AM Works Today.....

[Big Ry]

Nothing too exciting, but Works have two Tarafs in the showroom and a Vanquish Zagato Volante (in a rather questionable brown).........

Seems like the Gold Taraf was a press car..........anyone fancy picking up a bargin

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/aston-martin/...

Apologies for my ste photography, but thought i'd share them anyway.......

[AMDBSVNick]

Big Ry said:

Vanquish Zagato Volante (in a rather questionable brown).........

Kopi Bronze is my guess. They had a V12VR about a year ago in the same colour. Loved it.

[Big Ry]

AMDBSVNick said:

Kopi Bronze is my guess. They had a V12VR about a year ago in the same colour. Loved it.

I recall seeing that V12VR too.

Must admit, if I were about to drop half a million quid on something, brown or bronze wouldn't be my first choice, but hey, i'm sure the guy or girl who did order it is happy enough, so fair play

[anonymous-user]

Is that a useable cup holder in that left hooker?

[jonby]

soofsayer said:

Is that a useable cup holder in that left hooker?

Yep - Taraf is basically a Rapide with more rear legroom from it's longer wheelbase, larger rear door to help access, but a smaller boot, all in a bespoke bodyshell. I'm being a little crude, but it's not much of an exageration

[macdeb]

Why didn't the new Vantage have a Taraf front end

[nickv8]

Big Ry said:

Nothing too exciting, but Works have two Tarafs in the showroom and a Vanquish Zagato Volante (in a rather questionable brown).........

Thanks for sharing Big Ry!

Must admit that the Taraf is one of the most elegant 4 doors ever made. Doubt I’ll ever see one, which is a shame...

Edited by nickv8 on Thursday 22 February 18:14

[BravoV8V]

I thought that the Taraf was for the Middle Eastern market only. Did this change?

[jonby]

BravoV8V said:

I thought that the Taraf was for the Middle Eastern market only. Did this change?

It did change - was opened up to all (or most) markets

As nick says above, it is incredibly elegant - I've seen a couple in the flesh and from the outside, I think they are stunning - real presence and for it's size, pretty graceful

I think the interior is something of a let down though. Almost no differentiation from the very nice but significantly cheaper Rapide, the somewhat sporty rear seats seem a bit odd in such a huge car which I assume, you are meant to be driven in plus the boot is ridiculously small for such a big prestigious saloon.

I assume this is aimed at people who want to be seen in an ultra rare, very imposing car that makes a Phantom look cheap and common, rather than because it is a better car to be chaufered in as an A8 would be far better for that, let alone a Maybach/Phantom/Musanne/etc

Ry: can you share the asking price ? Not sure if it's sensitive or not ?

[RL17]

Assume they look better in the flesh as stretched part and rear look a bit angular compared to the front views.

[Jon39]

DVLA figures are confusing for the Taraf, but it appears there are fewer than 10 new registration Tarafs in the UK.
Google images repeatedly show the same three UK cars, the beige one at Works, a second beige one, and a black car.

Was the launch list price announced as about £696,000?

The limited edition number was initially to be 200, then reduced to 120, but by March 2017 only 48 had been built.
A very special car, but certainly a steep price for a 4 door saloon. The stretched S-class is under £200,000.

Edited by Jon39 on Thursday 22 February 20:26

[Emilio Largo]

Big Ry said:

Nothing too exciting, but Works have two Tarafs in the showroom ...

Well, if this isn´t exciting, then I don´t know what ... Lagonda Taraf ... and two of them at that!
The only car design by Mr Reichman so far that fully convinced me

Strange, that nothing was ever heard again of this model: Is it still being produced? Is/was it a sales flop? How many have been made?
ETA: Double thanks, Jon39, for the statistics! I have to type quicklier.

macdeb said:

Why didn't the new Vantage have a Taraf front end

I really would have liked that! Elegant, stylish, conservative.

Edited by Emilio Largo on Thursday 22 February 20:20

Edited by Emilio Largo on Thursday 22 February 20:56

[old phart]

Unless your camera flipped all the images - all three are left hand drive? That seems a bit odd.

[Murph7355]

Taraf looks lovely, and more or less exactly what they should be doing with the Lagonda brand. Just a shame they didn't go more to town on the interior - especially at that price.

They could have done a cheaper version with "std" interior architecture and a V8

[murphyaj]

old phart said:

Unless your camera flipped all the images - all three are left hand drive? That seems a bit odd.

The Taraf was intended originally for the middle east only, so they possibly never tooled it for RHD. I know it's based on the Rapide so it's possible, but probably not worth it for the tiny handful of cars they'd sell in those markets.

I know the Zagato was made in RHD though.

[damianke]

A couple of years ago Mrs Damianke went up the Goodwood hill in a Taraf as guest of Aston Martin at the FOS. Blindingly quick, apparently, when driven by one of the works drivers. Scariest thing ever going past the Flint Wall at the top of the hill. But she loved it. Proper petrolhead...

[RobDown]

old phart said:

Unless your camera flipped all the images - all three are left hand drive? That seems a bit odd.

The reg plates are the right way around