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angusc43
1,973 posts
77 months
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kambites said: MrDarkBlack said: Hmmm, he used to have taste.....  I can see no logical reason whatsoever to buy one of these. It merely dilutes the Astron brand in my eyes. I can see no logical reason to buy anything more plush than a Mondeo. Car buying isn't particularly logical. If I was rich and I had to drive in cities a lot, I'd have one. I can't think of anything else that would provide the same level of comfort whilst still being as easy to drive in a crowded city. I agree. He lives slap bang in the centre of London. Why not drive a Cygnet? Makes sense to me. (especially as the other posters point out that he'll have struck a hard bargain - he's legendary for that).
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richie barry
610 posts
74 months
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angusc43 said: kambites said: MrDarkBlack said: Hmmm, he used to have taste..... I can see no logical reason whatsoever to buy one of these. It merely dilutes the Astron brand in my eyes. I can see no logical reason to buy anything more plush than a Mondeo. Car buying isn't particularly logical. If I was rich and I had to drive in cities a lot, I'd have one. I can't think of anything else that would provide the same level of comfort whilst still being as easy to drive in a crowded city. I agree. He lives slap bang in the centre of London. Why not drive a Cygnet? Makes sense to me. (especially as the other posters point out that he'll have struck a hard bargain - he's legendary for that). and its going to be a future classic... probly
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Davey S2
8,664 posts
123 months
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Whats the problem with it?
If you are a wealthy wife who lunches and live in central London I cant think of a better car.
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EDLT
14,580 posts
75 months
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Alfa numeric said: I'll take a MINI Cooper S Works and pocket the (five figure) change thanks. You won't, a MINI cooper s works without options is £22k. Get it specced something like the Cygnet and they will be about the same price.
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Garlick
38,293 posts
109 months
PH Manager Bloke
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Davey S2 said: Whats the problem with it?
If you are a wealthy wife who lunches and live in central London I cant think of a better car. Unless you want a car that is congestion charge exempt of course......
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koolchris99
5,724 posts
48 months
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Spotted already, no sign of Mrs Moss 
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Blakewater
655 posts
26 months
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356Speedster said: Stirling Moss said: a proper little piece of British luxury Erm, it's a Toyota made in Japan, shipped over here and blinged up a bit. Hardly properly British, is it now Stirling? Slightly O/T..... I thought that Aston actually made too few cars to be impacted by the emissions regulations anyway, making the Cygnet completly pointless in the avg CO2 stakes? Wouldn't they need to triple production to be impacted? I think that's probably the point of this. Get a British racing legend to say he's bought the car for his wife and refer to it as, "A proper little piece of British luxury." as a marketing exercise. That way people see it as British rather than a rehashed Japanese runabout. Stirling Moss was show in Top Gear Magazine getting quite excited by the Toyota iQ so he does like the car.
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A.C.E
477 posts
115 months
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i actually like it. would i have one? nope, not on your nelly, but i can see their appeal. ok, its a toyota (nowt wrong with toyatas) rebadged and blinged a bit with a hefty price tag. BUT it has an AM badge, and for the wealthy who want a small car with a prestige badge, it'll do very nicely indeed.
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hornetrider
40,812 posts
74 months
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koolchris99 said: Spotted already, no sign of Mrs Moss  If this is a publicity stunt could it backfire massively? Much like those uber "cool" Aston pseudo James Bond style adverts?
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J B L
3,030 posts
84 months
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Speaking of small cars for city centres etc... What's happening with Murray's project (can't remember the name now) of small, fun, light and economical car?
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k-ink
4,626 posts
48 months
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It had to be cancelled. Everyone who looked at it turned to stone.
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koolchris99
5,724 posts
48 months
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J B L said: Speaking of small cars for city centres etc... What's happening with Murray's project (can't remember the name now) of small, fun, light and economical car? T25 or something? it was s  t and not finished...
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fathomfive
6,888 posts
59 months
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Is the Cygnet-bashing thread the new Focus RS should-have-been-4WD thread?
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tonys
631 posts
92 months
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LuS1fer said: If this car has shorter springs, does that mean you have a lower iQ?  It's probably all a misunderstanding, Mrs M actually said she wanted a signet ring, which was heard as 'a cygnet thing'. I saw one in my local AM dealer recently; looked a bit out of place, IMHO.
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Riggers
1,841 posts
47 months
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koolchris99 said: Spotted already, no sign of Mrs Moss I see the headline now: "Man and car defy gravity shocker" 
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Goodfella 555
199 posts
37 months
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Years ago, at Mercedes World, Stirling Moss 'bought' his wife a Smart car, she must hate modern cars by now...
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900T-R
18,560 posts
126 months
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budgie smuggler said: I don't mind them, and all the better if they get some of the 'more money than taste' brigade out of their gargantuan lifestyle cars which they can't manage to park properly.  This. Anyway, it's a lovely gesture all the same.
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TheRoadWarrior
1,089 posts
47 months
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I cant help wondering if the Cygnet will start a new modifying craze with people tarting up their IQs with aston badges and wheels off a 1995 DB7.
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Blakewater
655 posts
26 months
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J B L said: Speaking of small cars for city centres etc... What's happening with Murray's project (can't remember the name now) of small, fun, light and economical car? He's developing the T.27, the same car as the T.25 but electric. He's talking to three potential licensees about building it and he's performing live crash tests on it.
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Bash Brannigan
148 posts
56 months
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alexpa said: No chance he paid for it. It's promo. I'd imagine he's being paid to have it, for sure. +1
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