1987 Aston Martin Lagonda "Shooting Brake", Definitely not your average Aston Martin.

I am relatively certain that James Bond would never be caught dead in this weird set of wheels.

When I hear the name Aston Martin there are two things that immediately come to mind. James Bond is obviously the first, and the second being absolute automotive beauty. You would be hard pressed to find an Aston Martin that isn't sleek, stylish, and just all around good looking. Aston Martin has a long history of designing powerful and sexy cars with almost no exception to that rule. As I make my travels through the interwebs, I have found many interesting cars but none have repulsed and shocked me as much as this 1987 Aston Martin Lagonda "Shooting Brake". For those of you who may not be familiar with the term, a "Shooting Brake" is what the Europeans call a wagon version of a car.

We have a few of these over here in the US, most notably the Mercedes Benz E Class Wagon.
Of course there are wagon versions of other vehicles as well. The Ford Focus has a "5 door option, the Hyundai Elantra has one as well but there is one thing these vehicles all have in common. They look good like they were designed to be that way because, ultimately, they were. A few weeks ago I did a brief write up about the new Aston Martin Vulcan which in my honest opinion might be one of the most bad ass and best looking Aston Martins ever created. The Lagonda "Shooting Brake" is the Vulcans older and much uglier cousin. You know the one, the cousin that nobody talks about for some reason or another.

Without any further delay I give you the 1987 Aston Martin Lagonda Shooting Brake.










As ugly as this car is on the outside, it only gets worse once you get inside.






At first glance it seems pretty normal for a car from the 80's. But once you actually get into it, it looks like they got the inspiration for the "control center" from some cheesy sci-fi flick.





Then there is the rear cargo area: With the tailgate down



With the tailgate up



It's only saving grace is the 300 Horse power engine which during that time was a pretty significant amount of ponies under the hood





Hopefully Aston Martin will keep this car locked away in it's basement where it will never be heard from again. Then again maybe some of you will like it, I don't, but maybe you will.