Zagato to reveal new Maserati-powered Mostro at Villa d'Este - Autoblog (blog)
Mostro powered by Maserati at the 2015 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este. Cernobbio, May 2015. The Mostro powered by Maserati is the latest creation of Zagato's current Iconic decade, a new tradition for the atelier that began at the end of coachbuilder's Neoclassical period (2000-2010) to celebrate the most iconic... Marking the delivery of the first customer car, Zagato will present the new Mostro as a world premiere at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este. In 2010, Andrea and Marella Zagato launched a project to celebrate 100 years of Alfa Romeo and it materialized into the Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa, a one-off, and then nine multiples of the TZ3 Stradale (road car) followed. Inspired by current trends in the automotive industry, these models initiated a new outflow of cars from the atelier, which has recognized some car models as icons on their own, at times bearing more importance than the marque itself. In the sector of collectible cars, this became the case for the Maserati "Monster" and "Birdcage". Alfa Romeo "8C" and "TZ", and the Aston Martin "DB4 Zagato" and "Vanquish". The Mostro celebrates the centenary of Maserati and one of the most iconic racing cars in the history of the Tridente: the Maserati 450 S Coupé Zagato "Monster", designed in 1957 with Frank Costin, a specialist in aerodynamics, and coachbuilt in... Source: www.autoblog.com
