The New York Times reports:
"WHAT WAS IT? 1978-89 Aston Martin Lagonda
WHAT WAS THE POINT? Nearly bankrupt in the mid-1970s, Aston Martin created this huge, outrageously styled ultraluxury sedan to make a statement: the company was still alive. With a name that had been moribund since 1964, the $150,000 Lagonda was to be a showcase of the latest technology.
REALITY CHECK The promised high-tech features were akin to the digital watches and pocket calculators popular in the 1970s. The LED digital dashboard was nearly impossible to see in daylight, and both the displays and touch-sensitive switches often failed. (The cathode-ray tubes that replaced the LEDs were even more unreliable.)
Furthermore, this supposedly cutting-edge car was released with carburetors instead of electronic fuel injection, found at the time even on the inexpensive Datsun 280Z..."
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