RE: Aston Martin Cygnet: Spotted

[mattdaniels]

Timfy said:

mc_blue said:

Are these actually "worth" this much now? I.e. are they selling or has someone just decided to stick one up at £30k so everyone else has followed?

I was thinking the same, It's difficult to believe that they're actually changing hands for anywhere near that.

Dove House have had this one at 34K for a while now.

http://www.dovehousecars.com/car/1058-aston-martin...

Would be very surprised if they get that for it.

[Trophy-GTA]

Always liked these right from the start. A lot of people talked sh*t about them and many still do but maybe people are starting to see it in a different light now.

[culpz]

I'd love to buy one, just to say that i own an Aston Martin Not for over 30 grand though!

I like the little bonnet vents; I've never really noticed them before. The rest of it is just an IQ. It wouldn't surprise me if the IQ was actually the better car anyway, regardless of the price. The little Toyota offers so much more FVM for basically the same car but without the fancy badge.

Let's be honest, it's not really an Aston Martin, is it? Just imagine the reactions you'd get!

[shakotan]

There's a tool in Weybridge who has a white Aygo. He's taken all of the badges off, fitted some badly-offset Ripspeed wheels and applied a huge vinyl to the front bumper in the shape of the Cygnet grille.

Penis.

[Gary C]

culpz said:

I'd love to buy one, just to say that i own an Aston Martin Not for over 30 grand though!

I like the little bonnet vents; I've never really noticed them before. The rest of it is just an IQ. It wouldn't surprise me if the IQ was actually the better car anyway, regardless of the price. The little Toyota offers so much more FVM for basically the same car but without the fancy badge.

Let's be honest, it's not really an Aston Martin, is it? Just imagine the reactions you'd get!

Just buy a v8 vantage.

[donteatpeople]

mike9009 said:

xjay1337 said:

mmcd87 said:

What would you have started with that offers a similar package?

Personally? Ford Fiesta Mk7.5 but with completely redone dash and infotainment.

A Smart Roadster..... with a manual gearbox....

The Smart Roadster doesn't have back seats, or a manual gearbox.

[culpz]

Gary C said:

culpz said:

I'd love to buy one, just to say that i own an Aston Martin Not for over 30 grand though!

I like the little bonnet vents; I've never really noticed them before. The rest of it is just an IQ. It wouldn't surprise me if the IQ was actually the better car anyway, regardless of the price. The little Toyota offers so much more FVM for basically the same car but without the fancy badge.

Let's be honest, it's not really an Aston Martin, is it? Just imagine the reactions you'd get!

Just buy a v8 vantage.

Some-what of a different proposition, in terms of running costs, compared to the little Cygnet. Buying price aside, of course.

[Ari]

Timfy said:

mc_blue said:

Are these actually "worth" this much now? I.e. are they selling or has someone just decided to stick one up at £30k so everyone else has followed?

I was thinking the same, It's difficult to believe that they're actually changing hands for anywhere near that.

Precisely, someone needs to have the difference between 'worth' and 'asking price' explained to them!

[tahicks2003]

It's not April 1st is it? Think of what you can get for £30k

[WCZ]

tahicks2003 said:

It's not April 1st is it? Think of what you can get for £30k

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/peugeot/205/one-owner-16-700-miles-miami-blue-peugeot-205-gti-1-6--115-bhp/7800839

£43,000 and 115bhp

is everyone in this thread pretending that rarity isn't a factor in the price here?

[daveco]

98hp and weighs less than a ton yet the performance figures for the Toyota IQ/Cygnet 1.3 litre are akin to something that weighs 1400kg +

Very short gearing?

[TooMany2cvs]

WCZ said:

is everyone in this thread pretending that rarity isn't a factor in the price here?

"Rarity" means there's more demand than supply.

Sure, there's not much supply of Cygnets - but that's only half of the equation...

[WCZ]

TooMany2cvs said:

"Rarity" means there's more demand than supply.

Sure, there's not much supply of Cygnets - but that's only half of the equation...

that's not true and rarity doesn't always warrant a premium but in the supercar sector nearly always does...

[Filibuster]

As others said before.
Both the Mini Goodwood and the Fiat 500 Riva are much nicer cars IMHO.

[Ari]

WCZ said:

is everyone in this thread pretending that rarity isn't a factor in the price here?

Rarity on its own isn't enough. Reliant Robins are pretty rare these days...

[WJNB]

Saw it pre-launch when visiting Gaydon as a guest of Aston Martin. It initially caused many a sneer & chuckle & then something more worrying came to our collective minds.
Was this Aston Martin doing a Mercedes /BMW who launched cheap cars with Ford Blue collar price tags just so owners could pretended they had made it in life?
OK so the Cygnet was hardly Ford priced but it represented a budget entry point (based on something foreign) to Aston Martin ownership & in one fell swoop looked as it Aston Martin were about to undermine & negate the prestige cache of a VERY BRITISH sporting brand of car.
Thank goodness the silly thing has been quietly forgotten, certainly within AM circles.

[Uncle John]

My mum has an IQ3, & it’s a very clever, funky little car. Hits it’s brief as a runaround & has even done 200 miles to Cornwall no problem.

30k for an IQ with Aston kit applied is mental though.

[Vantagefan]

The only issue I had with it was that it drifted about 5m if you were too heavy on the brakes.

[Vantagefan]

WJNB said:

Saw it pre-launch when visiting Gaydon as a guest of Aston Martin. It initially caused many a sneer & chuckle & then something more worrying came to our collective minds.
Was this Aston Martin doing a Mercedes /BMW who launched cheap cars with Ford Blue collar price tags just so owners could pretended they had made it in life?
OK so the Cygnet was hardly Ford priced but it represented a budget entry point (based on something foreign) to Aston Martin ownership & in one fell swoop looked as it Aston Martin were about to undermine & negate the prestige cache of a VERY BRITISH sporting brand of car.
Thank goodness the silly thing has been quietly forgotten, certainly within AM circles.

I had a friend express similar concerns along the lines of "imagine someone placing their keys on the bar, showing off the Aston Martin keyring, winning a girl's attention to have to walk her out to THAT!"

I feel like the reaction when someone sees that the Cygnet is your idea of an Aston Martin would quickly dispell any myth that it carried anythiung near the brand pedigree as the cars do.

[Motormatt]

Aston obviously thought they knew their customers better than they really did.

Someone considering a city car to go with their city pad when they likely have several other homes and cars already, probably did not get to that point in their life by being a complete mug.

No surprise that is was a sales disaster then.