Barely three months after the sensational premiere of the BMW Zagato Coupé, BMW and Zagato are turning heads again at the 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance with the fruits of their latest collaboration. Created in just six weeks’ worth of lavish handcraftsmanship, the BMW Zagato Roadster represents another masterful example of the traditional coachbuilder’s art and an elegant take on the sporty, masculine marker laid down by the BMW Zagato Coupé.
At the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, this one-of-a-kind automobile finds itself in the best possible company. Every year connoisseurs and exponents of coachbuilt classics come together on California’s Pacific coastline to gorge on, mull over and be amazed by an array of automotive exotica. Indeed, you’d be hard pressed to find a more appropriate venue for the premiere of the BMW Zagato Roadster.
That’s the intro from BMW’s official press release (full version available below) and it sums up this stunning new Zagato Roadster and its raison d’être quite well.
Most roadsters look good with the top down, but the true test of their design is shown if they look just as good when the top is up. Unfortunately, at this stage, BMW has only given us words to describe the look of the Zagato’s roof. They use the term, “hallmark Zagato double-bubble roof” or “doppia gobba” if you want to impress your Italian friends.
That’s all well and good, but we’d quite like to see the soft-top in pictures so we can judge the form for ourselves.
We expect it won’t be long until photos from Pebbele Beach emerge, or even a promo video from BMW to show us what we expect will still be a fantastic looking creation, roof up or roof down.
Enjoy the pics below, it’s a wonderful looking car. Although, we’d very much prefer the Coupé. How about you?
