Started by Ugo Zagato in 1919 to build car bodies using techniques learned from building World War One aircraft. In the 1930s Zagato built bodies for Alfa Romeo, Fiat, and Lancia, and continued after World War Two making GT bodies for Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Lancia, Abarth, Ferrari and Aston Martin. In the 1970s to 1990s Zagato began to concentrate on low runs of high quality cars instead of quantity production vehicles, and also building prototypes. Andrea Zagato now heads a company that is still independent and still prides itself on avant garde work.