. Lagonda V12 (1938)

 Lagonda first showed its new V12 model in 1936, but it took until 1938 for this 4.5-litre machine to reach production.

Only 189 were completed before the outbreak of the Second World War, but they offered the best in comfort, quiet and flexibility from the smooth V12 motor. 

Unusually for the period, Lagonda offered its own saloon body for the V12, which was a portent of how luxury cars would be built and sold after the war ended. The V12’s engine was also used in two pared down cars in the 1939 Le Mans 24-hour race.