sweeping lines and taut surfaces. A pair of air intakes integrated into the bonnet send extra supplies of air into the engine compartment and highlight the presence of the high-performance engine beneath. The long, sweeping bonnet sends the greenhouse a long way back towards the rear and the car's visual focus is therefore also pulled rearwards. A stunning interpretation of the classic BMW face - with its twin circular headlights, kidney-shaped radiator grille and BMW logo - marks the BMW Zagato Coupé out as a BMW without the need for a second glance. The 19-inch light-alloy wheels in classically sporty five-spoke design have a hint of propeller about them. Exquisite materials and high-quality details provide an extremely stylish showcase for the interior's sporting flair and driver focus. Between the headlights is Zagato's take on the BMW radiator grille, with matt kidney frames structures A stand-out detail here is the use of countless small matt Zagato "z" letters to make up the kidney grille. Additional elements fitted by hand, such as horizontal lines in the instrument panel and doors, heighten the interior's sense of sporting elegance. A "z" embroidered into the seats is the clearest reference in the interior to the origins of the BMW Zagato Coupe. A very special highlight of the BMW Zagato Coupé is its paintwork. The exclusive exterior paint finish Rosso Vivace - an expressive shade of red - brings the surfaces and forms of the BMW Zagato Coupe to life. BMW reveals this striking new BMW Zagato Coupe concept at the prestigious Villa d’Este Concours in Italy.