{"id":642690,"date":"2026-06-17T02:01:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T02:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/642690\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T02:01:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T02:01:19","slug":"bovensiepen-zagato-driven-m-car-hardware-meets-italian-coachwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/642690\/","title":{"rendered":"Bovensiepen Zagato driven: M-car hardware meets Italian coachwork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I confess at this point that I did not slot the driveline in RWD and hang the Zag\u00a0out around Ostschleife, or any other bend. Time was short and our follow-the-leader lapping wasn\u2019t an appropriate format for that. But there\u2019s little reason to doubt that, on the road, in rear-drive mode, and with the dampers in Sport Plus, this car wouldn\u2019t be fluidly entertaining.<\/p>\n<p>It is softer than an M4, yes, but has the same core tautness and this gives it predictability and precision. In terms of dynamic character, the blend of insouciance with underlying control and effortless torque make it tempting to compare the Zagato with something like a revitalised Ferrari 550 Maranello.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll have to drive this rare machine on the road to know for sure, but with only 99 examples planned, there is no guarantee we\u2019ll get the chance. Do feel free to envy the owners, though. Lord knows they\u2019re paying for the privilege, but in the Zagato, they\u2019ll own a beautifully finished, indecently pretty but unostentatious coup\u00e9 in the mould of the classics, and one that\u2019s sensibly sized and undemanding to drive fast. The Bovensiepens have gone back to the future.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Price \u00a3319,000 (approx) Engine 6 cyls in line, 2993cc, twin-turbocharged, petrol Power 602bhp at 7200rpm Torque 516lb ft at 2500rpm Gearbox 8-spd automatic, 4WD Kerb weight 1875kg0-62mph 3.3sec Top speed More than 186mph Economy 27.2mpg CO2, tax band 235g\/km, 37% Rivals Aston Martin DB12 S, Ferrari Amalfi<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload\" height=\"600\" width=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/bovensiepen-zagato-review-29.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I confess at this point that I did not slot the driveline in RWD and hang the Zag\u00a0out&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-642690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}