đź“Ť ‘Nineteen cars only — rarer than a decent table at Cipriani during Monaco week.’
A flight of design fancy: our imagined take on Zagato and Capricorn’s coupé of just 19 souls
A new hypercar is coming — but not from the usual suspects in Woking, Stuttgart or Modena. Instead, Italy’s Zagato joined forces with Germany’s Capricorn, a carbon-fibre wizard better known in Aerospace than in Mayfair garages.
The result? A lightweight, mid-engined coupe with gullwing doors, limited to just 19. Analogue thrills, German discipline, Italian flair.
Tempted? Then you’ll want to hear the whole tale.
The set-up
Zagato — famed for Aston Martins with hips wider than a Monte Carlo boulevard — has designed its first true hypercar.
The Italians supplied the artistry; Capricorn of Germany, established in 1933, provided the engineering wizardry.
The design
One teaser shot reveals a short bonnet that could be mistaken for a cigar case. Mid-engined layout? Certainly. Gullwing doors? Deliciously theatrical. Zagato, ever the couturier of cars, has never been accused of restraint.
The promise
Just 19 examples will be built, all coupes, each a study in scarcity. With the marvellously operatic name Robertino Wild, Capricorn’s CEO declares the car ‘technically advanced’ yet refreshingly analogue” — a direct rebuke to today’s soulless battery sledges.
The context
Of course, every boutique maker from De Tomaso to GMA peddles the “driver-focused” mantra.
But with German precision in the chassis and Zagato’s design theatrics, this collaboration might deliver more than brochure poetry.
đź“Ť ‘When German aerospace meets Italian couture, you don’t just get a car — you get nineteen invitations to mechanical immortality.’
