Lagonda

I don't remember having ever seen or even heard about this car before but it's easy to see how it could have been the inspiration for the Lagonda. A friend of the family had a Lagonda back in the day and it spent more time with Aston Martin service then b

William Towns design. Pic from Bring A Trailer.

Via Aston Martin Lagonda....

But wait! Didn't Ford own Aston Martin? Yes, they did, once, but no longer. Aston is 111 years old, and has survived 7 (seven!) bankruptcies. Without getting into the whole convoluted history, Aston Martin’s parent company is Aston Martin Lagonda Group Li

As a kid, we had this card deck picturing all sorts of cars, listing their performance. You named a category like hp, weight or top speed or so, drew a card, and the best spec won. That game was our window to great cars. Two of the cars stuck in the back

Via Aston Martin Lagonda....

Im not a fan - my heart has always been with the V12V - even to the exclusion of a wonderful DB4 and V8 Virage Volante Widebody. However, prejudice aside for low lying high-powered 2-seat Coupes, the AM fan base and Owners Club (Red Trouser W@nkeritis set

Geely owns a substantial portion of Daimler AG, which owns a portion of Aston Martin Lagonda. So Geely already has some ownership of AML. Although Geely is much more of a silent partner whereas AMG and Mercedes-Benz are more active partners.

I felt that these newly published articles from Drive online (Australian publication), interviewing Aston Martin's longtime Chief Creative Officer Marek Reichman (he is the individual who has been with the company the longest of the current crop of execut

Which was considered the least controversial. Especially in its first three series, the Lagonda was considered a "weird" looking car in its day and featured ambitious electronic interior displays that flew in the face of Aston tradition. I'd wear the cont