RE: Aston Martin Cygnet: Spotted

[The Moose]

After having "swiped right", and had a chat, you finally tell the nice looking bit of totty that you'll pick her up in the Aston at 7.

She thinks things are great and is already a little frothy the way you casually drop Aston into the chat thinking she is onto a winner.

...and then you turn up in that!

Mood killer?!

[kmpowell]

A picture I took last year when I spotted Sir Stirling Moss's Cygnet (adorned with is BRDC badge for uber kudos)...

[BFleming]

I always thought these were all automatics - along with the iQ - but it seems I'm wrong on both counts. Maybe it's the mental association I make between these & a Smart car. Or maybe it's because I've had zero interest in a Cygnet or an iQ to date. Probably the latter.

[alec.e]

There is one I see locally around Kendal from time to time.

I parked next to one while staying in Monaco, funny next to the XJ, short wheelbase!

[Gary C]

V8LM said:

Gary C said:

Wasn't this an answer to the corporate emissions legislation ?

Make one really low emissions car, so you can sell some more lovely v12's

No.

That's odd, it's what I remember, and this seems to back it up.

Quote http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/aston-martin/cygnet/9...

. So why did Aston want to build a car with sales targets of just 4,000 a year?

Firstly, there were EU laws. Fleet emissions targets were introduced in 2012, and without a parent company to offer more eco-friendly cars to balance out the averages, it was up to Aston to reduce its CO2 figures across the model range. Basing a car on Toyota’s frugal iQ made sense.

[RosscoPCole]

If have never seen the point of a big car in a city. I know that I shouldn't, but I like the concept behind this. Also the Mini Goodwood.

[corozin]

It's a Toyota Aygo with leather for £30k only a cretin would buy one.

[kmpowell]

corozin said:

It's a Toyota Aygo with leather for £30k only a cretin would buy one.

So by your reckoning, Stirling Moss is a cretin?

[LuS1fer]

kmpowell said:

corozin said:

It's a Toyota Aygo with leather for £30k only a cretin would buy one.

So by your reckoning, Stirling Moss is a cretin?

Assuming he bought it....

[mooseracer]

Gary C said:

V8LM said:

Gary C said:

Wasn't this an answer to the corporate emissions legislation ?

Make one really low emissions car, so you can sell some more lovely v12's

No.

That's odd, it's what I remember, and this seems to back it up.

Quote http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/aston-martin/cygnet/9...

. So why did Aston want to build a car with sales targets of just 4,000 a year?

Firstly, there were EU laws. Fleet emissions targets were introduced in 2012, and without a parent company to offer more eco-friendly cars to balance out the averages, it was up to Aston to reduce its CO2 figures across the model range. Basing a car on Toyota’s frugal iQ made sense.

That's what I remember/thought as well. Maybe Gary C will elaborate?

[Gary C]

mooseracer said:

Gary C said:

V8LM said:

Gary C said:

Wasn't this an answer to the corporate emissions legislation ?

Make one really low emissions car, so you can sell some more lovely v12's

No.

That's odd, it's what I remember, and this seems to back it up.

Quote http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/aston-martin/cygnet/9...

. So why did Aston want to build a car with sales targets of just 4,000 a year?

Firstly, there were EU laws. Fleet emissions targets were introduced in 2012, and without a parent company to offer more eco-friendly cars to balance out the averages, it was up to Aston to reduce its CO2 figures across the model range. Basing a car on Toyota’s frugal iQ made sense.

That's what I remember/thought as well. Maybe Gary C will elaborate?

The quote is taken from the autoexpress article linked.

[BigMon]

LuS1fer said:

Same idea but I preferred this

I REALLY like that!

Never had much of hankering for Allegros but I did like the Equipe and the Vanden Plas. Yours looks great.

[Cold]

mooseracer said:

Gary C said:

V8LM said:

Gary C said:

Wasn't this an answer to the corporate emissions legislation ?

Make one really low emissions car, so you can sell some more lovely v12's

No.

That's odd, it's what I remember, and this seems to back it up.

Quote http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/aston-martin/cygnet/9...

. So why did Aston want to build a car with sales targets of just 4,000 a year?

Firstly, there were EU laws. Fleet emissions targets were introduced in 2012, and without a parent company to offer more eco-friendly cars to balance out the averages, it was up to Aston to reduce its CO2 figures across the model range. Basing a car on Toyota’s frugal iQ made sense.

That's what I remember/thought as well. Maybe Gary C will elaborate?

A while later Dr Bez was posed a similar question and stated it wasn't a CO2 gas fiddle as Aston Martin didn't need to do that (small volume manufacturer) but an attempt at a new model in its own right.

[Gary C]

BigMon said:

I REALLY like that!

Never had much of hankering for Allegros but I did like the Equipe and the Vanden Plas. Yours looks great.

Used to get a lift in one of those to judo. The owner was a fr ind of my dad and I had to suffer sitting with his knob of a son every other week. "My dads got a rolls Royce" he claimed every time.

Nice comfy seats though.

[Neil1300r]

Cold said:

mooseracer said:

Gary C said:

V8LM said:

Gary C said:

Wasn't this an answer to the corporate emissions legislation ?

Make one really low emissions car, so you can sell some more lovely v12's

No.

That's odd, it's what I remember, and this seems to back it up.

Quote http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/aston-martin/cygnet/9...

. So why did Aston want to build a car with sales targets of just 4,000 a year?

Firstly, there were EU laws. Fleet emissions targets were introduced in 2012, and without a parent company to offer more eco-friendly cars to balance out the averages, it was up to Aston to reduce its CO2 figures across the model range. Basing a car on Toyota’s frugal iQ made sense.

That's what I remember/thought as well. Maybe Gary C will elaborate?

A while later Dr Bez was posed a similar question and stated it wasn't a CO2 gas fiddle as Aston Martin didn't need to do that (small volume manufacturer) but an attempt at a new model in its own right.

https://www.drive.com.au/motor-news/55000-city-car-will-not-destroy-brand-aston-20110323-1c792.html

[996TT02]

Seriously ridiculous, always reminded me of those weird Chinese car brands that often look like old Fiats but with a copycat Jag XJ or Rolls front end grafted on. This is one for the tasteless suckers. Buy a goddam proper and unmolested Toyota instead.

[Horsetan]

Cold said:

A while later Dr Bez was posed a similar question and stated it wasn't a CO2 gas fiddle as Aston Martin didn't need to do that (small volume manufacturer) but an attempt at a new model in its own right.

Probably the best bit about the Aston iQ was its LED tail light clusters.

[Buster73]

Saw one at the bottom of the slopes at Lech , Austria a few seasons ago .

It was wrapped in a high gloss bright gold finish, pretty ugly imho , but what a crowd puller it was .

Virtually everyone who walked past , stopped and had a photograph taken of it.

I'll try and dig a photo out of it later when I get time.

[JMF894]

All this shows is that the more money someone has, the more sense and reason they lose.

[Bencolem]

I’d take the Mini Goodwood over this everytime. Interior felt much closer to a Rolls-Royce than this does to an Aston Martin.