Aston Martin Lagonda.

[Orsini]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

Do you like the look of this car? I rather like it as it appears discreetly extravagant:

Even for a high-roller, keeping this on the road will be tough. Have you got anyone lined up to work on it for you?

 

[dopey]

Originally Posted by RJman

LK, what do you think of TVR? Or Morgan?

A friend drove me around the streets of London in a TVR late one night. It felt like I was riding a bicycle powered by a bus engine.

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by dopey

A friend drove me around the streets of London in a TVR late one night. It felt like I was riding a bicycle powered by a bus engine.

That's hot.

 

[dopey]

Originally Posted by RJman

That's hot.

He drove like you would expect a guy who buys a car that is a bicycle with a bus engine to drive. It was pretty frightening and fun at the same time. And as much exercise as riding a horse.

 

[Southern-Nupe]

Originally Posted by dopey

A friend drove me around the streets of London in a TVR late one night. It felt like I was riding a bicycle powered by a bus engine.
Which model?

I can't help but drool over some of their modern day cars. I've never had the opportunity to see one in person though (wrong side of the pond).

 

[dopey]

Originally Posted by Southern-Nupe

Which model?

I can't help but drool over some of their modern day cars. I've never had the opportunity to see one in person though (wrong side of the pond).

No idea, but it must have been one of the post 92 ones. I looked at their website and they all seem the same. All I can tell you is that it was small, and that I entered from the drivers side and had to climb over a gigantic hump before falling into the well that was the seat compartment. Acceleration felt like a rocket and the car felt like little more than a wheel, seats and a big engine.

 

[imageWIS]

Originally Posted by dopey

Acceleration felt like a rocket and the car felt like little more than a wheel, seats and a big engine.

That's exactly what a fast car should be like.

Jon.

 

[LabelKing]

To be frank, my favorite British marque is Bristol.

 

[caelte]

TVR The Bristol and the TVR are both quirky designs. I don't think I'd want to be in a TVR crash. The Bristol would probably drive right through a brick wall.

 

[Huntsman]

I'd really enjoy a TVR, but it might get slightly edged out, stylistically, by this:

 

[Southern-Nupe]

Originally Posted by caelte

The Bristol and the TVR are both quirky designs. I don't think I'd want to be in a TVR crash. The Bristol would probably drive right through a brick wall.
It (TVR) may not survive a crash, but it's still an unconventional and crazy car....one in which I wish I could get my hands on.

 

[RJman]

Haven't been sold in US for a few decades -- emissions reasons among others.

 

[LabelKing]

Damn the emissions, get one through the grey-market. There are ways.

 

[caelte]

I came dangerously close to buying one of these. I think this might be the V-8 version. (There may have been a Cobra version.)I read somewhere acceleration would tear the axles off.

 

[visionology]

I think the Lagonda should be pinned on every automobile designers desk for an example of everything that can possibly go wrong with automobile design.

It's as if someone took a Delorean and decided to try to turn it into a stretched "luxury" boat and rather than looking timeless it just looks dated.