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Need more proof that the SUV is the new four-wheeled shorthand for ultimate luxury, improbable performance, and launching traditional brands into new stratospheres? Aston Martin"s ultra-luxury, Rolls-Royce-baiting offshoot, Lagonda, is the latest, and possibly the most ambitious proponent of the super-SUV theme. Today, Lagonda"s confirmed it"ll unveil an all-electric battery-powered SUV by 2021. Lagonda says the new, as-yet unchristened SUV"s design will be an evolution of the Lagonda Vision concept saloon that we gawped over at the 2018 Geneva motor show. Crikey. Aston Martin"s chief designer, Marek Reichman, said: "The Lagonda SUV will retain the boldness of the Vision. Lagonda is a luxury brand, but it is also one rooted in technology. It will be like no other SUV to drive, so its looks have to reflect that new reality and to serve as pathfinder to a future in which the most desirable and prestigious automobiles still have a place." The Vision concept proposed use of solid-state batteries, a 400-mile range, and wireless conductive charging. Because princesses, oligarchs and Premier League left-backs couldn"t possibly be bothered with a charging cable and socket. We"ll discover how much of that spec makes it into the Lagonda SUV in the coming years.
Date written: 9 May 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 11777
Need more proof that the SUV is the new four-wheeled shorthand for ultimate luxury, improbable performance, and launching traditional brands into new stratospheres? Aston Martin"s ultra-luxury, Rolls-Royce-baiting offshoot, Lagonda, is the latest, and possibly the most ambitious proponent of the super-SUV theme. Today, Lagonda"s confirmed it"ll unveil an all-electric battery-powered SUV by 2021. Lagonda says the new, as-yet unchristened SUV"s design will be an evolution of the Lagonda Vision concept saloon that we gawped over at the 2018 Geneva motor show. Crikey. Aston Martin"s chief designer, Marek Reichman, said: "The Lagonda SUV will retain the boldness of the Vision. Lagonda is a luxury brand, but it is also one rooted in technology. It will be like no other SUV to drive, so its looks have to reflect that new reality and to serve as pathfinder to a future in which the most desirable and prestigious automobiles still have a place." The Vision concept proposed use of solid-state batteries, a 400-mile range, and wireless conductive charging. Because princesses, oligarchs and Premier League left-backs couldn"t possibly be bothered with a charging cable and socket. We"ll discover how much of that spec makes it into the Lagonda SUV in the coming years.
Date written: 9 May 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 11777
