The covers come off Aston's super-exclusive Middle East-only sedan

The Aston Martin Lagonda super saloon has landed, literally, in Oman -- and photos from Oman Air, the Middle Eastern Sultanate's national airline, have given us the first clear look at the peculiar four-door in the flesh. 

According to a press release from the airline, which hauled the Lagonda to the arid nation (a few more back-and-forths and the car will qualify for the duty-free shopping discount benefits of  Sindbad Blue Status , "Oman’s awe-inspiring mountains, deserts and state of the art road network are providing the perfect backdrop for essential summer heat testing." And probably a few dramatic photo opportunities, too. 

The pair of pics we have aren't exactly the most glamorous; in one, the Lagonda is fresh from an airplane cargo hold and still strapped to a pallet. But it does give us a bit more to go on, especially when it comes to the car's previously unseen rear end. It looks familiar -- perhaps even a bit like the Lincoln MKZ, with a chrome strip running horizontally across the decklid and elongated, flush-mounted exhaust tips at the the bottom edges of the rear fascia. 

There's no offical word on powertrain, but we do know the car sits on Aston's VH platform and the 6.0-liter, 550-hp V12 seems like a likely motor -- it's what's under the hood of the Rapide, after all.