RE: Cygnet Colette: Fashion, Aston And Toyota Meet

[Syd knee]

Normaly a limited eddition is done when the type is to be discontinued or the company is about to go bust.

As you were then.

[clonmult]

EDLT said:

The Cygnet is getting some good reviews, actually.

But then its not really anything over the standard Toyota, which is a good little town car.

Paying another £17k for the bonus of a bespoke leather interior, "Aston Martin" paint and a new grille seems a little, er, steep?

[johnpeat]

I can actually understand the idea here but there's one thing which grates...

The bonnet vents - they're a comedy add-on, a chav feature - they're fking awful on a Vantage V12, let alone this...

I have a free tip for AM tho - put the price up and use the money to convince Toyota to stop selling the iQ in Europe

[soad]

Girls will love this

[Justayellowbadge]

'race collection'

[KrazyIvan]

Throw cushions in a fking car, you have to be puling my leg

[ureile]

Hi Ed. Where can I buy the eau de wet chien?

[ellisd82]

And its not even April...

[hornetrider]

filski666 said:

just what I have always wanted.... a car with scatter cushions!! - WTF??!!!

What. The. fk. Indeed.

[Hellbound]

hornetrider said:

filski666 said:

just what I have always wanted.... a car with scatter cushions!! - WTF??!!!

What. The. fk. Indeed.

You say that. But deep down you know your significant others are down the shops right now looking for some.

[RTH]

Syd knee said:

Normaly a limited eddition is done when the type is to be discontinued or the company is about to go bust.

As you were then.

Well read this
http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=52&i=2379...

A £300M bond to tidy up our finances

Isn't that what is known as borrowing ?

[DiscoColin]

Turbobanana said:

Wasn't there a Nissan Micra Collette years ago?

(Runs away when realises nobody actually cares...)

Hmm - this was the first thing that I thought too - a trim level on the hateful mk1 wasn't it.

[AV12]

43k?

Thats 1M money. Absolute madness.

[Ashok]

where's the Power, Beauty & Soul ???

[bobberz]

Now, I'm no fashionista so maybe I just don't "get it", but that's probably the worst thing I've ever seen!

Throw-pillows are about the least Aston-ish thing I can think of. Just so wrong.. on sooo many levels.

And the price? Just get a DB7!

Also don't think I'd like to be surrounded by "essence of chocolate lab".

[bobberz]

Oh, and where'd the bloody PH-O-Meter go?! I wanted to give it a zero.

Nevermind, it wasn't on the main article but is in it at the top of the thread. How has it gotten above a 1?!

Edited by bobberz on Monday 27th June 21:38

[OwenK]

The scatter cushions are bloody excellent.

Mark my words, by next year we'll be seeing "female-oriented" special editions of "chic" cars that don't just feature scatter cushions, but a "runner" across the whole rear bench and 6 varyingly patterned square cushions in a horizontal stack on each seat, which the owner's husband will be expected to move before she drives it and replace afterward.

Artists impression

Edited by OwenK on Monday 27th June 21:59

[k-ink]

Scatter cushions. Your stting me.

[mikEsprit]

I'm not going to rate it so don't worry, but I don't get the vitriol?

The throw pillows are cute in the same way that the VW Bug's flower vase is. Not my thing, but at least it's somewhat clever.

[nickythesaint]

The whole Cygnet concept makes me cringe. Its all that is wrong in the consumer world. Branding before design.

And to think in another thread this morning I was listening to various people bleating about the 1 series M coupe being expensive at £40k. Suddenly it seems like a very sensible purchase indeed.

If Aston sell this re-branded nonsense, I suspect they could actually get a turd, polish it, brand it Aston and some vain pretentious oink somewhere will buy it and put it on their mantel.

Edited by nickythesaint on Tuesday 28th June 00:10