Rare Aston Martin DBS-DB4 Zagato Centenary Collection Headed For Auction

Just because a special-edition car, or in this case, two cars, are rare and crazy expensive, that doesn’t guarantee they will become appreciating assets on the collector market. That’s certainly the case with the Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato Continuation and DBS GT Zagato, which were sold only in pairs in 2019. Only 19 of each model were made between Aston Martin and design house Zagato, and they were $8.1 million to buy.

Flash forward to 2025, and we have a pair finished in Caribbean Blue crossing the block with Broad Arrow Auctions during Monterey Car Week. The kicker being that the estimated cost of the DBZ Centenary Collection pair is between $3,500,000 and $4,500,000 – roughly half the original price.

Buy One Aston Martin, Get One Free

While we won’t be buying them ourselves, this is quite the deal for someone with pockets as deep as their love for Aston Martin. To our minds, it’s buying a continuation model of the DB4 and getting a DBS GT Zagato free. Or, get a DBS for weekdays, and a DB4 for the weekends. Zagato’s output, even with Aston Martin keeping watch, can swing wildly between stunningly beautiful and bafflingly ugly. Here, though, Zagato and Aston are at the top of their games.

Aston Martin started building the DB4 GT Zagato Continuation model as a recreation of its masterpiece. While the original run was intended to compete with Ferrari at the racetrack, the DB4 set the tone for Aston Martin’s grand touring cars ever since. The continuation model is a labor of love that took 4,500 hours each to build using mostly traditional methods. Aston gently improved the engine and added some performance as well as some hidden modern details, like the Connolly leather covering carbon fiber seats. However, the Smiths gauges are period correct along with the black crinkle-finished dashboard and wood-rimmed steering wheel.

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The 2020 Aston Martin DBS GT Zagato is a different kettle of fish. The 5.2-liter twin-turbocharged V12 has a hefty power bump, taking it to 760 horsepower from its original 715. Zagato went to work giving the DBS GT the design house’s famous double bubble roof, which increases headroom, and allows the occupants to comfortably wear helmets. As well as plenty of carbon fiber inside, the DBS GT going up for sale includes the absurd silver 3D-printed trim inlay. That option cost owners an extra $33,000.

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Sold Too Soon

This pair was one of only 19 sold, with the DB4 GT Zagato being delivered to a “select group of owners” in 2019 and the DBS GT Zagato in 2020. The DB4 only has double-digit miles on the clock while the DBS shows just a couple of hundred miles registered, so they weren’t bought initially to be driven. In its press announcement at the time, Aston Martin referred to customers buying the pairing as “19 astute car collectors,” suggesting the company believed they would be appreciating assets. It’s far too soon for that though, even with the Zagato name and styling attached. Still, that DB4 GT Zagato is both timeless and gorgeous.

Source: Broad Arrow Auctions