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At the Geneva Motor Show in 2009, the Perana Z-One sportscar was first shown. The project was done in partnership with Zagato, responsible for the car's styling, and the Perana Performance Group based in South Africa. Many cars shown by design houses like Zagato or small manufacturers are one offs never see the light of day. Or, production is planned but never happens. The Perana Z-One seemed like a very feasible project though, and PistonHeads reports the car has entered production. Not going to enter production soon, or planned production, but as we speak. We're always eager to welcome new sports cars, and the car is slated to make an appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July. Deliveries in the United Kingdom are slated

Zagato is a Italian coachbuilder and design house steeped in tradition. Most of the time, the vehicles they produce wear another manufacturer's badge and are Zagato's interpreration of a specific model. With the Perana Z-One, Zagato is creating it's own, self-branded vehicle. While it's own creation (and self-branded) the Perana Z-One is a result of the design houses's collaboration with a South African performance and production company, Perana Performance Group. The proportions are perfect, helping to lend the V8 sportscar a perfect 50/50 weight distribution. While good looking, it's not particularly unique in the world of automotive design. I'm thinking more along the lines of the original Anteros (a coachbuilt vehicle based on the Corvette). To my eyes at least, this isn't a truly Italian design. The clean flow of lines

A new Zagato is set to be introduced at the Geneva Show, and it's a looker! Renderings and sketches have been introduced showing us a preview of the latest model to come from the coachbuild manufacturer. Welcome back coachbuilding! The flexibility afforded by new technologies and processes have brought back the classic art yet again, and it really shows with cars like this new Zagato. After recently debuting an altered Bentley Continental GTZ and collaborating with Spyker on the C12 supercar (an amazing vehicle), Zagato is ready to introduce an vehicle of it's own. For the Perana, the Italian coachbuilder is teaming up with Africa's Perana Performance Group for a run of 999 vehicles. The design is low slung and well proportioned. There is perhaps a bit too much visual clutter with all