RE: Aston Martin Lagonda - Exclusive Pictures

RE: Aston Martin Lagonda - Exclusive Pictures

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bob1179

14,107 posts

208 months

Thursday 9th April 2009
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It's big, it's obnoxious and it looks particularly vulgar. If Aston Martin play their cards right it will be a huge hit in places like Russia, Kazakhstan and China where vast amounts of 'new' money and a complete lack of taste rule.

Good luck to them, it's just a shame that it won't be built on a UK production line and give us some new jobs in the process.

smile

FWDRacer

3,564 posts

223 months

Thursday 9th April 2009
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If Aston are intent on completely destroying the Lagonda brand, they should go full steam ahead on this motorised gargoyle of a project. Aston brand would suffer guilt by association too.

cvegas

323 posts

202 months

Thursday 9th April 2009
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It looks very imposing but I think it would look better with a couple of inches taken out of the body work to make it look less slab sided and to provide a 'meaner' look.

Mr. Magoo

686 posts

227 months

Thursday 9th April 2009
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mikEsprit said:
Lagondas are supposed to be ugly and unique so it's a bullseye.
Why the Chrysler 300 grill instead of an Aston grill, though? That makes no sense.

Edited by mikEsprit on Thursday 9th April 03:17
I think you will find that in their hay day of the 20's 30's and 40's they made the most attractive cars on the road.

Lancs Jag Boy

437 posts

185 months

Thursday 9th April 2009
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bob1179 said:
It's big, it's obnoxious and it looks particularly vulgar. If Aston Martin play their cards right it will be a huge hit in places like Russia, Kazakhstan and China where vast amounts of 'new' money and a complete lack of taste rule.

Good luck to them, it's just a shame that it won't be built on a UK production line and give us some new jobs in the process.

smile
Correct, having travelled recently and regularly to all of these three places, it will go down a treat....but only if it has a massive price tag, in fact the bigger the better. Moscow is still the only place where I see Maybachs parked up 5,6 & 7 at a time.

Stuart

11,635 posts

250 months

Thursday 9th April 2009
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There's all sorts in there. I can see a bit of Saab (rear pillar) a smattering of Bangle 5 series (headlamps), some 300C, a touch of Audi and even a bit of Phantom Coupe about the hind quarters in that profile shot.

Did you get to stand next to it? It'd be interesting to see how it scales - presumably that's a normal sized door behind it, in which case it looks roughly Q5 sized. Perhaps not as big as a Cayenne?

I wouldn't say I like it yet, but it I don't hate it. Could see it turning into a guilty pleasure.

bencollins

3,486 posts

204 months

Thursday 9th April 2009
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Diced and sizzled kids will be a bummer to pick out of the radiator.

XXXAngelXXX

1,711 posts

227 months

Thursday 9th April 2009
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that's nasty laughlaugh

JohnG1

3,462 posts

204 months

Thursday 9th April 2009
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It's ugly. Pretty much every poster agrees.

But....

If they can make this and turn a profit selling to folks in Russia, China and so on and that means that Aston Martin can continue making the Vantage V8 and V12, DB9, DBS, proposed DBX and other beautiful supercars then ok, it's a necessary evil.

Would not catch me dead in one of these SUV lagondas, but so be it....

Dakkon

7,826 posts

252 months

Thursday 9th April 2009
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I have always thought Lagonda's look bad and the trend continues I see.

boomerkk

619 posts

225 months

Thursday 9th April 2009
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hurl

Frimley111R

15,538 posts

233 months

Thursday 9th April 2009
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Its not fit to wear an AM badge. Hideous mistake.

williamp

19,217 posts

272 months

Thursday 9th April 2009
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XXXAngelXXX said:
hmm i am the only one to like it ? This car will sell - first time i saw a Cayenne i thought it was an Audi A3 on steroids and the car sold well.......

Lets wait and see...... cool
Cant believe i'm NOT agreeing with you, but I think you may be the only one.

And I'm not sure it will sell- if the only buyers are going to be "new money", how many of them have heard of a lagonda? Porsche yes, Aston yes, but Lagonda?

the name wont mean anything to them, which means it wont mean anything to the people they are tryign to impress....

...I bet it doesnt even have an LCD dashboard.... rolleyes

PhantomPH

4,043 posts

224 months

Thursday 9th April 2009
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Frimley111R said:
Its not fit to wear an AM badge. Hideous mistake.
Good job that it won't then. wink

Yeah, it's ugly...but, dear PH, are you softening your opinion because you were going in the VIP entrance? wink Are you worried you will not be invited back if you wrote an article entitled, "Dog-ugly Lagonda gets bunged outside"?

Just joshing - but I am guessing that it HAS to be seen in the flesh in order to make the dimensions work. That gaping mouth looks the size of a house in pictures.

P~

scubadude

2,618 posts

196 months

Thursday 9th April 2009
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PH- You owe me a new monitor.

I inocently opened this story curious to see an exciting new AM and on seeing the 3/4 Front shot of this pile of poo was forced to projectile vomit towards my screen forcing it back off the desk onto the floor, it is now broken.

I accept Cash, Cheques, Credit and Debit cards, Bank transfers and occasionally payment in kind.

You may sue AM to recover your costs but thats not my problem. ;-)

dasherdiablo1

3,502 posts

220 months

Thursday 9th April 2009
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Dare to be different?????
It looks different.....revolutionary different in fact....which is why I rather like it.
It doesn't conform to the norm.....if it did everyone would be moaning about how such an expensive car from such a strong marque was diluted and unimaginitive.

I'd certainly have it over any porka....cos the family options from them are fugly.

don logan

3,511 posts

221 months

Thursday 9th April 2009
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The Vanquish hit the rear of the 300C Magnum with such force that they became one hideous F**KPIG!

Agoogy

7,274 posts

247 months

Thursday 9th April 2009
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everyone said:
generally not a good thing
yes

Belfast Boy

855 posts

181 months

Thursday 9th April 2009
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Coventry Jobbie! .......again!!!!yuck

sprinter1050

11,550 posts

226 months

Thursday 9th April 2009
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Strange though it may seem I can see this going down a bomb in China, maybe Russia too.

After all the Chinese wealthy will appreciate another quality British brand name on top of Rolls Royce who are targeting the country's rich.

..and it beats buying their own version of a Phantom which the Lagonda seems to echo in "style & appeal" wink