Original name: トヨタ VM180 ザガート
In 2001 Japan celebrated its long-standing collaboration with Italy with a series of important events. As if to mark the occasion, the year opened with the presentation in Tokyo on the 10th of January of a new roadster built by Toyota and designed by Zagato.
The design of the VM180 was commissioned from the Milan-based styling house, famed for its models for Alfa Romeo, Lancia and Aston Martin, and the prototype was…