Comments on: Daily Podcast: Lieberman Edition – What’s a Lagonda Anyway?

By: doctorv8

doctorv8 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:05:12 +0000

Jonny….not even close.

By: chuckgoolsbee

chuckgoolsbee — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:32:18 +0000

Nicodemus, nice to know some other gearheads here understand history enough to know what an SS100 is! I had the amazing privilege to ride in one two weeks ago. Amazing machine and truly beautiful to behold. Much smaller than either the Lagonda or the SSK though. MUCH smaller.

–chuck

By: Nicodemus

Nicodemus — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:19:10 +0000

“They produced some of their prewar cars into the 1950s, and also did the original “Rapide” – which essentially looked like a four door Aston DB4.”

The original ‘Rapide’ was a pre-war car, not the one you are thinking of. It looked like a cross between a [Jaguar]SS100 and a Mercedes Benz SSK with maybe a bit of Invicta low chassis with which it shared some components.

http://www.motorbase.com/vehicle/by-id/-1753056520/

By: beetlebug

beetlebug — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:41:08 +0000

The last Lagonda from Aston Martin is still a striking car. The shape is very wedge crazy 70’s overall but it wears it well. I saw one in person this year just parked at a beach parking lot in LA. It had seen better days and I hate to think of what it took to keep it running but it had quite a presence. You don’t realize how long, wide, and very low the car is just from pictures. I hope anything new can have such presence.

By: Johnster

Johnster — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:21:29 +0000

Juniper : Was that thing in the picture built before or after the Edsel?

After. The thing in the picture, the Lagonda Rapide, featured Superleggera bodywork from Touring of Milan and was built from 1961 through 1964. A grand total of 55 over the 4 year period.

By: Juniper

Juniper — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:57:15 +0000

Was that thing in the picture built before or after the Edsel?

By: Jonny Lieberman

Jonny Lieberman — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:22:43 +0000

DoctorV8: Ahem

By: doctorv8

doctorv8 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:05:51 +0000

The 1976-88 Lagonda….the coolest four door EVAR.

By: Justin Berkowitz

Justin Berkowitz — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:00:33 +0000

@blowfish.

You are not wrong. My brain just went to lunch without me. Corrected.

By: blowfish

blowfish — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:59:47 +0000

After World War II, the British car industry started to implode, everybody was merging, and Bentley bought Lagonda. And then Bentley more or less croaked the Lagonda brand.

I maybe wong, was Aston Martin bought Lagonda.
WO designed the V12.
WO left Bentley way back.