capricorn 01 Zagato Tutto Rosso revealed for Villa d’Este
15/05/2026
There is red. And then there is Tutto Rosso.
The capricorn 01 Zagato Tutto Rosso is not simply a hypercar finished in a red paint colour. It is a full commitment to the idea. Bodywork, cabin, visible surfaces, carbon fibre, leather, Alcantara, almost everything has been pulled into one dramatic red universe. Only the parts that genuinely need to remain functional, such as the pedals, shift gate and exhaust areas, escape the treatment.
A German hypercar with Italian coachbuilt theatre
The capricorn 01 Zagato is already an unusual car. It combines German lightweight engineering with Italian design house Zagato, then wraps the whole thing around a mid-engined, rear-wheel-drive, manual-transmission hypercar formula. That alone makes it stand out in a world where most modern hypercars are hybrid, automatic, all-wheel drive and increasingly software-defined.
The Tutto Rosso takes that recipe and turns the visual volume all the way up. It is prototype number three of the capricorn 01 Zagato programme and a fully functional development car, not just a static design object. According to capricorn, it also features a number of technical developments and refinements compared with the earlier prototypes, bringing the car closer to its final production specification.
900 PS, 1,000 Nm and a manual gearbox
Power comes from a 5.2-litre supercharged V8, based on Ford’s Predator engine architecture and modified by capricorn. The result is 900 PS and 1,000 Nm of torque.
That power is sent to the rear wheels through a five-speed dog-leg manual gearbox, which instantly makes this car one of the most unusual hypercars of the moment. In an era dominated by dual-clutch transmissions and electric torque vectoring, capricorn is doing something much more analogue.
Mid-engine.
Rear-wheel drive.
Manual transmission.
Supercharged V8.
Performance is serious too. The 01 Zagato is expected to reach roughly 100 km/h in around three seconds and continue to a top speed of around 360 km/h. With a target weight of about 1,200 kg, the numbers become even more interesting.
The red carbon monocoque is the real flex
capricorn says around 95% of the visible surfaces are finished in red. Even the carbon fibre monocoque is red-tinted, which is far more complicated than simply painting over composite material. Exposed carbon has structural and visual requirements, and turning that into a consistent red finish without making it look cheap is not easy.
This is a company with deep experience in high-performance lightweight engineering and composite structures. Approximately 85% of the car is produced in-house, which gives the project more credibility than many boutique hypercar announcements.
Only 19 units will be built
Series production of the capricorn 01 Zagato is expected to begin later in 2026, with production limited to just 19 units.
That number places it firmly in collector territory. This is not a car competing with regular supercars. It sits in the same emotional space as boutique machines from Pagani, Gordon Murray Automotive, Praga and other low-volume specialists where rarity, engineering story and personal taste matter as much as outright speed.
Pricing has not been officially detailed in the supplied information, but reports point to a starting figure around €2.95 million. That is enormous money. But at this level, the customer is not buying value in the normal sense. They are buying access to something almost nobody else will ever own.
Beautiful or too much?
The Tutto Rosso is not an easy design. Zagato has never been about pleasing everyone, and this car continues that tradition. Depending on your taste, it is either dramatic and fascinating, or simply too much red stretched over a shape that already demands attention.
But maybe that is what makes it interesting. A lot of modern hypercars are technically outrageous but visually safe. The capricorn 01 Zagato Tutto Rosso is not safe. It is not trying to disappear into a private garage or look elegant in every lighting condition.
AutoNext Take
The capricorn 01 Zagato Tutto Rosso is ridiculous. But it is ridiculous in a way we can respect.
The best thing about this car is that it has a clear identity. It is not chasing everyone. It is not designed for mass approval. It is not trying to be the fastest, the quietest, the most digital or the most politically correct hypercar in the room.
Would we choose this specification ourselves? Probably not. It is a lot. Maybe too much. But that is exactly why it works as a one-off. Tutto Rosso is not supposed to be universally tasteful. It is supposed to be personal, extreme and impossible to ignore.
