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To ******* revive Lagonda for making an SUV is a pure sacrilege to begin with, but to have the guts and come up with a concept that is not even worth to be labelled as a caricature of a Kia concept is unforgivable.

wow..how amazingly ugly..

What the heck is that? Is it me or for real, this thing is inspired by the Infiniti Fx with crack-head update!

Maybe I'm just sentimental, but I wouldn't mind seeing Lagonda come back. It does have some history. From being engineered by Bentley, raced at Le Mans, to being taken over by Aston.

This Lagonda, with its 'modern' 4.5-Liter V12, was supposed to be Bentley's masterpiece. It was designed and built in a few months, and won 3rd overall at LeMans:




This "Lagonda", designed and built in who cares, is a piece of garbage:




I hope that settles that.

I don't get why they have a graphic of a vintage GT on the background wall as the concept share absolutely no similarities with it at all. The rear carry resemblance of an out door rubbish bin:

Amazing....I'm waiting for someone to post that this was a joke.

I was expecting a huge sedan like a Phantom or Maybach, something the opposite of the Rapide.


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From CAR:

Aston Martin shocked the Geneva motor show today when it unveiled the Lagonda Concept, a V12-engined SUV that’s designed to spearhead the expansion of the company into over 100 countries.

And it's the first fruits of a new collaboration between Aston and Mercedes-Benz, which will provide the 4x4 hardware and engine tech - from the Merc GL SUV.



Aston Martin Lagonda Concept unveiled at Geneva motor show 2009



OH NO. Not the kinda of collaboration I had in mind.


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So instead of launching a Maybach SUV, Mercedes con Aston into reviving the old Lagonda name and use someone else's name for its experiment.

I was just think that....at least Maybach won't have to suffer this blunder.

Something tells me though that the reaction to it will cause the project to be cancelled. Such an SUV is just out of fashion now. Lagonda should be doing a sedan or coupe, not an SUV. I think (and hope) they'll realize that.

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I hope they will realise there is no place in the market for the Lagonda brand. I am guessing Lagonda went for the SUV because Mercedes don't want Lagonda to compete with its future products, eg another sedan and a coupe, if there is indeed a future for the Maybach brand.