RE: Aston Martin finally builds the Cygnet we deserve

RE: Aston Martin finally builds the Cygnet we deserve

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calistomon

13 posts

85 months

Thursday 12th July 2018
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That's cheered me up.

hairyben

8,516 posts

182 months

Thursday 12th July 2018
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Nah.

Its funny when some dufus knocks one up in his shed just because, but commissioning one from gaydon just seems a bit trying too hard. Although looking at the arches I'm not ruling out there was a shed involved.

MajorMantra

1,265 posts

111 months

Thursday 12th July 2018
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RumbleOfThunder said:
3 Gaydon's. byebye
Yet somehow it felt like more.

The car is ridiculous but I like it.

ntiz

2,328 posts

135 months

Thursday 12th July 2018
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I just want to know how awesome your car collection is that this is what you decide to spend your money on.

Was nothing else he or she could think of having instead with the money? It’s really cool though.

NDNDNDND

2,001 posts

182 months

Thursday 12th July 2018
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anonymous said:
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You boring little tit.

GroundEffect

13,819 posts

155 months

Thursday 12th July 2018
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Berkut666 said:
I am surprised that with 430bhp and that amount of torque it takes so long to do 0-60??
A car that short will have really poor traction.

I 8 a 4RE

339 posts

240 months

Thursday 12th July 2018
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Anyone hating on this should signed off with a serious sense of humour failure.

Absolutely epic! Love the insanity!

The only question that remains ... what else could this fantastic sounding engine be shoehorned into?

OverSteery

3,586 posts

230 months

Thursday 12th July 2018
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GroundEffect said:
A car that short will have really poor traction.
An interesting assertion, please explain.
I can see all sorts of handling issues, but they are more concerned with the high Centre of gravity combined with a short wheel base.

It only about 15% shorter than a caterham 7, and they seem to do OK.

Edited by OverSteery on Thursday 12th July 10:07

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 12th July 2018
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The wheels look like Carlos fandango advert, they could have at least done a bespoke carbon body.

Jon_S_Rally

3,385 posts

87 months

Thursday 12th July 2018
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I genuinely can't believe that people are having a go at this. Yes it's stupid, yes it's not very pretty, but it's a roller skate with a V8 in it, how could that not raise a smile.

The fact that someone asked Aston to do it, Aston actually AGREED to have a go and the person stumped up the (no doubt huge amount of) cash for them to do it just makes it even better.

Talk about sense of humour malfunction.

Sford

427 posts

149 months

Thursday 12th July 2018
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Berkut666 said:
I am surprised that with 430bhp and that amount of torque it takes so long to do 0-60??
That probably includes the time it sits still spinning wheels before finding any grip.

JohnG1

3,462 posts

204 months

Thursday 12th July 2018
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Norfolkandchance said:
If it were mine I'd be going back to Aston and saying "now its passed SVA (or what ever), can you take an inch off the width of each of the wheel arch extensions, please".
But then it would fail the next MOT wouldn't it?

donkmeister

7,998 posts

99 months

Thursday 12th July 2018
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Wheelspin-limited 0-60?

Are we sure it's not limited by the fact it must be possible to pop a wheelie in this little green nugget of awesome? biggrin

If a Hellcat can do it, surely this could with suitable tyres and a sticky starting line?

TooMany2cvs

29,008 posts

125 months

Thursday 12th July 2018
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JohnG1 said:
Norfolkandchance said:
If it were mine I'd be going back to Aston and saying "now its passed SVA (or what ever), can you take an inch off the width of each of the wheel arch extensions, please".
But then it would fail the next MOT wouldn't it?
Yes, but since the plate doesn't come back to anything at all on VehicleEnquiry, it's fairly safe to assume that it's not road legal.

uuf361

3,154 posts

221 months

Thursday 12th July 2018
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Doesn't this belong in the badly modified cars thread ? It's hideous and chavtastic!

SpudLink

5,669 posts

191 months

Thursday 12th July 2018
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That’s very, very silly.

I love it.

It’s the sort of thing you’d expect a nutter an ‘eccentric gentleman’ to build in his shed, but in this case with full manufacturer support.

SturdyHSV

10,083 posts

166 months

Thursday 12th July 2018
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Jon_S_Rally said:
The fact that someone asked Aston to do it, Aston actually AGREED to have a go and the person stumped up the (no doubt huge amount of) cash for them to do it just makes it even better.
Agreed.

If I'd found the infinite money cheat, I'd like to think this is just the sort of thing I'd be up to as well rather than sucking off a dealer principle so I could buy another 911 with limited edition stickers on it hehe

suffolk009

5,344 posts

164 months

Thursday 12th July 2018
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Pah.

What a sissy. I'd have ordered mine with the V12.

murphyaj

610 posts

74 months

Thursday 12th July 2018
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anonymous said:
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I almost guarantee that whoever commissioned this can afford a Ferrari 458 Speciale to take to the track, and a race prepped caterham, and a road going hypercar, Range Rover, Rolls Royce AND still have plenty left over to indulge on this. It's their money they can spend it on whatever craziness they like. The engineers at Q aren't wasting their time because they will have been paid for this and that's their job; to let well heeled customers turn fantasy into reality.

As a car enthusiast I'm very glad there are people out there willing to do utterly stupid and irrational things like this. Yes it's unnecessary and pointless, but so is almost anything with a 4.7 litre V8.

cookie1600

2,094 posts

160 months

Thursday 12th July 2018
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I 8 a 4RE said:
The only question that remains ... what else could this fantastic sounding engine be shoehorned into?
Almost anything if you have imagination, time and dosh.

But if you want to consider a similar idea, using modified parts all from one manufacturer, this V8 front wheel drive one takes a prize from me:



http://www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/topic/333897-...