eBay Auction of the Day: 1988 Aston Martin Lagonda

driving course May 9th, 2008 5:18 PM Link

It’s in perfect condition and OK it’s a little kitsch; it’s got to be something of a bargain at $115,000!

Jeff May 9th, 2008 5:24 PM Link

I’ve always loved that series Lagonda.

saru-kun May 9th, 2008 6:13 PM Link

Did GM design this car? The instrument cluster looks like it came from an S-10.

mo May 9th, 2008 7:30 PM Link

the plate says dubai on it, but the seller says he is in california…. something ain’t right.

Kal May 9th, 2008 8:58 PM Link

I’ve never seen one of those before. It looks like a cross between a mid-eighties Chevy Monte Carlo and an early ninties Oldsmobile Toronado Trofeo.

Rat-ta-tat-tat May 9th, 2008 10:42 PM Link

I’ve always loved this freak of a car. It’s a mechanical nightmare but GOOD BUY! to anyone with the guts.

Ducati Minor May 9th, 2008 11:57 PM Link

The Lagonda program was conceived in the 1970s as one of the many Euro automaker ventures that took an alternative route to survive in shifting and unstable markets. (Think of the Ferrari 400i, Porsche 928, and Jaguar XJS.) The Lagonda became a fashion symbol among oil sheiks, but its absurd size and trouble-prone electronics tarnished its place in auto history. It usually lists as one of the worst cars built, even if that’s extreme. I’d take a V-8 Volante for half the price.

Palmer M May 10th, 2008 1:20 AM Link

The Lagonda will always be stylish…I think it is by now “retro-futuristic”. I don’t think those are “LCD screens”, however…back then it would have taken a trunk-full of computers to power screens. Those instruments are vacuum-fluorescent, like what was coming out in the Somerset Regal/Skylark, DeVille, Riviera, etc., a couple of years earlier. Saru-kun nailed it with the S-10 analogy. Since the Lagonda used the Chrysler 318, I wonder if the “voice warning system” wasn’t the same as that in the K-based EClass and New Yorkers of the period…”Door is ajar…Door is ajar…Door is ajar”!

Mena May 10th, 2008 3:12 PM Link

I loved this car. It was soooo original unlike Aston Martin’s present products. Bugs and gremlins aside, I’ll take ANY of their older products over their boring, stamped from the same mold, newer “stuff”.

Homer Jay May 11th, 2008 11:39 AM Link

Yeah, their new stuff is horrible…(rolls eyes)…

bepsf May 11th, 2008 3:14 PM Link

I always thought it interesting that the sunroof was over the back seats of these cars…
…now that Ford has sold Aston, I wonder if they’ll build a Lagonda again?

“The original owner is a political celebrity who’s name is on the original title with the car,have all proof and signature on title. I have all original complete manuals,books,records,jack and tools,nothing is missing,this car has been in a collection since rarely driven by the celebrity…
…This car is currently registered in California, the Dubai plate on the front was given to the celebrity by a friend who is royalty all proof reveiled to buyer.”

Wanna bet it belonged to Ahnold?

Sharky May 12th, 2008 12:29 PM Link

Comes with a Nagel painting, a pastel suit and a date with Brigitte Nielsen.