The Aston Martin Lagonda Taraf saloon is being offered for sale in the UK with a price tag of £685,000.
A price for the super-luxury saloon first appeared on the website of specialist dealer H.R. Owen, but has since been removed. Originally destined exclusively for the Middle East, it's understood that customer demand has swayed Aston Martin's decision to offer the car for sale in the UK. The announcement was made at the Geneva motor show in March.
In addition to the Middle East and the UK - where the Lagonda will be offered in right-hand drive form - sales will now take place in EU-legislation-compliant continental Europe and other select global markets, including Singapore and South Africa.
It's near-£700,000 price tag pitches the Lagonda well above other super-luxury saloons. An extended-wheelbase Rolls-Royce Phantom costs £373,824 by comparison, while the Bentley Mulsanne costs £229,360.
Based on Aston Martin’s VH architecture, the V12-powered Lagonda Taraf will be built in a limited run of 200 units and is the work of Aston’s special projects division, which is behind the recent Vulcan and Vantage GT12.
The carbonfibre-bodied model will be hand-built at Aston’s Gaydon headquarters, and extensive personalisation will be offered by the ‘Q by Aston Martin’ bespoke service.
The return of the Lagonda name on a production car is significant for Aston, because it is expected to be returned full-time to the range on an as yet unconfirmed SUV model.
Powered by a 550bhp 5.9-litre naturally aspirated V12 engine - the same unit as the Rapide S - the Lagonda is capable of reaching a top speed of around 200mph. The production-ready model was revealed in a series of official pictures late last year, and had previously been spotted testing both on UK roads and in Oman.
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jason_recliner
Drool
Bullfinch
Agree up to a point
Oktoberfest
^^^^^^^
Lanehogger
Great exterior!
michael knight
exterior > interior
exactly..a shame really. They could have designed something a little more avant-garde, minimalistic. Instead this looks like the same interior AM have been tweaking for about 10 years now.
owenmahamilton
Rapide
winniethewoo
Very nice design. Honda pay attention.
sirwiggum
winniethewoo wrote: If Hondas
If Honda were selling it, they'd axe it and replace it with a crossover SUV.
Filippos
sirwiggum wrote: winniethewoo
Which is exactly what Aston is going to do. Well, they will build 400 of them, which is equivalent to being axed in Honda numbers.
michael knight
Sheikh it up
The exterior is a triumph, no question. Looks properly imposing. I'm not sure if size of this car will blunt the V12's performance though; feels like a blown V8 might make more sense torque-wise for this kind of wafty-tourer? I'm assuming the interior hue can be changed too - the gold-tint leather ain't doing it for me.
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