His company was soon contracted by Alfa Romeo and
a special relationship with Vittorio Jano enabled Zagato to body the legendary
Alfa Romeo 6C1500 and then 6C1750 racers. This collaboration continued,
and until the mid 1930's most of Zagato's work was with Alfa Romeo. They
then spread their wings and began also working more with Fiat, Lancia and
others. During the war the facilities were destroyed and following the
cessation of hostilities a new factory was built north of Milan. The expansion
continued with the victory of the 1951 Grand Prix World Championship by
the Zagato bodied Alfa Romeo 159.
Production of both concept cars and limited volume
production runs continued into the 1980s, most famously the Alfa Romeo
SZ and the RZ cars as well as the Lancia Hyena, the last production Zagato.
The economic problems of the early 1990s hit Zagato hard. Already renamed
SZ Design, in 1994 they changed to Zagato Centrostile and changed their
workload away from production to design plus model building. A few concept
cars have since emerged, see below.
Cars (both concept and production, based on Italian
cars) by Zagato include (this list is not comprehensive) :
Ugo
Zagato (born 25 June 1890) had worked first for Varesina, then in Germany
and then in the aircraft industry before establishing his own coachbuilding
company at Milan in 1919. His speciality was lightweight metal construction,
learnt during his time working with aircraft, for sporting models.
The
1950s saw Ugo's two sons, Gianni and Elio, entering into the business,
leading to their takeover of the management on their fathers death in 1968.
A new factory was built and the company continued to expand in two directions
with Zagato Car srl (the production of cars) and Zagato Design srl (which
diversified into various areas of industrial and product design). Various
forays were made into the world of both armoured and electric vehicles.
| 1921 | Alfa Romeo G1 |
| 1922 | Fiat 501 |
| 1924 | Alfa Romeo RLSS models |
| 1925 | Alfa Romeo RM Sport, Lancia Lambda, Itala 61 Coupe |
| 1926 | Alfa Romeo 6C1500 models & RLSS Torpedo |
| 1927 | Alfa Romeo RLSS Gran Premio, Fiat 520 |
| 1928 | Alfa Romeo 6C1500 SS |
| 1929 | Alfa Romeo 6C1750 GS |
| 1930 | Alfa Romeo 6C1750 GS Testa Fissa |
| 1931 | Alfa Romeo 6C1750 spider, 8C2300 Le Mans & 8C2300 Spider corto |
| 1932 | Alfa Romeo 8C2300 Torpedo lungo |
| 1933 | Alfa Romeo 8C2300 spider Monza & Coupe Zagato 6C1750 |
| 1934 | Alfa Romeo 2300GT Metallica |
| 1936 | Alfa Romeo 6C2300 Pescara |
| 1937 | Alfa Romeo 8C2900B Spider Carenato |
| 1938 | Fiat 1500 Spider MM & 500 Siata, Lancia Aprilia Villoresi & Spider 'La Panciona' |
| 1947 | Fiat 500B Panoramica, 500 Sport, 750 Scansina, 750 Panoramica, 750 Siluro & 1100 Panoramica, Isotta Fraschini 8C Monterosa |
| 1948 | Fiat 500 Aerlux, 750 Testadoro & 140 Panoramica, Ferrari 166 Sport, Alfa Romeo 2500B Panoramica |
| 1949 | Lancia Ardea Panoramica, Maserati 1500Z Panoramica, Ferrari Sport 2000 Panoramica, Alfa Romeo 2500SS Panoramica |
| 1950 | Fiat 500C Panoramica, 1100EZ |
| 1951 | Fiat 750GT Mille Miglia, 750 derivata MM & 8V elaborata, Alfa Romeo 159 |
| 1952 | Fiat 500CZ, 8VZ |
| 1953 | Fiat 1100/103Z & 8VZ Spider, Osca 4500 Biondetti, Alfa Romeo 1900 SSZ Coupe |
| 1954 | Moretti 750Z bialbero, Maserati A6G Spider Z |
| 1955 | Fiat 600TS & 600MM, Lancia Aurelia B20 GTZ, Maserati A6GZ 2000 Coupe |
| 1956 | Fiat Abarth 500Z & 750Z, Siata 1250GTZ, Lancia Appia GT 'Cammello' |
| 1957 | Fiat Abarth 750 Sestriere, 750 Spider & 850, Lancia Appia GTE, Ferrari 250GT II, Maserati 450S 'Il Mostro' & Spider |
| 1958 | Fiat 1500, Lancia Flaminia Sport 2.5, Ferrari 250 GT III, Alfa Romeo Giulietta SVZ |
| 1959 | Fiat Abarth 750Z Bialbero & Prototipo Record |
| 1960 | Fiat Abarth 1000Z Bialbero, Fiat 1500 II, Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ, Osca 1600 GTZ |
| 1961 | Lancia Appia Sport III, Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Coda Tronca |
| 1962 | Lancia Flaminia Tubolare, Sport 3C & Flavia Sport 1.5, Alfa Romeo 2600Z |
| 1963 | Lancia Flavia Sport 1.8, Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ1 |
| 1964 | Fiat 850Z, Lancia Flaminia 2800 Super Sport |
| 1965 | Lancia Fulvia Sport 1.2 Alluminio, Osca MV1700 GTZ Coupe & Spider, Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2 & 1750 GS4R |
| 1966 | Lamborghini 3500GTZ, Lancia Flavia Sport 1.8i |
| 1967 | Fiat 125 GTZ, Lancia Fulvia Sport 1.3 & Flavia Super Sport |
| 1968 | Lancia Fulvia Sport 1.3S, 1.3 VIP, Sport Corsa, Sport 1401cc & Spider, Alfa Romeo Junior Z 1300 |
| 1969 | Lancia Fulvia Sport Daytona & Flavia Super Sport, Fiat 500 Zanzara |
| 1971 | Ferrari 3Z Spider |
| 1972 | Fiat 132 Aster, Alfa Romeo Junior Z 1600 |
| 1974 | Ferrari 3000 Convertible, Lancia Beta Competitzione & Beta Spider, Alfa Romeo Junior Z motor posteriore |
| 1975 | Lancia Beta Spider II |
| 1976 | Lancia Beta Spider hard-top |
| 1978 | Lancia Beta Spider facelift, Autobianchi A112Z |
| 1979 | Lancia Beta Martini |
| 1980 | Lancia Beta Spider revised |
| 1981 | Lancia Beta Coupe HFZ |
| 1982 | Alfa Romeo Sprint 6C |
| 1983 | Alfa Romeo Zeta 6 |
| 1984 | Alfa Romeo Alfetta Break & Tempo Libero 33, Maserati Biturbo Spider |
| 1985 | Lancia Thema Plus |
| 1989 | Alfa Romeo ES30 |
| 1990 | Alfa Romeo SZ |
| 1991 | Alfa Romeo SZ Spider |
| 1991 | Ferrari 348 Elaborazione |
| 1992 | Lancia Hyena, Alfa Romeo Roadster Zagato, Fiat 500 Z-Eco |
| 1993 | Ferrari FZ93, Alfa Romeo 155TI.Z |
| 1994 | Fiat Punto Monomille, Ferrari ES1 |
| 1995 | Alfa Romeo 155 GTAZ |
| 1996 | Fiat Bravobis |
some of the above cars can be seen on this site, either on the concept cars page for the manufacturer on which it was based or the model page for the production cars.
[Alfa Romeo Concepts] [Fiat Concepts] [Lancia Concepts] [Ferrari Concepts]
Links
The official Zagato website.
An excellent Zagato website.
Zagato Books : buy them online here (directly
from Giorgio Nada Editore)
 Zagato
1919 to 2000 (Two volumes in case) |
2000 | These books are sent from Italy
Please read the small print for details of postage etc. |
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