New Aston Martin Lagonda: our most wanted cars 2026
Aston has flirted with four-doors over the years and it must be time for another go as the EV era gathers pace
Four-door Astons have had a slightly truncated history. There was the achingly beautiful Lagonda Rapide of the sixties (pictured, top left), the wedge-shaped seventies Lagonda and the DB9-based Rapide of the 2010s. Then, the Lagonda name returned on the Lagonda Taraf – a retro-inspired saloon limited to 200 units at £700,000 a pop in 2015. More recently there were plans to turn ‘Lagonda’ into an ultra luxurious, pure-electric sub-brand – which was axed by Aston Martin boss Lawrence Stroll in 2024.
The DBX luxury SUV has proved there’s a place for four-door Astons, becoming the brand’s best-selling model bar none. Surely that success could now be shared with a four-door saloon, too?
Keeping things within the realms of possibility, the tech underpinnings of my reimagined Lagonda come from Mercedes, which owns a minority stake in the British firm. The firms have a partnership to share powertrains, electrical architectures and tech. Even Adrian Hallmark, Aston’s CEO, told us that the Mercedes-AMG EQS “gave him hope”, with clever tech that “physically resonates” with the driver.
So the Merc we’ve chosen to share its tech is the AMG GT XX concept – unveiled last summer. The concept uses axial-flux motors developed by British firm YASA and the three of them combine for 1,341bhp – plenty for a continent-crushing Aston Martin, I think. But our concern is how Aston might try to replicate the sound of one of its legendary V12s – ambitious, if not impossible.
With heavy input from AMG, the Lagonda’s chassis dynamics should be polished enough. The tri-motor layout is designed with torque vectoring in mind, and will help hide the fact this will surely be the heaviest Aston saloon to date. Compared with what’s expected from AMG, the Lagonda would benefit from a slight additional damping of the suspension for a more relaxed driving experience.
The baseline for our Lagonda interpretation’s exterior comes from the AMG GT XX concept, though we’ve made sure to give it a contemporary Aston Martin influence. The paint is a mix of British Racing Green and Aston’s newer ‘Podium Green’, contrasted by gold wheels taken from the DBX.
The upright, Kamm-back-style rear is still there, but we’ve given the car a sleeker front than the AMG concept. Without the need for engine cooling we can position the nose further down, while including Valhalla-inspired lines.
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