All Aston Martins Are Beautiful, Right?

Behold, the car that takes that statement and runs it through the shredder, turning it into little squares: the Aston Martin Lagonda (1976-1989).

It was designed by a man who only knew how to use a ruler, a T-square and two different angled drafting triangles. He probably wanted to make the wheels square as well.

It even had two sets of headlights. One pair that brackets the tiny, stunted grill, and another that pops up. Like this:

Scary, isn't it?

But there's more squareness.

The rear end is typically '70s. Slats for taillights and the whole nine yards. Although, it's the tamest part of the car.

Then there was the interior...

More angles, covered in leather and fitted with wood. This was the best picture I could find, but I've seen others. The rest of the inside is the same, more angles, more leather, but with surprisingly comfortable looking seats.

It was the electrics (like many British cars) that let the Lagonda down. The instrument panel was completely digital, the first one in the world, and it failed constantly.

Gauges, the computer, anything really, would stop working at random moments.

The Lagonda is so bizarre, unreliable, and (with the headlights up) ugly, that anyone should rightly hate it. But I don't. Partly because it's an oddball car, but also because of its profile.

It's so rakish, low slung and swept back.

It would slice through the air, rocketed forward by the massive V8 engine under its hood. When swaddled in its soft, yet angular leather, and cruising at over 100 mph, one knows that overdrive is necessary.