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Located in the USA... no salt on roads... dry desert....
A very Rare and Desirable Era Evoking... - 1984 ASTON MARTIN LAGONDA Sedan - 1 of 645 made clean Red(~)Tan driver
Price:$82, 500.. USD dollars... very FIRM...
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Specs and history
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The Aston Martin Lagonda is a full-size luxury four-door saloon manufactured by British manufacturer Aston Martin between 1974 and 1990.
- A total of 645 were produced.
- The name was derived from the Lagonda marque that Aston Martin had purchased in 1947. There are two distinct generations, the original, the short lived 1974 design based on a lengthened Aston Martin V8, and the entirely redesigned, wedge-shaped Series 2 model introduced in 1976.
In 2014, Aston Martin confirmed it would launch a new Lagonda model called the Taraf for the Middle-East market, sold on an invitation-only basis as a successor to this saloon.
Contents
1 History
2 Models
2. 1 Series 1 (1974–1975)
2. 1. 1 Specifications (Series 1)
2. 2 Series 2 (1976–1985)
2. 2. 1 Specification (Series 2)
2. 3 Series 3 (1986–1987)
2. 4 Series 4 (1987–1990)
2. 5 Special variants
3 References
4 External links
History
Aston Martin was facing financial pressure in the mid-1970s and needed something to bring in some much-needed funds. Traditionally Aston Martin had worked on 2+2 sports cars but the Lagonda was a four-door saloon. As soon as it was introduced, it attracted hundreds of deposits and boosted Aston Martin's cash reserves.[2]
The 1976 wedge-shaped styling contrasted sharply with other cars of its day
After the production of seven Series 1 cars, the Lagonda was designed from the ground up in 1976 by William Towns as an extreme interpretation of the classic 1970s "folded paper" style. It was an unconventional design practice for the company. With famous contemporaries like the Lamborghini Countach, Lotus Esprit, and DMC DeLorean, the Lagonda is frequently named among the most striking wedge-shaped designs..
The Lagonda combined striking styling with a premium leather interior and (for the day), advanced instrumentation. Coupled to a Chrysler three-speed "TorqueFlite" automatic transmission, its four-cam carbureted V8 provided poor fuel economy, impacted little by the change to fuel injection in the Series 3.
Throughout the history of the marque, the hand-built Lagonda was amongst the most expensive luxury saloons in the world. The only other production cars to approach its price were the Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit/ Silver Spur and the Bentley Mulsanne.
The Lagonda was the first production car to use a digital instrument panel.
The development cost for the electronics alone on the Lagonda came to four times as much as the budget for the whole car. The Series 3 used cathode ray tubes for the instrumentation, which proved even less reliable than the original model's light-emitting diode (LED) display.
It was named by Bloomberg Businessweek as one of the 50 ugliest cars of the last 50 years[7] and Time magazine included it in its "50 Worst Cars of All Time", describing it as a mechanical "catastrophe" with electronics that would be impressive if they ever worked.
All serious inquiries should be directed to email message seller form on this ad.
- Trades welcome... Financing available.... Worldwide shipping accommodated.
Can be exported at your cost or about $1, 500 dollars to the UK port in 4 weeks...
- Serious collectors please... more pics coming and on request... jr
Thanks for looking
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