Lagonda in the hood
It’s rare enough to see a one-time “car of the future”, especially when it’s just parked down the street, but I’ve been driving past this Lagonda every day for a couple months now and can’t help but smile.
The first time I saw one was at the LA car show in 1976 or so and I instantly wanted one. OK, so I was eleven years old and it looked a lot like a Hot Wheels car as designed by Derek Meddings. In practice though, the futurism wasn’t quite as reliable as people thought and it eventually just became a big car. Still awesome-looking though.
April 29th, 2005 at 10:39 am
Pretty nifty; I can’t pinpoint precisely what it is about this auto that still lets it appear futuristic, a quarter-century later, but I intuitively know what you mean. Strange. . .the “Durango 95″ from A Clockwork Orange–that’s going on 35 years ago!–still looks avant-garde.