Bristol 406 Zagato

Bristol
Bristol 406 Zagato
406 Zagato
Production period:	1959-1960
Class :	Upper class
Body versions :	limousine
Engines:	Otto engine : 2.2 liters (78-97 kW)
Length:	4700 mm
Width:	1600 mm
Height:	1397 mm
Wheelbase :	2896 mm
Empty weight :	1120 kg
successor	407 GTZ Zagato

The Bristol 406 Zagato is a British-Italian sports car that combines the technology of the Bristol 406 Saloon with a body designed and built by Zagato . The special model, which is often perceived as eccentric, was commissioned by the Bristol dealer Tony Crook and was produced in very small numbers. It is lighter, smaller and faster than the basic vehicle with a factory body. In addition, some older Bristol chassis were subsequently given comparable Zagato bodies. The 406 Zagato is one of the brand's most expensive classics today.

History of origin

Bristol's standard model from 1958: 406 Saloon

British-Italian cooperation: Bristol-Zagato

Bristol Cars, the automotive division of the aircraft manufacturer Bristol Aircraft Company founded after the end of the Second World War , began producing luxury vehicles based on BMW technology from 1946 onwards . The chassis and engines were derived from the pre-war BMW types 326 , 327 and 328 , the design plans of which may have come to Great Britain as a war reparation . The debut model 400 , which also had a body similar to a BMW coupé, was followed by the Touring models 401 , 402 and 403 , which are regarded in the literature as a single model family, before the two-door 404 in 1953 and a year later with the four-door 405, the third generation of Bristol appeared, the technology of which was still based on BMW designs. Most of these series were produced in three-digit numbers, although the production level in the mid-1950s was only about half as high as in the early years. In the fall of 1958, Bristol finally introduced the fourth model generation with the four-seater 406 Saloon , which meant a departure from the brand's initially emphatically sporty orientation: It was larger, heavier and more luxurious than all previous Bristol, lost the typical Bristol agility and was despite it a larger engine slower than its predecessor, so that it was sometimes perceived as underpowered.

Bristol initially intended to add a shorter, faster two-seater to the 406 Saloon at the factory. Accordingly, a prototype was built in 1958, but the project was discontinued for cost reasons and because the company's future prospects were unclear. In the following spring, Tony Crook, member of the board of Bristol Cars and at the same time the brand's largest dealer, took up the idea of ​​a sporty special model based on the 406. This became the 406 Zagato, which was formally not a model by Bristol Cars, but an independent project by Anthony Crook Motors. The 406 Zagato was supposed to bring Bristol back to its origins: It was "(intended) for drivers who were willing to accept compromises in comfort and space in favor of sporting performance" (Tony Crook). In Crook's understanding, this primarily required a light and compact body. He commissioned the Italian Carrozzeria Zagato, which is known for lightweight construction and whose British general importer Crook had been for years, to design and build them. Abarth should also increase engine performance.

The prototype of the 406 Zagato was presented exactly one year after the 406 Saloon . It made its debut from October 21st to 31st, 1959 at the Earls Court Motor Show in London , where it was shown at the Bristol Cars stand, Anthony Crook Motors or Zagato stand, depending on the source. Regular production began in autumn 1959 and ended a year later. The Bristol 406 was only available through Anthony Crook Motors; the other Bristol dealers had no access to it.

The 406 Zagato was unsuccessful: instead of the planned ten, only six vehicles were built, and even those were difficult to sell. Nevertheless, the sporty Gran Turismo was the starting point of a long-term collaboration between Bristol and Zagato: in 1960 a short sports car with 406 technology and a hatchback body from Zagato (406S Zagato) was created, and in 1961 a similarly designed car based on the Bristol 407 with eight-cylinder V- Chrysler engine followed (407 GTZ Zagato). While these two vehicles remained individual pieces, from 1975 to 1993 Bristol sold a total of around 90 copies of the Targa Coupé 412 and its successor Beaufighter , the body of which Giuseppe Mittino had designed for Zagato.

nomenclature

The four-seater factory-made by Bristol Cars, which replaced the Bristol 405 as the main model in 1958, is mostly referred to as the 406 Saloon in English-language literature . The lighter special model with an Italian body, however, was marketed as the 406 Zagato; In the more recent literature, the names 406 Z, 406 GTZ or 406 GT Zagato (not used in 1959) can also be found in some cases.

Model description

Chassis and running gear

The 406 Zagato is built on a steel box frame with side members and cross members, the construction and dimensions of which correspond to those of the regular 406 Saloon . The basic features of the frame go back to the chassis of the BMW 326 from 1936. The front wheels are individually suspended from wishbones and a lower transverse leaf spring . At the rear, the car has a rigid axle with Watt linkage and a trailing arm, torsion bar springs with support levers and self-designed shock absorbers. The car decelerates with four Dunlop disc brakes .

Engine and power transmission

Bristol's six cylinder engine

All 406 Zagato's are powered by Bristol's straight-six petrol engine. The 2.2 liter version used here (2216 cm³, bore × stroke: 68.69 or 99.64 mm) is a further development of the engine already installed in the 400, which goes back to a BMW design (328) from 1938. The main features of the Bristol engine are similar to the BMW engine; however, Bristol's version is not metric but inch -based, and some of the materials used are different. The engine has hemispherical combustion chambers with V-shaped hanging valves that are controlled by the camshaft below via tappets , bumpers and rocker arms. The exhaust valves are operated via additional push rods across the cylinder head and a second rocker arm each. The mixture prepare three installed to the engine block Solex - downdraft carburetor on the type 32 PBI /. 7

In the 406 Zagato, the engine was available with two different power levels:

• Individual vehicles, including the prototype publicly exhibited in October 1959, are equipped with the basic version of the engine, which was also installed in all 406 saloons ( Type 110 ). It develops 105 bhp (78 kW, 106 PS). The torque of 175 Nm occurs at 4700 revolutions per minute.

• Most 406 Zagato have a more powerful version of the six-cylinder engine ( Type 110S ), which was not available in the 406 Saloon . With the same displacement, it has a maximum output of 130 bhp (97 kW, 132 PS). The maximum torque of 166 Nm is lower than in the basic version, but is already reached at 3750 revolutions per minute. The increase in performance was achieved through an increased compression ratio of 9.0: 1, a modified camshaft and a new exhaust system including manifold from Abarth .

The engine power is transferred to the rear axle by a manual four-speed gearbox with overdrive and a cardan shaft . The first gear of the transmission built by Bristol itself is not synchronized . The Layock de Normanville overdrive, which is standard on all Bristol's since the 405, can be engaged in fourth gear and is automatically switched off when downshifting.

body

The body of the 406 Zagato is independent. It has neither stylistic nor technical references to the structure of the 406 Saloon designed by Dudley Hobbs and Dennis Sevier.

design

Front section with echoes of Lancia

Sideline with kink

Short tail

interior

The design of the notchback body goes back to Gianni Zagato , the son of the company's founder Ugo Zagato . On the front end there are design features of the Lancia Flaminia Sport , also designed and built by Zagato ; the radiator grille is even taken directly from Lancia and, on some vehicles, bears Lancia's coat of arms, in which the Bristol Cars emblem was inserted. The roof structure follows the trapezoidal shape that began to prevail in Europe at the end of the 1950s. With the horizontal roof line and the C-pillar set far back , Zagato implemented a specification by Tony Crook, according to which the car had to have four full seats for adults. The interior of the Zagato is smaller than that of the 406 Saloon . The roof is profiled: in the rear area it has the double bubbles typical of Zagato . The roof of the 1959 prototype and the vehicle made afterwards is slightly lower than that of the following four vehicles. The doors are frameless. The front headlights are set back, integrated into the fenders and covered with plexiglass. Because the tall engine does not fit under the flat bonnet, a hood is required in the middle of the bonnet, which also serves as an air inlet. There is a step in the belt line above the rear axle; at the rear it is higher than at the front end. The rear overhang is shorter than that of the standard 406. As usual with Bristol, the spare wheel is stored upright in one of the front fenders in an externally accessible compartment between the front wheel and the A-pillar. On the other side of the vehicle, a similar compartment holds the battery.

The decorative elements vary from vehicle to vehicle. This applies, among other things, to the radiator grille and the side trim, which in some cars extends horizontally to the rear wheel opening or to the rear fender, while in at least one car it makes a Z-shaped kink, but is completely absent in another vehicle. Some, but not all, vehicles have three horizontal decorative stripes on the C-pillar.

The Zagato design is mostly viewed critically from a stylistic point of view. Some sources see it as "eccentric", others are unsure whether the Zagato design is "a charismatic classic or a classic faux pas".

Lightweight construction

Zagato consistently relied on lightweight construction. While the body of the 406 Saloon, produced by the London bodybuilder Jones Brothers , was supported by a heavy steel substructure, which was largely responsible for the high weight of the series model, Zagato constructed a light frame made of thin steel tubes to which the body parts made from aluminum sheets are attached. The shorter construction also helps to reduce weight. In the interior, Zagato dispensed with decorative elements. Unlike the factory model , the instrument panel, whose shape corresponds to that of the 406 Saloon , is not clad in walnut; Rather, it consists of thin sheet aluminum painted in the same color as the seat covers. Most of the 406 Zagato have built-in light, lightly padded seats; However, at least one car has the comfortable armchairs of the 406 Saloon .

defects

The body has some flaws. So the rear wheel arches are too small. Uneven road surfaces mean that the tires regularly touch the top of the wheel arches when they hit. Crook said 40 years after production was discontinued that the processing quality of the Zagato bodies was "not that good". His mechanics would have had to touch up many details such as fits , gap dimensions and surfaces.

Dimensions, weight and performance

The Bristol 406 Zagato is 280 mm shorter than the 406 Saloon with the chassis unchanged . At 1100 kg, its weight is well below that of the standard model (1350 kg) and almost on par with the Bristol 400 from 1946. Contemporary test drives determined a top speed of 122 mph (196 km / h) for the 406 Zagato with the 110S engine, while the 106 saloon only reached 102 mph (164 km / h).

Production process

The production process was spread over several locations. The chassis were made at the Bristol factory in Filton . From there they were trucked to Zagato in Milan , where Italian mechanics connected the handcrafted bodies to the chassis. Tony Crook assigned two employees to his workshop to monitor the work in Zagato's factory and to ensure that Bristol's quality requirements were met. The finished cars then came to Great Britain "on their own", where they were refurbished in Crook's workshop in Hersham , Surrey .

Production and prices

The contract between Anthony Crook Motors and Zagato provided for the construction of ten 406 Zagato. There is consensus in the literature that this number has actually not been reached. According to almost all sources, a total of six 406 Zagato were made. As far as a production volume of seven vehicles is stated in some sources, this includes the 406 S Zagato with a short wheelbase and independent body.

Anthony Crook Motors offered the Bristol 406 Zagato in late 1959 for £ 4,792 (vehicle price £ 3,380 plus £ 1,412 purchase tax ). It was £ 550 more expensive than a regular factory-bodied 406 Saloon (£ 4,244 including tax). The price of a 406 Zagato was the equivalent of seven Triumph Heralds or nine Mini (£ 500).

The Bristol 406 Zagato were only reluctantly sold. The last new vehicle was sold by Crook in October 1961 at a substantial discount for £ 3,500 including tax. At the same time, a used 6,000 mile 406 Zagato was being offered for £ 2,800.

Of the six 406 Zagato, four or five cars still exist, depending on the source. The third car produced - the first with a higher roof - was involved in a serious traffic accident in the 20th century. Tony Crook had the car dismantled; the usable components were used as spare parts.

The Bristol 406 Zagato and its competitors

The contemporary press and recent publications see the Bristol 406 Zagato as a competitor to the Alvis TD 21 , the Aston Martin DB4 (or DB4 GT) and the Jaguar Mark 2 . A comparison shows that these competing models were each significantly cheaper than the Bristol 406 Zagato, but had larger and mostly much more powerful engines. The £ 4,100 Aston Martin DB4 GT - the short sports version of the DB4 - had an engine with an output of 222 kW (299 bhp; 302 hp), which was more than twice as powerful as that of the 406 Zagato. More expensive than the Bristol 406 Zagato was only the high-performance model Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato , which supposedly developed 231 kW (309 bhp, 314 PS) and is as rare as the Bristol 406 Zagato.

The disparity between price and performance and the fact that the engine's basic design, which was now over 20 years old, had reached its limits, are seen as the main reasons for the low demand for the Bristol 406 Zagato.

	Bristol 406 Zagato ( 110S engine)	Alvis TD 21	Aston Martin DB4	Aston Martin DB4 GT	Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato	Jaguar Mark 2
Engine type	Six-cylinder four-stroke engine, series
Displacement	2216 cc	2993 cc	3670 cc			3781 cc
Max. power	97 kW (130 bhp, 132 PS)	86 kW (115 bhp, 116 PS)	179 kW (240 bhp; 243 PS)	222 kW (299 bhp; 302 PS)	231 kW (309 bhp; 314 PS)	164 kW (220 bhp; 223 PS)
Top speed	196 km / h	169 km / h	224 km / h	246 km / h	247 km / h	195 km / h
Price (1959)	£ 4,750	£ 2,877	£ 3,967	£ 4,169	£ 5,400	£ 1,779

The Bristol 406 Zagato as a classic

The Bristol 406 Zagato is one of the rarest and “most exciting classics” from the Bristol brand. It now achieves the highest sales prices of any Bristol. At the beginning of the 21st century, the 406 Zagatos were trading for 20 to 30 times the price of a new car. A vehicle built in 1960 was sold in a fully restored condition for £ 169,500 (€ 187,390) in 2014.

Related models

Zagatos bodies for older Bristol chassis

Upgrade model: body of the 406 Zagato on the chassis of a Bristol 400 from 1949 (chassis number 400-1-568)

Because Anthony Crook Motors was only able to sell six 406 Zagatos, but ten bodies had been manufactured in Italy according to the contract, Crook used the unsold Zagato bodies from 1961 for the most part for older Bristol chassis. In a process called an upgrade in Great Britain , several Bristol 400 and 401 chassis were retrofitted with the remaining bodies in the style of the 406 Zagato, the stylistic details of which had been revised in Crook's workshop. None of these vehicles left Crook's workshop with a 2.2-liter engine ( Type 110 or Type 110S ); rather, they all retained the 2.0-liter engines ( Type 85 ) with which they were equipped as standard. However, at least one of these cars was fitted with a Type 110 engine at the initiative of its owner .

Like the regular 406 Zagatos, these upgrades were Anthony Crook Motors' projects; there was no direct reference to Bristol Cars. Crook offered the conversions from the summer of 1961 at a third of the price of an original 406 Zagato (£ 1,550). It is not known how many of these hybrid models were made. Tony Crook stated in 2001 that the demand was "good". Brand documentation assumes “at least three” cars that have been revised in this way. One of these mixed models, based on the chassis number 400-1-568 manufactured in 1949, was found in a neglected condition in Devon in 2013 . As a so-called barn find ( Barnfind ) the car in the same year was unrestored 29,000 £ auctioned. It has now been completely restored and is repeatedly shown at exhibitions.

Bristol 406 S Zagato

Modeled after the Bristol 406 S Zagato: Aston Martin DB 4 GT Zagato

The 406 S Zagato is to be distinguished from the 406 Zagato, a stylistically independent vehicle with a shorter wheelbase. The addition "S" (for English short ) indicates this special feature. The two-seater car, which is factory-designated as the 406S-P2, is a one-off that was built in 1960 for Anthony Crook Motors at Zagato in Milan. It is based on a chassis from the Bristol 404 that has been slightly extended. With a wheelbase of 2743 mm, the 406 S Zagato lies between the short 404 (2438 mm) and the regular 406 Saloon and 406 Zagato (2896 mm). This chassis corresponds to that of the prototype 406S-P1 manufactured in 1958. The aluminum body of the 406 S Zagato has soft curves and a semi hatchback. The rear fenders are rounded, and a panoramic window is installed at the rear , which comes from a small-series Lancia with a Zagato body. The 406 S Zagato has the 130 bhp Type 110S engine, which was also used in the longer 406 Zagato. The car that was used in Tony Crook's family for several years still existed at the beginning of the 21st century. The design of the 406S Zagato body was used a little later in a slightly modified form for the Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato . The Bristol 407 GTZ Zagato received a similar, albeit significantly longer, body in 1961.

Technical specifications

Bristol 406 Zagato
	2.2 liter type 110	2.2 liter type 110 S
Engine:	Six-cylinder in-line petrol engine
Displacement:	2216 cc
Bore × stroke:	68.69 x 99.64 mm
Power:	105 bhp (78 kW; 106 PS)	130 bhp (97 kW; 132 PS)
Max. Torque:	177 N · m at 4700 min -1	165 N · m at 3750 min -1
Compression ratio:	8.5: 1	9.0: 1
Mixture preparation:	3 × Solex downdraft carburetors type 32 PBI / 7
Valve control:	chain driven bottom camshaft; Tappets, bumpers and rocker arms (outlet: 2 bumpers and 2 rocker arms)
Cooling:	Water cooling
Transmission:	manual four-speed gearbox, gears 2 to 4 synchronized, overdrive
Front suspension:	Wishbone above and transverse leaf spring below
Rear suspension:	Rigid axle, guided at the bottom by the support levers of the torsion bar springs via short connecting rods, at the top by a trailing arm and at the side by a Watt linkage
Brakes:	front and rear disc brakes
Chassis:	Tubular frame
Body:	Aluminum on a grid frame
Wheelbase:	2896 mm
Dimensions (length × width × height):	4700 × 1600 × 1397 mm
Empty weight:	1120 kg
Top speed:	approx. 170 km / h	196 km / h

literature

• Christopher Balfour: Bristol Cars. A very British story , Haynes Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84425-407-1
• Chris (Christopher) Balfour: Bristol Sixes - 400 to 406 , in: Classic & Sports Car, October 1990 issue.
• Martin Buckley: Bristol Fashion . Presentation and driving report of the Bristol 406 Zagato, in: Classiccars 9/2001, p. 104 ff.
• Martin Buckley: Souls of Discretion. Bristol has been in business for 50 years , Classic & Sports Car 1996, p. 116 ff.
• RM Clarke: Bristol Cars: A Brooklands Portfolio: 132 Contemporary Articles Drawn from International Motoring Journals , UK 2001
• Dieter Günther: Bristol Cream. It's all in the engine: The Bristol models 406 and 407 , In: Oldtimer Markt special issue 14 (“Gran Turismo: The Big Travel Coupés”), 1994, p. 32 ff.
• Michael Palmer: Bristol Cars Model by Model , Crowood, 2015, ISBN 978-1-78500-077-5
• LJK Setright : A private car , 2 volumes, UK 1999 (English)
• AG Pritchard: Bristol built - but air inspired . Sporting Motorist, October 1962.
• Till Schauen: High Fashion , British Classics, issue 6/2014, p. 84 ff.

Web links

Commons : Bristol 406 Zagato  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• The Bristol 406 Zagato on the website www.zagato-cars.com
• The Bristol 406 Zagato on the website www.classicdriver.com

Remarks

1. ↑ Bristol's designer Dudley Hobbs based the design of the body of the 400 on a structure that Peter Schimanowski had designed for the BMW 327 in 1938 and that was built by the Darmstadt bodyworks Autenrieth . See Classic Cars Special: Englische Oldtimer , p. 6 ff.
2. ↑ This prototype, called the 406 S-P1 in-house, was built on an extended chassis of the Bristol 404, whose wheelbase of 2743 mm is between the short 404 (2438 mm) and the regular 406 Saloon (2896 mm). The car received a two-seater hatchback body by Dudley Hobbs, which combined elements of the 404 with those of a Beutler design for the 406 standard chassis as a special design feature with pointed tail fins. The 406 S-P1 still exists. See Christopher Balfour: Bristol Cars. A very British story , Haynes Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84425-407-1 , p. 241.
3. ↑ The picture shows a 2.0 liter version in an Arnolt Bristol .
4. ↑ The 406 Saloon was the first Bristol designed in this way; In all earlier models, the body panels were supported by an ash frame. S. Dieter Günther: Bristol Cream. It's all in the engine: The Bristol models 406 and 407 , In: Oldtimer Markt special issue 14 (“Gran Turismo: Die Große Reisecoupés”), 1994, p. 33.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peter Hingston: The Enthusiasts' Guide to Buying a Classic British Sports Car , Hingston Publishing Company, 2007, ISBN 978-0-906555-25-5 , p. 46.
2. ↑ Detailed description by Christopher Balfour: Bristol Cars. A very British story , Haynes Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84425-407-1 , pp. 52-61.
3. ↑ For example Dieter Günther: You only live twice . Model history of the Bristol 400 and the 401 in: Oldtimer Markt, Issue 9/1996, p. 228 ff .; on the other hand Christopher Balfour: Bristol Cars. A very British story , Haynes Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84425-407-1 , p. 48: voluntary transfer or purchase by Bristol.
4. ↑ Alessandro Sannia: Enciclopedia dei carrozzieri italiani , Società Editrice Il Cammello, 2017, ISBN 978-88-96796-41-2 , p. 552.
5. ↑ Michael Palmer: Bristol Cars Model by Model , Crowood, 2015, ISBN 978-1-78500-077-5 , p. 27
6. ↑ ^{a b} Till Schauen: High Fashion , British Classics, issue 6/2014, p. 84.
7. ↑ ^{a b} N. N .: Bristol 406 with four-wheel disc Brakes Sportscars Illustrated, October 1958.
8. ^ Dieter Günther: Bristol Cream. It's all in the engine: The Bristol models 406 and 407 , In: Oldtimer Markt special issue 14 (“Gran Turismo: Die Große Reisecoupés”), 1994, p. 34.
9. ↑ ^{a b c} L.JK Setright : And now a quick look at Setright's Bristol . Car, January 1974.
10. ↑ Mike Browning: British as Boiled Beef . Company history and presentation of the Bristol 411 in: Wheels February 1973.
11. ^ ^{A b c} Dean Bachelor, Chris Poole, Graham Robson: The great book of sports cars . Müller, Erlangen 1990, p. 100.
12. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Christopher Balfour: Bristol Cars. A very British story , Haynes Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84425-407-1 , p. 250.
13. ↑ Alessandro Sannia: Enciclopedia dei carrozzieri italiani , Società Editrice Il Cammello, 2017, ISBN 978-88-96796-41-2 , p. 609.
14. ↑ Doug Blain: Automatic GT. Forecast for the future? Bristol 407 GTZ Zagato in: Road & Track, February 1962.
15. ↑ Simon Taylor: Soul Survivors . Classic & Sports Car, issue 8/2006, pp. 132 ff. (139).
16. ↑ ^{a b c} Michael Palmer: Bristol Cars Model by Model, Crowood, 2015, ISBN 978-1-78500-077-5 , p. 164.
17. ↑ ^{a b} Till Schauen: High Fashion , British Classics, issue 6/2014, p. 89.
18. ↑ ^{a b} A.G. Pritchard: Bristol built - but air inspired . Sporting Motorist, October 1962.
19. ↑ ^{a b c} Georg Amtmann, Halwart Schrader: Italian sports cars , Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-613-01988-4 , p. 357.
20. ↑ Christopher Balfour: Bristol Cars. A very British story , Haynes Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84425-407-1 , p. 249.
21. ^ Rex Greenslade: Bristol Fashion. Road Test Bristol 412 , engine from March 5, 1977.
22. ↑ ^{a b c d} N. N .: Seventh of the Line , Autocar of August 29, 1958.
23. ↑ ^{a b c} Roger Gloor: All cars of the 50s , Motorbuch Verlag 2007, ISBN 978-3-613-02808-1 , p. 90.
24. ↑ For details see Engine from November 6, 1946
25. ^ ^{A b} Dieter Günther: Bristol Cream. It's all in the engine: The Bristol models 406 and 407 , In: Oldtimer Markt special issue 14 (“Gran Turismo: Die Große Reisecoupés”), 1994, p. 33.
26. ↑ ^{a b} Peter Hingston: The Enthusiasts' Guide to Buying a Classic British Sports Car , Hingston Publishing Company, 2007, ISBN 978-0-906555-25-5 , p. 48
27. ↑ ^{a b c} Till Schauen: High Fashion , British Classics, Issue 6/2014, p. 88.
28. ^ About the engine as a whole: Dieter Günther: You only live twice . Model history of the Bristol 400 and 401, in: Oldtimer Markt, Issue 9/1996, p. 230.
29. ↑ ^{a b c d} Michael Palmer: Bristol Cars Model by Model , Crowood, 2015, ISBN 978-1-78500-077-5 , p. 165.
30. ↑ ^{a b c d} Martin Buckley: Bristol Fashion , presentation and driving report of the Bristol 406 Zagato, in: Classiccars 9/2001, p. 105.
31. ↑ For the technical data of the Bristol 406 Saloon s. N.N .: Seventh of the Line , Autocar, August 29, 1958.
32. ^ ^{A b c d} Martin Buckley: Bristol Fashion . Presentation and driving report of the Bristol 406 Zagato, in: Classiccars 9/2001, p. 106.
33. ↑ ^{a b} Christopher Balfour: Bristol Cars. A very British story , Haynes Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84425-407-1 , p. 248.
34. ↑ ^{a b c d} Till Schauen: High Fashion , British Classics, Issue 6/2014, p. 87.
35. ↑ ^{a b} Christopher Balfour: Bristol Sixes - 400 to 406 , in: Classic & Sports Car, issue October 1990.
36. ↑ ^{a b c} Till Schauen: High Fashion , British Classics, Issue 6/2014, p. 86.
37. ↑ ^{a b c} Sam Dawson: GT: The World's Best GT Cars 1953 to 1973 , Veloce Publishing Ltd, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84584-060-0 .
38. ^ Martin Buckley: Bristol Fashion . Presentation and driving report of the Bristol 406 Zagato, in: Classiccars 9/2001, p. 105.
39. ^ Markus Caspers: Designing Motion. Automobile designer from 1890 to 1990 , Birkhäuser Verlag Basel, 2016, ISBN 978-3-0356-0981-3 , p. 67.
40. ↑ ^{a b} The Bristol 406 Zagato on the website www.classicdriver.com (accessed on October 28, 2019).
41. ^ Markus Caspers: Designing Motion. Automobile designer from 1890 to 1990 , Birkhäuser Verlag Basel, 2016, ISBN 978-3-0356-0981-3 , p. 188.
42. ↑ ^{a b c} N. N .: Sold: 1959 Bristol 406 Zagato Prototype. healeyfactory.com.au, accessed October 28, 2019 . 
43. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Martin Buckley: Bristol Fashion , presentation and driving report of the Bristol 406 Zagato, in: Classiccars 9/2001, p. 107.
44. ↑ Michael Palmer: Bristol Cars Model by Model , Crowood, 2015, ISBN 978-1-78500-077-5 , p. 167.
45. ↑ Nick Walker: A – Z of British Coachbuilders 1919–1960 . Shebbear 2007 (Herridge & Sons Ltd.) ISBN 978-0-9549981-6-5 , p. 131.
46. ↑ It's only different at www.classicdriver.com, where a German-language page mentions four, while an English-language page mentions five 406 Zagatos with a regular wheelbase.
47. ↑ Christopher Balfour: Bristol Cars. A very British story , Haynes Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84425-407-1 , p. 397.
48. ↑ Jay Ramey: Bristol 406 Zagato to be auctioned at Goodwood. www.autoweek.com, June 25, 2014, accessed October 28, 2019 . 
49. ↑ ^{a b} Mike Lawrence: A to Z of Sports Cars, 1945–1990 , Bay View Books, 1996, ISBN 978-1-870979-81-8
50. ^ ^{A b} Martin Buckley: Souls of Discretion. Bristol has been in business for 50 years , Classic & Sports Car 1996, p. 121.
51. ↑ Rob de la Rive Box: Encyclopaedia of Classic Cars: Sports Cars 1945-1975 , Taylor & Francis, 1998, ISBN 978-1-57958-118-3 , p. 66.
52. ^ Dieter Günther: Changing of the guard . Aston Martin DB4, DB5 and DB6 in: Oldtimer Markt, issue 11/1994, p. 215.
53. ^ Advertisement from Anthony Crook Motors in: The Motor from October 18, 1961.
54. ↑ Christopher Balfour: Bristol Cars. A very British story , Haynes Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84425-407-1 , p. 244.
55. ↑ Technical data for the Alvis TD 21 s. John Fox: Alvis Cars 1946–1967: The Post-War Years , Amberley Publishing Limited, 2016, ISBN 978-1-4456-5631-1 , p. 53, and David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895 -1975 , Veloce Publishing Ltd, 1997, ISBN 978-1-874105-93-0 , p. 40.
56. ↑ Technical data for the Aston Martin DB4 s. Michael Schäfer: Four wins . Description of the Aston Martin DB4 in: Oldtimer Markt, issue 11/2008, p. 12.
57. ↑ Technical data for the Aston Martin DB4 GT s. Chris Harvey: Aston Martin and Lagonda , The Oxford Illustrated Press, 1979, ISBN 0-902280-68-6 , p. 26. The purchase price is as of 1960.
58. ↑ Technical data for the Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato s. Tony Dron: Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato . Octane Classic & Performance Cars, issue 10/2013, p. 76
59. ↑ Technical data for the Jaguar Mark II s. Dieter Günther: Second Service. Stylistic masterpiece in the second attempt: Jaguar Mark II , Oldtimer Markt, issue 3/1999, p. 12.
60. ↑ ^{a b} Report by the Bonhams auction house on the sale of the vehicle with chassis number 5299 from June 27, 2014 (accessed October 28, 2019).
61. ^ NN: Super-rare Zagato Bristol emerges after 20-year slumber . Report on a Bristol 400/406 as a barn find in: Classic & Sports Car, May 2013.
62. ↑ ^{a b} Description of the Bristol 400/406 Zagato (chassis number 400-1-568) on the website www.i-bidder.com (accessed on October 28, 2019).
63. ^ ^{A b c} Christopher Balfour: Bristol Cars. A very British story , Haynes Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84425-407-1 p. 398.
64. ↑ Illustration of the Bristol 406S Zagato (accessed October 28, 2019).

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