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Aston Martin Virage Prototype - Lagonden formation

Name: Aston Martin Lagonda Coupé 1986
Brand: Aston Martin

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Created on September 1, 2023

Text:

Paul Krüger

Photos:

Daniel Reinhard

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Aston Martin / Werk

Daniel Reinhard

Bonhams

Aston Martin / Werk

Aston Martin Virage Prototype (1986) - Skillfully crafted: The doors are unchanged from the saloon, but still look coherent

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Aston Martin Virage Prototype (1986) - test vehicle in the guise of a two-door Lagonda Series 3

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Aston Martin Virage Prototype (1986) - Consistently angular: Was the undefined Virage really the better decision?

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Aston Martin Virage Prototype (1986) - formally somewhere between the Triumph TR7 and Buick GNX

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Aston Martin Virage Prototype (1986) - low, emphatically wide rear end

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Aston Martin Virage Prototype (1986) - Overtaking prestige: Six headlights make more of an impression than four

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Aston Martin Virage Prototype (1986) - The prototype already bears the front of the model-maintained 1987 Lagonda

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Aston Martin Virage Prototype (1986) - The rear also corresponds to the revised version from 1987 onwards

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Aston Martin Virage Prototype (1986) - Modern: Radiator grille in painted instead of chrome-plated mask

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Aston Martin Virage Prototype (1986) - Goodbye folding headlights: from 1987, the Lagonda also had three slightly higher headlights on each side

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Aston Martin Virage Prototype (1986) - Two to one: the outer light is for the low beam, the two inner lights are for the high beam

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Aston Martin Virage Prototype (1986) - multi-piece 17-inch alloy wheels from Gotti

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Aston Martin Virage Prototype (1986) - Please send praise, suggestions and criticism to...

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Aston Martin Virage Prototype (1986) - Daring but tasteful: cream-colored upholstery and dark blue carpet with complementary piping

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Aston Martin Virage Prototype (1986) - Classic Italian: Nardi steering wheel with mahogany rim and aluminum spokes

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Aston Martin Virage Prototype (1986) - Classically British: round instruments in dark walnut wood

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Aston Martin Virage Prototype (1986) - ZF five-speed gearbox with first gear at the left rear

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Aston Martin Virage Prototype (1986) - Integrated bar with cut carafes and glasses

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Aston Martin Virage Prototype (1986) - Three-part door trim in wood, leather and carpet

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Aston Martin Virage Prototype (1986) - 5.3-liter V8 with four valves per combustion chamber and 335 hp

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Aston Martin Virage Prototype (1986) - One man, one engine: badge with the mechanic's name as a promise of quality

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Aston Martin Virage Prototype (1986) - The "L" at the beginning of the chassis number makes DP 2034 officially a Lagonda

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Aston Martin Virage (1992) - largely built by hand

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Aston Martin Virage (1990) - dynamic test drive at Silverstone

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Aston Martin Virage (1990) - beautiful license plate

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Aston Martin Virage (1990) - Green in green

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Summary

This is a boring story. What can you write about a car that has only covered a good 3000 kilometers in its 30 years with its first owner? After all, it has hardly ever left the garage. Quite right. But what happened in the seven years before that is enough to dedicate an article to the Aston Martin Virage prototype disguised as a Lagonda Series 2.

This article contains the following chapters

Factory-new used car
Lagonda becomes Virage becomes Lagonda

Estimated reading time: 4min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Surprisingly often, we read about lost prototypes that have suddenly reappeared in the most remote places in the world in the most impossible ways. Or of previously unknown test vehicles that have been in the hands of an ignorant everyday driver for decades. Until they were discovered by chance by a collector and bought from the unsuspecting owner for a pittance. In the case of the dark blue wedge, which looks like a Lagonda Series 2 Coupé, things are different. Here you know exactly where it has been for the last 30 years and what it is: namely not a Lagonda Series 2 Coupé. At least not in terms of product planning, although technically it is.

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