The $370,000 Aston Martin Lagonda Is the Weirdest Luxury Car Ever
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The Aston Martin Lagonda is the weirdest luxury car ever made. Today I'm reviewing a 1987 Lagonda, and I'm going to show you why this $370,000 luxury car is so bizarre and unusual -- and why the Lagonda is one of my favorite cars.
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Ladies and gentlemen... peak quirk.
Doug DeMuro FIRST COMMENT ON YOUR COMMENT,
Right, I could see a half chub
Can you review the Citroen 2cv?
Doug DeMuro the Lagonda is the king of quirks
Doug is the Daddy of quirks
Weird = cool ...
This is the car we all used to draw in grade 3.
Lol - true.
Brilliant reply
My thoughts exactly!!
Grade 1 for me
That's the new Tesla
10:43
"Pardon me sir, do you have the time?"
"４：６８ ＡＭ"
Lmfao😂😂😂😁 why I read it like a cheesy 80s film robot M U S T. C O M P U T E.
It must be 4:68 AM somewhere
When you need an extra few minutes in the day. Take your ultra fast LAGONDA👌
Add an hour, so we can have 4:69 AM
It's actually 5:08
I can only imagine the incredible mess of wires that absolutely must be hiding behind that dashboard. I do recall that this car was a production nightmare for Aston Martin!
Probably a maintenance nightmare for the owners, too!
You had to get it repaired at Radio Shack
If something broke you had to hope a UFO 🛸 would pick it up and return it working again.
Not surprising. This has to be some of the worst engineering I've ever seen, especially given the price.
@@mikemcculley You evidently have a limited knowledge of cars that have been made then
Having owned one of these in 1985, in the exact same colour inside and out, I can confirm that was, and will still be, the most horrible thing ever. It retailed at £75,000 in UK in 1982 and I bought it with 5,000 miles for £25,000, such was the distain in which it was held. The seats were uncomfortable, it was not fast, or economical, 12 mpg, the engine sounded like a washing machine, with a turning circle of a boat, could not turn into narrow London streets with doing a 3 point turn, after 2 weeks I had to get rid of it, dumped it for £23k and glad to be out of it, never mind about anteater, I was called Lady Penelope or Parker for 2 years after, do not feel you missed anything not having this piece of junk.
It’s a very unique car though. I like your taste
@@sc1338 and so to probably are ossified Dodo droppings unique when it comes down to it.
Rarity can sometimes be a blessing especially when cars of a much maligned design are being discussed.
Usually, V8 engines have a pleasingly distinctive exhaust note - here though, local diesel V8 engined Chevrolet Ambulances being a disappointing exception.
Maybe the car wasn't designed with European cities in mind, but rather meant for the American market 😉 American cities are generally a bit more spacy than European cities. Don't try to drive through downtown Amsterdam with a Ford F-150 😉
But I would have expected from Aston Martin that it would have made the Lagonda more sportive in the sense of technique. Now it is mainly a car for American motorways in the era of the 55 mph speed limit.
Ra London. . Wow I feel you ...I'm not in your social economic circle but wow This beast has a tremendous depreciation rate. . As an American this car would be a bear to maneuver around your roads & Streets !. Is very big even by American Standards ; it seems As if you need a tugboat to guide it into a parking space . And the eccentricities are probably not c the price of worthiness as well. In terms of "Pounds" as opposed to dollars in 1982 that must have been a alot of cash to pay for unusual exclusivity.
Still too much. You got gypped.
This is the cheapest looking expensive car I have seen in my life.
NorwegianNightmare haha helt enig
You must not have seen many other cars from the 80's
Those bad sun visors are the clincher, looks like they got that from a 60s Lada or something.
Believe me in 80s that's cars looks like a space ship. It looked futuristic then.
NorwegianNightmare caddilac: “hold my GM plastic dashboard”
it looks like a pizza hut logo lmao
Lol 😂😂😂. I just couldn't help checkung it
The perfect car to drive while listening to synthwave music.
haha lmao :SDAGF
holy shit
How high are you??
I had the honor of seeing one of these up close at a childhood friend's house (a friend of his father owned one) in the '80's. At that time it seemed like the coolest car I have ever seen. Watching this review today, nearly everything about this car's design seems like an afterthought.
There’s so many bonkers choices in this car. The fact it’s like 5 metres long but has so little leg room. Those digital screens are just hilarious and when they finally pack up the car becomes undriveable.
i can’t be the only one who thinks that the screens are still sick
I think they're cool. If nothing else they were unarguably ahead of their time since all cars are losing real instruments these days.
Sam Kovács yeah they’re really cool lol
This shit is dope as fuck
Looks like inspector gadget car
to me, it looks like someone bolted 3 PIP boys (from the fallout games) into the dashboard... :)
You can just tell that car has probably seen over a ton a cocaine back in its day.
sithlordsoup just like Doug
Best comment
It was owned by Dr. Rockso
I thought it was Dr. Feelgood.
that's the second reason why there's a brief case in the trunk
Gotta love the thighbuster handbrake when it’s engaged, gives it a more of a personal feel to the driver when they park on a hill
I’ve had a really bad week but this video has really made me feel better. It’s well made, informative, interesting and most importantly absolutely hilarious in a very respectful way. Thank you. I’m British and yes, this car is weird.
Having been a Captain at an airline for 30 years, I can assure you that one of the engineers was either a pilot or aircraft engineer. There are many features and names that mimic aircraft switches of the time. The Standby switch is a prime example.
Dedicated Flightsim player.
Apparently the folks that did the F-15 instrument display help design the screens in this car. See ua-cam.com/video/JFLPeWM-fOk/v-deo.html
same story as the Vector W8 then
Car was designed by William towns. Wasn't a former pilot
@@pwatom22 nice little gem
"What time is it?"
"4:68 pm."
25 or 6 to 4.
So you can actually show everyone that his car is *ahead of its time...*
Thanks, I'll see myself out.
@@klausstock8020
good one lmao
Cackle, Cackle Cackle
Ah yes 4:68 p.m. my favourite time
T RST= Trip reset.... I used to 3 of these and used to drive from London to Italy every month. The Series before this model had the mono post steering wheel.. just lay your hand on it and drive steer... great motorway cruiser... That and a Michelin restaurant guide was all you needed! Great fun..
When a Lotus Esprit and a Lincoln Town Car really love each other very much…
Those gauges perfectly explain why the chiron has no screen
Sanitynot I mean it does have a digital gauge. But I get your point.
You’re so right!
david abdo
People said the same thing when colored screens came out. they probably felt the same way when this aston was new, there will always be new styles and trends and new ways and tech to make these styles and trends come alive
U can replace them with modern lcd screens.
@@Sadik15B
Then it won't be original
12pm : it's late I should go to bed
4:68am : still watching Doug videos
Augusto Pinochet I’m up at 3:68 AM
I'm up at 5:98 AM
12pm is midday ;)
Augusto Pinochet I know I already responded to this but no joke, I always fall asleep watching his videos at night.
11.86am
The fuel door on both sides I really like that feature. Never heard of that but that's brilliant. For when there's a long line at the gas station it don't matter what side you pull to. The equivalent of that was found on my larger body on frame cars until the early 1990s. My uncle once owned a 1990 Cadillac Brougham and I remember him tilting down the license plate to fill its gigantic fuel tank and I remember having to do it rather slowly as it nears full to prevent spills. 😀 I think this was rather common older GM cars, but I've seen that on a lot of Buick's and Cadillac's.
Hi Doug, unless you have already figured it out, i am guessing that the ' T RST ' button is for resetting the trip computer ?
Came here to say this. Same thing I thought of and it came to mind almost immediately lol. Though not sure I would've thought of it had I not noticed the trip odometer in one of the CRT screens.
With all these cars you will have T RST issues.
Same here. Trip Reset would make sense.
When you tell her you have an Aston Martin and you pick her up in a lagonda
She 💯 fucks in the back seat for sho
Lol
And if she isn't a dipshit will realize how cool you are.
King T the 2nd still more valuable than a lot of other Astons out there today
Lol
I can imagine going into my local AutoZone: "Umm... Do you guys have a bonnet release sensor for a 1987 Aston Martin Lagonda?"
Manuel! I'm so sorry, he's from Barcelona.
4x4 or 2wd? Lol
I got it!
@@HiVizCamo don't mention the war ..
When I worked at Kragen Auto years ago I had a guy ask for a radiator cap for a Lotus. I was able to get it for him...I was shocked. It was $95 bucks.
I don't know how the 70's version compared, but as a kid in the 70's just having my license, I just absolutely loved this body style and especially the front with all the lights. Thanks for this review. It just shows how some car companies wanted to be unique to all the other cars out there.
How wild! Thanks again.
13:45 It's normal for cars at that age that the rear windows don't go down completely. It's a child safety thing, so the kids don't fall out.
17:33 Porsche 944 and Jaguar XJS had the same location of parking brake.
Regarding the parking brake, the Volvo Amazon and the Volvo 140 series had them on the same location (at least the older 140 series).
Screens make it seem like you're in Fallout 3.
yep pip boy dashboard was my first thought
😂😂😂😂
Or war games
Doug the type of guy that sings to his plants when he waters them.
LaRusso best one I've seen in a while
LaRusso you don't?
I know this is a joke but I actually do this:(
LaRusso and review their quirks and features
What if I told you singing to them actually helps them grow better?
I think it’s pretty interesting in terms of retrofuturism. Back then, people thought this is how future cars will be. Just check the tv shows. And iy did evolve into modern day displays (eg the two issues dough mentions can be software fixes over the internet.
Class video as always Doug. Through you I understand cars!
T RST could be the Trip Reset. I noticed the trip readout was at 000 so you won't see anything change. You'll have to put a few miles on the trip readout to try it.
Spot on 👌
Well spotted that man!! 👏
The head rest pillow is a nice feature. On long trips, the driver can sleep while he’s driving.
niqqa you funny at party
With the auto pilot feature engaged
Oh wait a minute what auto pilot? Because there is none!!!!!
So the driver could sleep? Sleeping was the designer of this "car" also because you can't draw something this UGLY if you are awake and sober.
It's there for customers who test drove it.. because they'd faint when the price was announced
Show's ant eater:
M O N K E N O I S E
I mean what sound does an ant eater even make?
@@Zerospawnn depends on how hard you rev it.
Think that was actually a chimp, which aren't monkeys technically.
I actually had a chance to drive one of these when I was a valet in Newport Beach CA. It was a Series II without the digital displays. I preferred the series II interior because it was much cleaner and futuristic. I always remembered this car because it was so unusual and luxurious at the time. I also got to drive a Ferrari Testarossa, several Ferrari 308s, Porsche 930s, a bunch of 911s and BMWs including M3s and M5s. That was such a fun job especially for being a teenager.
Never thought I would see anyone review this amazing looking vehicle from the 70's - a truly space age design at the time I always thought. Nice one Doug.
Doug’s the type of guy to say “let me squeeze right past you”
Doug the type of guy to shower after a Fart
Ethan King underrated
That's a very midwestern phrase I say that alot
Doug, the type of guy who drops his pants and drawers around his ankles to use a urinal.
Typa guy who eats mayonnaise. By itself. With a spatula.
Looks like the car is in italics.
GonnaSin lol u right bro
GonnaSin yep. You nailed it. Weird car
GonnaSin i dont get it
Aston Martin _Lagonda_
GonnaSin looks like an old bmw 850i uglier sister
Awesome one Doug. Love your sence of humour too hahaha. Keeo up the great reviews!👍👍
Good work with the reviews
"How many switches should we put into this car?"
"Yes"
"How many headlights should we place?"
"Yes"
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It is odd I imagined Doug reading all these then at the end I imagined him saying “Now this Doug tops the Doug score at 97, giving no competition to the rest.”
I would love to daily Daddy Doug if you know what I mean
This is the greatest thing ever.
Did you just Doug score Doug
Has to be one of the coolest cars ever, so incredibly 80s
I love how you get all these badass cars I love your channel
A British made car made in the 80s still working ? That is really wierd
Junky DIY guy How would one use the electric hood release when the battery is flat?
Haven't you seen the massive folder full of all the repair and service (and fuel) bills?
It’s been maintained very well as shown by that large folder that can’t top the quirks and features of doUG dEMuRO
Weird indeed , the maintenance folder shows that. The Lagonda is notoriously unreliable, especially the electronics. The first cars had regular crt screens that didn't like to be in a car at all. I have seen several for sale over the years and a defect-free Lagonda is a very rare thing.
there's probably more pages in service records than miles on the odometer. lol.
Damn I've been sitting on the can for 33 minutes.
Glad to see I'm not the only one!
Hope everything comes out alright.
@@paddyoak1 It did, thanks for your concern. It was indeed a sight to behold!
LMAO same
enjoy your piles
This car is fantastic, it’s like they took an 80s era microcomputer and made a car based on it. Great review!
Doug i really really really .... Really Love your vids . you show cars i always wanted to know about. Thanks . chief.
"What's going on with the tachometer?"
"I reprogrammed it to play Oregon Trail"
"You have died of Lagonda fumes".
Lmao!
jtb1990419 more like “cocaine overdose.”
It would be cool if you could play a nice game of Chess or some Tetris on those screens.
I think we all know “Green Air” puffs pot smoke into the cabin and starts playing the Grateful Dead.
MetalJesusRocks Can you connect an Atari 2600 to the infotainment screen?
MetalJesusRocks love your videos!
Nah it only has hookups for a Sinclair zx series. This is a british car.
Thank god Phish wasn't around back then.
Fancy seeing you here.
First time seeing your channel, instant subscriber
great video and education of a car that has fascinated me since day 1...
This is what a Lotus Esprit would look like if it were built by Buick
The Lotus Park Avenue
Lotus was owned by GM during the Esprit years lol.
Exactly... excellent observation!😊
Brilliant.
I always loved this car for some reason. They had one for 11,000 used nearby some time ago. That’s some serious depreciation
zollotech has been spotted
Probably cost $11,000 for a tune up too.
I'd be a buyer except the electronics are scary to contemplate.
Should have bot it for 11k.
zollotech should of bought it
Remember being stunned when those came out. Now they are classily dated and futuristic at the same time. $170k then and the same corner lights as MkIV Midgets and LR Series III's. Love it!
Still my personal dream car....
I saw my first one in person today and I was amazed. It's a really eye catching vehicle.
The modern CD player is killing the interior..
The interior has been dead since it rolled off the assembly line lol
that interior was horrible from the start, it looks like an 80s american car
@@tecc9999 It feels like the interior of an Oldsmobile on an acid trip.
It was already dead
It's not even that modern lmao
Showing up at Aston Martin and requesting that first service would make a great video
As a 6 year old, one of my presents in 1976 was the Observer book of cars. Something, probably only Brits would understand. What a great time for wild cars. The Lagonda, Countach, Panther 6, AC 3000ME and the unloved 308GT4 which I adore. If I win the Lottery, the Lagonda and GT4 will be me in my dream garage.
The two fuel caps, left and right, that feed the same tank - that’s actually brilliant? Why don’t they do this with contemporary cars?
zeto hd why tho
y tho
@@Patrick3183 so you can go either to the left or right at the pumps... doubles your chances when the pumps are busy at the gas station
@Ivana NotyersIts a nice practical touch on a luxury car, but I can see why they don't do it on daily drivers
This would save me a lot of time
"You push down the brake pedal and there's an enormous amount of travel and it doesn't really slow down all that well."
Something of a drawback in a brake pedal.
Funniest comment here!
😂😂😂👍
I'll buy that car when I want to decorate my yard with fancy junk. Plus, it's a four door sedan, a bigger home for rats wherever it's junked. Aston Martin management, Why build expensive crappy cars, just as well build a Yugo.
You want to live forever?
Chinese made brake pedals
Cool vids Doug 👍
This is a perfect example of a car designed by committee.
I have a copy of Car magazine from April 1983, featuring the model upgrade that Doug was featuring in this episode.
They said, and I quote,. ".. Quite honestly, it is difficult to find any aspect of this car that isn't woefully terrible. Almost any and every feature that you would expect, for it's price and prestige, to reflect it's status - is impossibly awful.. ..from it's ridiculously tiny boot [trunk] to its ugly and error prone dashboard, and given that the car is huge, how the hell is the interior space so tiny?
It's like an inside out TARDIS. Huge on the outside, smaller on the inside. The Austin Allegro has more rear legroom and wider seats, the Cortina has better headroom, the Mini Metro has room for a suitcase, and it's not exactly an earth shatteringly pleasant drive considering its lixury status.
When all is said and done, I find it hard to believe that anyone with any sense of intelligence, will shell out the kind of money that will buy you a really good Bentley (leaving you enough change to buy a Mercedes for the wife), on a truly awful car like a Lagonda."
I I think that says it all really.
Story time: I live in Wales and I was driving along the coast one day along a small country road and from behind I hear a roaring v8 and a Aston Martin Lagonda passes me going at least 90 mph, me expecting it to be something completely different was completely baffled and I have loved these things ever since.
So what did you do? Just allow him to pass? You didn't tromp on the gas it and make a race of it? No?
Well you're sure arent from kmy area. Forget it. There would be a battle royal just to say we raced and possibly ran off the road a car like that.
Actually I saw two lagondas in the eighties and early 90's in Manhattan and they sure did attracted instant adoration by passersby who didn't know what it was, but the knew it was something very special and expensive.......
Was it the white one I once saw in those parts by any chance?
It says Aston Martin under the fuse box lid.... Do I get an Internet point?
Sure! 🥰
Haha yes!
cms1138 no
It’s insane what effort people put into taking care of sim cars, just got a 2000 accord and it’s got EVERY receipt from maintenance and even gas records of how much was spent, how many MPG and how many gallons
You had me with the flickering green monochrome instrument panel and the 68 minutes!
T rst = trip reset
Jaishankar Iyer Beat me to it.
Exactly! Doug, How hard could it be??? (wink wink)
no it means all Doug videos start with T
GoodDay lol 😂😂👍
Jaishankar Iyer That was the first thing that I thought of too. Perhaps Doug tried that and it didn't work, or, he's just an idiot????
That dash is a Fallout nerd's dream...
brutforce100 It straight up looks like 3 PIP BOYs in the dash.
If you like quirky cars the lagonda, bmw z1, 1979 holden hurricane
im from the UK but when i was a kid in the 80's i lived and went to school in Oman. one day my dad took me to the airport and was shown a 24kt gold Lagonda. the car was black but had gold wheels gold grill and badges, and the inside was nearly all gold lol there were actually two of them brought in that day but i only saw one. i was aloud to get into it as well and is one of my childhood memories i will never forget. the car blew me away and iv been in a lot of amazing cars due to growing up in Oman.
I love the CRT screens - awesome!
Doug, the type of guy to give a Lagonda a 10 for cool factor
MTB Addict oh no, he didn't really did he?! Oh god
MTB Addict there is a reason it’s called A DOUG SCORE
I agree with doug. As soon as I saw the screens I knew it was cool.
Dickho Internal just be happy he didn't compare it to an isetta 😂😂!
I'm not surprised.
Doug the type of dude to shut the fridge with his hips.
Future Stein another classic right here, bless your soul, man.
Future Stein another classic right here, bless your soul, man
Lmfao! Best comment!
another classic right there, bless your soul, man.
That and other valley-girl moves.
I love your reviews, and your choice of vehicles to review. BMW 850 CSi is my favorite.
That reminds me a little of a Maserati I was in once that was SUPER comfortable. They have some amazing rare, old cars in Italy, if you know where to look.
T RST = Trip Reset
I figured that, when i saw the trip at zero. :)
grishman5000 Nice. I thought it was traction control
All hail the Lagonda king
I thought this was common sense
Yup I was just about to comment the same thing
I love the screens, they were developed for the Hawker Harrier jump jet, Aston Martin used the same supplier.
I would love for a modern car to have CRT screens for displaying information, despite the pain they would be to repair / replace.
Thank you. I needed a laugh this evening.
Not surprised the fuse panel is on the dash...
Brits have never been able to design a reliable automotive electrical system
The batmobile from the 80s only had one screen, this thing has three! Take that batman.
:(
Kapow!
When I first saw a Doug review on youtube i was like wtf is this... Now he has become my favourite youtuber and i watched almost all his reviews. I love how he does it his own way. Yes, i'm a big fan. Greetings from The Netherlands.
Dutch Emperor ik ook
Since you're the emperor, can you grant me citizenship to The Netherlands. I just need to learn Dutch and I'd pass the assimilation tests. Then I would just need an auto tech job then ship my toolbox and bicycle lol. One day..... One day.
Me too
He's kind of this cross between Andy Rooney, Julia Child and Richard Nixon. I watch for the mannerisms.
send me $1.000.000 i'll grant acces
I had read about this auto when it was available. What I read was pertaining to the other model that you touched on. It had touch sensitive controls and I think that they got rid of them and they were replaced by this model as you've shared with us. I was an architectural designer with my office on Sunset Blvd. in the Sunset Plaza area. The Shams Pahlavi (Iran) visited the antique story that was a part of our office. She pulled up right in front of our offices and came in to take care of some business. A very gracious lady. However, I could not take my eyes off of that car. I really loved the design of it. Stunning. But, as you pointed out - what were they thinking! I had no idea that the interior controls were so odd and unhelpful. The British!! Ron Smith; Pasadena, CA.
Thank You for another interesting story! I thought to check out another rare care the Bricklin SV1 which sold new for about $10,000 imagine if you bought 17 of those rather than one Lagonda you’d be far better off financially! Love your humor!
I hate when it’s 4:68 man, I just know I’m late for something then!
Yes, you're 48 minutes late ))
The most amazing thing for me is the fact they used the cheapest switches and buttons we kids could find as radio amateurs for soldering our home made radio kits. Best are the two switches with the snowflake and the hazard sign. I used many of them in my electronic circuits.
Right? They look unbelievably cheap. Especially compared to the backseat AC control made of actual metal.
Very british
Fool
The hazard and snowflake switches are especially hilarious. Did they just send the most useless guy on their engineering team to radio shack without specific instructions? Did he also just buy whatever was on clearance and pocket the rest of the petty cash they sent him with?
Outstanding
Great detailed comprehensive review..........less coffee though.
looks like somethin you’d see in the cyberpunk game
Once he showed the single spoke steering wheel I thought that as well
The quirk meter is flying off the scale
It does that every time he opens his mouth.
Doug, the type of guy to say, "Thank you!" when someone sneezes.
Justin bless your soul.
Justin Y.? Get out of here okay? Edit: Sorry? I guess? I was out of my mind a couple of hours ago
HAHAHAHHA
You'd say "Thank you!" a lot too if people mailed you left and right for you to fulfill all your dreams and get paid while at it.
Found your alt bitch
LOL it was Miller Motorcars in Greenwich, it's still there! I remember being a kid and having to get out and walk up to this amazing pale blue sedan that sat in front of the dealership. They had two, 512 BBi, a black and a silver but that strange sedan was what got my attention.
Those front map lights were very similar to the rear reading lights and my 82 Continental signature series they function the same way and look very similar
Those PiPboy gauges are friggin awesome!
Around 1980 had the unique opportunity to work with an automotive genius named Brian Refoy and his company Javelina Systems redesigning the digital dashboard in Series 2 Lagondas.
Javelina Systems was located in a metal building inside another metal building in the middle of a cotton field in Frisco Texas to keep Detroit spies from finding out what was going on inside.
Early Series 2 Lagondas had an incredibly badly designed (English) electronic dashboard that was the biggest tangle of wires you can imagine. Intensely complicated, failure-prone and always on the edge of catching fire, the original digital dashboard was the Series 2’s Achilles heel. It HAD to be fixed.
Without needless detail, the task of solving the Series 2 digital dashboard disaster fell to Brian Refoy, the aforementioned automotive savant.
The spiderweb of wires was dramatically reduced, the fire hazard was corrected and several features were enabled.
IIRC all Series 2 Lagondas passed through Brtian Refoy’s shop prior to being completed and sold.
Some notes:
Lagondas were built with their primary customer base Arab oil sheiks. They were not designed to be driven, they were designed to be driven IN. The driver was most likely a chauffeur. Hence some control placements. That is also why the sunroof is over the BACK SEATS.
All Lagonda engines were hand-built by one of two Aston-Martin master engine builders. You could tell who built the engine by listening to the exhaust.
The three CRT displays were initially designed for McDonnell-Douglas F-15 fighter cockpits. It’s very bright in the Arabian desert and visibility in high ambient light environment was a hard to meet specification. We tried several Optical Coating Labs offerings before discovering the F-15 displays.
The displays could be updated by changing DRAMs so different languages as well as yearly model updates were a simple matter of changing the DRAM. We also had a talking dash feature but I didn’t see you use it.
Fun days.
ETA: I will look in my notes to see if I can find the "T Reset" control function.
Newman Lofland do you know what ETA means in the normal sense or are you using some meaning i dont know?
I assumed T-Reset meant trip reset. The tripometer in the right display was reading 000. I found the dash the most interesting part of the vehicle.
Newman Lofland Extremely interesting! Thank you for your input.
Brandon Whitter Urban dictionary: "Edited To Add" abbreviated. Used frequently by bloggers when adding something to a post.
Yes that is true on some British cars but not all
now the same statement you made about British cars can also be applied to American manufactured cars
The Aston Martin Lagonda is no Rolls Royce or Bentley and when it first came out it was cutting edge tech
which is now found in most modern day cars
I've been fascinated by thee cars from the day they went on the market. I was 8 years old. 🙂Read lots about them, and I've seen one on the streets in my entire life - next to a supermarket in Leiden, The Netherlands. Quite close to the - then - main and sole AM-dealer in our country, in Warmond. That was in the early '80's and I still remember the shock of seeing a real one in front of me! Thanks so much for this very informative and in-depth review, these cars are even more bonkers than one could imagine. Prices were even higher out here, due to our country's decades-old extra purchase tax on motorized vehicles. You could add about at least one third of the price you mentioned... BTW, Duesenberg didn't make cars in 1946 anymore ( 25.51 ). They went bust in 1937.
Nicely presented! I would have seen it as a complete crap before, but now I find it as cool and sexy as Pong.
For those wondering, “T RST” resets the time and space continuum.
This was funny
Ohhhh T[ime] R[e]S[e]T
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_TAKE MY MONEY!_
Less amusingly but actually true it resets the Trip counter, as you can see on one of the screens its says Trip 000 as he's already pressed it
Ohhhhh T[rip] R[e]S[e]T
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This car, is pure 70's style.
Rafael Santos_7 Doug needs to be wearing a leisure suit in this video.
It's a 1987 model
Grey Matters they started selling it in the 70’s
wedge styling is 80`s trend. so, the car was made futuristic for 70`s with a mind to be in a trend by 80`s.
pure 70's style is the Cadillac Eldorado of that era, esp a pimped one
The “green” air was eco. So you could have fresh air. Without heat or air: so just vent. And whatever the temp was outside, was what got pulled inside.
Hey man! The Dougscore Chart is not available anymore. Is there a new link?
*The Doug DeMuro of cars*
Supraman Lol
Best comment of the bunch
Sorry, but no. The car at least *LOOKS* cool.
I'm sure someone's said it already, but T RST is the trip reset.
good comment
Some other guy had remarked that it was the clock reset
I had to go searching for an answer online, the T-RST switch happens to be the time reset button it resets the clock. Got the answer from a previous owner of one of these cars in the 80s.....he had to find out on his own as well.
Time reset
And you can see it's been reset.
Probably best term describing lagonda styling would be astonishing
Those screens are cool as heck! needs a nixie tube clock too.