Rolls-Royce considers Bertone or Zagato partnership

Just_me · **Rolls-Royce considers Bertone or Zagato partnership -** 06-12-2007, 08:43 AM

Rolls-Royce may turn to Italian coachbuilders such as Bertone or Zagato to construct ultra-luxurious versions of its Phantom saloon for individual customers who desire extra levels of personalization. Under the proposal, once a rolling chassis is produced at the Goodwood facility in the UK the unfinished car could then be transported to the design houses where they’d be modified to the customer’s exact specifications, reports CAR Magazine.

Senior management is considering developing a small batch of cars with unique bodystyles with the complete design and final assembly outsourced to coachbuilders like Bertone and Zagato. The plant at Goodwood, meanwhile, is ramping up for the development of a new entry-level sedan codenamed RR04.

In the long term, the Goodwood site will be used to construct up to six different model variations based on three basic bodystyles derived from two separate platforms. Despite increases in demand across the globe, managers will try to retain final output to a maximum of 2,500 vehicles per year to maintain the brand’s high levels of exclusivity.

Centurion

Bertone thank you. Zagato is too excentric like other over the top Italian designers like Roberto Cavalli.

SDNR · 09:19 AM

Absolutely Luw -- Zagato does things to cars that are just not morally right.

shonguiz

Zagato did great things yet it's true that nowadays they have lost it but Bertone is a real design master.

SDNR

The Italians have worked with Rolls-Royce in the past. Lets just say the results were not great.

Camargue by Sergio Pininfarina.

A one-off coachbuilt Phantom VI styled by Pietro Frua.

Centurion

^^
Those look like low riders, very american. Zagato doesn't suit the subtle British community. Too attention whore-ish

shonguiz

Luw one of the best astons ever made is the Aston-Martin DB4GT Zagato.

The Artist

yep no thanks to zagato..dude is nutts..

bmer

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Originally Posted by Rob

Absolutely Luw -- Zagato does things to cars that are just not morally right.

LOL

How about Italdesign (Giugiaro)? Do you think Pininfarina would do better this time than with the Camargue?

Centurion

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Originally Posted by shonguiz

Luw one of the best astons ever made is the Aston-Martin DB4GT Zagato.

Yupp, you're very right. It is a very gorgeous car which is an example of Zagato's more successfull designs. Most of his other creations have air vents and funny little holes here and there.