LAs Best During The Great War Lagonda manufactured a remote control gunnery system for the Royal Navy and converted American shells to British requirements. Car production continued in 1918 but Gunn died in 1920.
In the early 1930's a new light sporting car, the Rapier, was launched. In 1935 Lagonda stopped marketing this model and a separate company Rapier Cars Ltd. was formed to market this model as a make in its own right. At the other end of the range was the 4.5 litre Meadows engined M45. This model formed the basis for most models up to the Second World War.
In 1935 the company was again threatened by receivership and was saved from this, and inclusion into Rolls-Royce, by Alan Good.
WO Bentley designed the LG series that became available from 1935. The last pre-war model was the V-12 of 1937.
In September 1947 Alan Good sold Lagonda to the David Brown Group, who used the WO Bentley designed LB6 2.5 litre six-cylinder engine in the Aston-Martin's up to the DB2 MkIII. David Brown had bought Aston-Martin in the January of that year.
From the mid 1950's Lagonda production was small with the Rapide in 1961 and a prototype V-8 in 1970.
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