It's based on the GL. The concept, designed by Marek Reichmann, draws its inspiration from prewar Lagonda limousines with their long hoods, low rooflines and letter-box rear windows – especially the LG6, which was designed by W.O. Bentley.

http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dl...903049979/1186

 

Sounds very attractive but the link is a "D'Oh!" because you have to be a member to red the article.

STP

PS REPRINT! Thank you LA Times; http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/upto...martin-ge.html

 

That looks like more than a "badge job". As we all know, MB had always contemplated a high-end version of the GL, it was just mooted as a Maybach. We all know that is never going to happen now, so this seems like a good use of an existing platform, without much market overlap.

GL, Cayanne et. al. are very popular the places I go, and an Aston would be useless on those streets, so the reasoning is very sound.

BTW Gonna be in Moscow in a couple of weeks, speaking of weird places...

 

Tell the Kremlin to get rid of my file, will you?

 

Not finding it attractive myself. I remember the previous Lagonda, and there's no similarity.

 

Have you now, or have you ever been... nah, I'll let 'um keep it.

 

... I carry no cards, if one must ask ...

 

I saw my first three Maybachs in Moscow, and my cab from the Radisson to the airport was a new E350.

 

You joke, but the Concierge at the hotel knew that my partner and I were pilots, 20 minutes after we checked in. That's a great story over a beer.

 

That's nice, but I went to high school in China.

 

How's that work? I mean, it takes me half an hour just to get my kids to their high school - Alberta to China, now that's a commute!

 

Dood, that's really him in the avatar; see those flames shooting out of his back?

 

I was sent there for a term to smarten me up.

 

From:

http://www.motorauthority.com/aston-...da-marque.html

by Kenneth Hall

Aston Martin is hard at work figuring out just what to do with its Lagonda brand revival plans. The company confirmed plans last year to revive the marque for a new range of bespoke models, the first of which is set to appear in 2012, but exactly what market segments to enter is shaping up to be a difficult question for executives.

While there are only a few years left for Aston Martin to come up with a plan for Lagonda, we've already seen the first concept, which was unveiled at last month’s Geneva Motor Show. The polarizing concept vehicle was based on a Mercedes Benz GL-Class SUV platform but according to the company’s European chief that doesn’t mean Lagonda will be an crossover brand. Speaking with Autotelegraaf, Aston Martin’s Marcel Beci explained that Lagonda will not have an SUV in its lineup, as the original Lagonda models were about easy-to-drive luxury cars.

This puts some confusion on the whole issue, as the Lagonda concept seemed to reveal that the brand would be leaning towards an SUV-type of vehicle. Mixed reactions from the public may have had something to do with a change in tack, or Beci may be simply trying to pull the wool over our eyes and keep a SUV as an ace up the company’s sleeve.

Speaking last year at the announcement of the brand’s revival, Aston Martin CEO Dr Ulrich Bez said "the revival of the Lagonda brand would allow us to develop cars which can have a different character than a sports car, and therefore offer a perfect synergy. Lagonda will use a unique design language as Aston Martin does. We will take elements of DNA from the past but will be very future orientated as we are with Aston Martin. With Lagonda offering exclusive, luxurious and truly versatile products with high quality and usability and suitable for both existing and emerging markets, I believe we can be present in more than 100 countries in the world."

Beci echoed this view, claiming that in many countries it wasn't an aversion to sports cars that was holding Aston Martin back, but perhaps impracticality. He went on to explain that bad roads in developing countries is a major factor putting off many buyers from Aston Martin’s low slung sports cars – something that could be overcome by building a completely new type of vehicle under the Lagonda brand.

 

Yech! It's like a bad Infinity.

Hell of a time to be trying something like this, too.

STP

 

Nah, more like inspired by the Lincoln Navicross..

 

Wow. Two questions; how can you take something that at least has the stones to have some design and conceptualization in it and compare it to that thing I just looked up? "NaviCross?" More like, "We'reLost!" I know Ford's doing a lot better but I think you need to put Chrysler's design team in with Ford's European engineering and manufacturing teams before you get a home run equivalent to the Ford Mondeo.

Second, what is Lincoln's fascination with "suicide" doors? I do think they're kind of neat but the last time I saw them and was really impressed was on then 1961 Lincoln Continental convertible.

 

They usually dont make it from concept to the production version. I kind of like the Navicross, a larger car, without being a SUV...

http://archive.cardesignnews.com/aut...navicross.html