Aston Martin Lagonda

This car saved Aston Marin.
It was officially called as Lagonda Series 2 as a follow on from the 1975-76
stretched DBS Lagonda.
It took just seven months from sketch to show car. William Towns did a good
job again.
The first Lagonda was delivered to Lord and Lady Tavistock in April 1978,
still a non-runner because the elctronics were playing up.
The first true production cars were delivered to patient customers early in
1979.
Fitted with a slightly detuned version of the four-cam alloy 5.3-litre V8,
it put a  smooth and flexible 280bhp and massive undisclosed torque) through
Chrysler's 3-speed Torqueflite automatic.
In line with Aston tradition the body was hand-formed in alloy and based on
the existing V8 platform chassis, tweaked by Mike Loasby.
Lagonda production ended in the spring of 1990, after a total of 645 had been
sold.
In the new section You'd meet with two new Lagondas: Aston Martin Lagonda
Limited and Lagonda Vignale, both were introduced in 1993.
Text extracts were taken from July 1993 issue of CLassic&Sportscar.
Dimensions of the car:
Curb weight , 3800 lb (1723 kg)
Wheelbase, 114.8 in (2916 mm)
Length 208.0 in (5283 mm)
Width 71.5 in (1816 mm)
Height: 51.3 in (1303 mm)