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The Aston Martin Lagonda concept celebrates 100 years of car production by Lagonda brand, a stunning does this evolution of evocative name.

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Lagonda marries modern functionalism with luxurious, through the form, rich materials and complex surfaces. Vehicle is based on a high platform is tailored to a broad range of powertrains in the future, including flexfuel, low emission diesel and hybrid systems.

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The Aston Martin Lagonda concept is a four seat tourer International, an avant-garde luxury car inspiration drawn from the brand’s illustrious past as well as images language Speedboat design, the widespread individualist environment of the classroom and on the cabin feel bespoke modern furniture and modern. Inside, four seats are divided into two areas, before and after. The result is a relaxed, rich environment that envelops you warm, tactile materials.

Marek Reichman, Aston Martin, Director of Design, describes the Aston Martin Lagonda concept of language designed as a fusion of the liquid mixture to form hard, building line. This organic, emotional approach eschews vertical surface in favor of broad, flowing bodywork around the spacious passenger cabin.

The clear delineation between the cabin, shoulder and hip, is strongly reminiscent of the powerful and evocative of the 1930′s Lagondas, especially the V12-engined version of LG6. View from the front of the concept, the deep, strong Grille frontage and also evokes the presence of the vehicle from the international war period. The bold character line running along the sculpted flanks behind to ensure the concept is firmly planted on the road. Large 22 “wheels and cut-away bodywork provides remarkable land clearance, while the concept of the V12 engine delivers power through all four wheels.

A modern, cars must have strong brand name, and value a broad range of capabilities. The Lagonda will be the high cost long-distance car, a luxury vehicle that cosseting combined with technology and extreme innovation.

The Lagonda name is part of Aston Martin, stories from 1947. The Aston Martin Lagonda concept illustrates how the brand will once again stand with Aston Martin, as the perfect complement for modern performance. A stand Lagonda luxury for function, performance, simple and comfortable.

“Lagonda will create a new category of customer relationship, instilling the spirit of travel, adventure and style into one, formidable package,” Mr. Dr. Ulrich bez. “An Aston Martin, needs to be driving. Lagonda A request to a point.”

Lagonda: Travel back of a brand

Aston Martin is proud to inform Lagonda returned, one of the iconic names in the production luxury car. The Lagonda is to enter the market with a product unique to the performance, a car capable of remarkable combination of unsurpassed luxury, inside and out.

Lagonda return signal of an expansion of Aston Martin’s product lines, companies involved in new markets and emerging worldwide. To demonstrate a vision for Lagonda, Aston Martin Lagonda, the concept has been created, a car that epitomises the craft, design and technology with the settings of the Aston Martin, high performance expert.

The Aston Martin Lagonda concept is an avant-garde luxury vehicle, with a strong four wheel drive, four-seater car that will meet the most intelligent and require owners. Concept demonstrates commitment improve Propulsion new technology, new materials and elegant forms.

“The Lagonda was a luxury car of the future,” Mr. Aston Martin CEO, Dr. Ulrich bez, “a combination of total utility, a new and improved technology and materials new materials. ”

The back of the Lagonda fulfils a long-term vision. Aston Martin’s modern era began in 2001 with the launch of the V12 Vanquish and built by award-winning headquarters at Gaydon, Warwickshire in 2003. In the following years, Aston Martin, has four class-leading new products, performance and revitalising GT type cars redefining beauty.

Aston Martin, who each won multiple awards, the DBS, DB9, Vantage and forthcoming Rapide and the One-77, represent some the most beautiful ever car high performance, built, refined, highly crafted and Next great. An Aston Martin, will always be a sports car, modern, exclusive and beautiful, it will be required to drive, with a special character is a reward for enthusiast, both on the road and on track. Above all, an Aston Martin, creating an emotional response. It is a computer with the soul.

Under the leadership of Dr Ulrich bez, Lagonda will bring performance luxury to new markets and territories worldwide. Reflect the history of it remarkable, Lagonda will return to Russia, entered the market in the Middle East, South America, India and China, as well as to meet the demand from the dynamic, innovation-concentration consumer, Europe, North America and Far East.

Not only will join Aston Martin Lagonda, the core of the current market, but the unique character of this new brand will help the company to as many as 100 territories worldwide and expand trade effective for new customers. “An Aston Martin, is an authentic, sports a clean car,” Mr. Dr. Ulrich bez, the Lagonda is what other, a brand new approach to new markets and value different for Aston Martin. ”

Heritage

Lagonda is one of the great names in automotive history, with a luxury brand, performance, exclusivity and grace. Since Lagonda first production car, built 100 years ago by the American Wilbur Gunn-born, the name Lagonda has a number of incarnations, even before it started in creating outstanding racing box Auto and sports saloons.

Gunn’s first car was built factory in Middlesex, England in 1909. In 1910, Gunn drove his Lagonda Tourer 16/18hp to victory in a court session reliability of Russia, an event run by the Imperial Automobile Club of Russia as an exercise for the relationship the country’s nascent road system. The win brought in many orders, Gunn and focus attention on their Russian market, up dealerships in St Petersburg and Moscow in 1910.

In truth, Russia has presented the new route with daunting driving conditions and roads, including St Petersburg, Riga, Kiev and Moscow, was a test for strict any car. Gunn was a successful vindication of Lagonda’s sturdy construction quickly and efficiently. It was not until years later began Lagonda car market in the country, started a limited production car of light that was finally halted by World War first.

Throughout the 20s and 30s, the company expanded premises in Staines, England, with the car giving light to learn more about the travel model. Lagonda to epitomise the Edwardian passion for new settings file and exploiting new territories, strong and reliable car to be able to easily forge trans-continental link.

In 1933, the manufacturers make M45 Motor Show at Olympia in London, a sports tourer is provided by the design-Henry Meadows six-cylinder 4.5-liter engine. Prototype has been the driving enthusiast and the aristocrat Edward Russell, Lord of Clifford, from Dieppe to Brindisi in Greece, beating the train by the same route of some 14 hours. The result is a media sensation.

The M45 has become quickly known as a sportsman car for smart, fast and able but also full facilities for journeys. In the days that have the largest classes, a difference that attracted owners of land speed record as he kept Malcolm Campbell, who have their M45 painted signature in blue .

Emergence of sport long endurance race has become part of the development of Lagonda. In June 1935, a lightweight version of M45 reaching Le Mans 24 hours, with John Hindmarsh and Luis Fontes behind the wheel. This is a landmark achievement for the brand, as well as a highpoint British sports car racing in the interwar era Bentley’s heyday in the 1920s.

The same month, Lagonda was bought by Alan Good, a charismatic English lawyer shall first have the skills to enlist by Bentley engineers Wo. The results of LG45 is designed by Frank Feeley Apex that’s the technical skills of the time. In 1936, W.O. Bentley Lagonda designed first V12, an engine has been perfect at home in the majestic long-wheelbase version of the new chassis.

The Lagondas of 1930 demonstrated total harmony between technology and appear, including the stately LG6 model introduced in 1937. W.O. Bentley’s painstaking renovation and continued refinement during the war, and the company has developed LG6 to a V12 model, a more ‘stately and dignified’ saloon which sadly stopped production before the site. At the same time, engineers developed a new six-cylinder engine, during the war, the benefits of which soon be reaped by Aston Martin.

Aston Martin’s association with the Lagonda start since 1947, when David Brown, the marque’s new owner, purchased the company for £ 52,500. The cooperation Aston Martin, has provided access to WOBentley new 2.6L DOHC six cylinder engine, as well as in the company’s long-serving bodywork stylist Frank Feeley.

Feeley has been responsible for drophead elegant variation of the new 2.6 liter, Lagonda’s first David Brown era, produced from 1948 to 1953. In late 1952 the 2.6 liter was developed to 3.0 liters, which used a version of Wo Bentley engine. Two-door saloon was soon to join the four-door coupe and a drophead. Next is a 1963 Lagonda Touring-designed by Rapide, a sleek four-door saloon that many components are shared with the Aston Martin DB4. Fifty years has been built, of which 48 survive. In late 1960, Aston Martin, the leading designer, William town, new four-door saloon from Aston Martin DBS. Just seven examples were built in the mid-1970s.

1976, Aston Martin Lagonda announced a for a new era, a unique, innovative car designed by William in the town of ‘wedge’ fashion, he made his own. Standing aesthetically and technologically know Aston Martin range, the Lagonda was bold and experiment, a high-performance, luxury saloon for really smart.

The Lagonda name is short for revived Vignale Concept, a saloon stately elegance created by Ghia design in 1993. One example survives. Name also used for production strictly limited by the Virage Lagonda Saloon and Shooting Brake in 1994.

Lagonda’s history is long and eventful, encompassing two of the most significant figures in twentieth century British engineering, and David Brown WOBentley, racing glory and a number of dramatic designs in automotive history.

In the 21st century, Lagonda will return, bringing a feeling adventurous and avant-garde to market a luxury car, honouring a remarkable history, while making a bold statement for the future.