The Lagonda’s 5.3-litre, 280-hp V-8 engine and chassis bowed to Aston Martin tradition, but the rest was pure sex appeal. There was nothing else like the Lagonda in a luxury sedan at the time. It was just an inch shorter than the Mercedes-Benz 450SEL, yet it was over five inches lower. Industrial designer William Towns (who styled the Aston Martin DBS in the mid-sixties) was responsible for the sensuous and futuristic wedge shape while chief engineer Mike Loasby is credited with its electrically-selected three-speed automatic transmission, pop-up quad halogen headlamps, and the dashboard with digital read-out instruments.

The first car was delivered in 1979 with US sales beginning in 1982. A total of 645 chassis were built before the end of production in 1989. Painted a very proper dark blue over tan hides with dark blue piping, it also features the unique-to-the-Lagonda electric glass sunroof over the rear passenger compartment.