Hitting the market in 1976, the Lagonda stopped traffic dead. There was nothing else like it on the road at the time from Aston Martin or, indeed, any other automaker worldwide. With a design straight from the future, William Towns’ crisp, linear “flying wedge” styling covered a powerful twin-cam V-8 and advanced chassis beneath. In particular, the Lagonda was lauded for its early use of fully digital instrumentation, including touch-screen dashboard controls.

In 1987, Towns agreed to come back to Aston Martin to give the Lagonda wedge design a facelift in preparation for the model’s 1990 retirement. The resulting model, nicknamed the Series 4, lasted for a total production run of approximately 105 examples.

One such example is on offer today. Originally sold by Cole European of Burlingame, California, on 28 December 1990, it is one of 72 Series 4 examples built in left-hand drive configuration. Then, as now, it was finished in Pennine Sand over Fawn leather, a classic and relatively subdued combination that stands in contrast to the car’s futuristic styling.

The Lagonda remained in California for over two decades, after which it spent some years abroad before returning to the United States. It has been driven sparingly, and its odometer displayed 26,517 miles at cataloguing, a modest figure consistent with its overall condition.

In 2022, the Aston Martin joined The Boeckmann Collection. A low-mileage and original example, it represents the most evolved version of Towns’ wedge-design. With proper recommissioning, it would make for a spectacular and luxurious tourer that almost seems to come from an alternate dimension—stylistically and ahead of its time when new, and no less shocking today.