Seen dancing around the Goodwood Motor Circuit in the hands of Formula 1 greats Sir Stirling Moss and Jim Clark, the Aston DB4 GT Zagato race car marked the first time that the famous British marque collaborated with the Italian design house.

Debuting at the London Motor Show in 1960, Zagato’s take on the DB4 GT would wear lighter and more aerodynamic aluminium bodywork in the name of enhancing on-track performance.

The relationship between Aston Martin and Zagato has endured over the generations.

This led to Andrea Zagato, the grandson of company founder Ugo, working to co-create the series of coach-built Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato models.

The closed-roof concept launched in May 2016 at the pre-eminent Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este event at Lake Como before the completed coupé and convertible Volante models arrived.

The following August, the two parties announced the addition of the Speedster and Shooting Brakes variants to the exclusive range.

The Speedster was by some way...