RE: Aston Martin Cygnet V8: Driven
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Not like the owner will mind the costs I would imagine. I can't begin to imagine what driving something like that would feel like!Nerdherder said:
Uniquely bonkers. Totally mad. I wonder what it sounds like, some moving pictures plus sound would be greatly appreciated.
Enjoyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEPS78rCZwg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99g4MHmbH4g
ultrastapler said:
Wish they had widened the car, rather than added the massive wheel arches. Like Sbarro used to do with Porsche engines golf mk2s in the eighties
Would have made more room for your legs as well inside. Though I expect the cost would be even more eye watering.
I think it would look better with Integrale (or Quattro) style flared arches.Would have made more room for your legs as well inside. Though I expect the cost would be even more eye watering.
If I had the money to commission a project from Aston Martin, I think I’d ask for a Vantage with the old style front grille.
Andy JB said:
1300kg! Yikes must try harder at this size and make it even more bonkers
I have to say I paused at that one too - evo quoted 1,375kg in their review! 
How can they make a sub-tonne car weigh so much?!? (Cygnet/iQ quoted kerb weight is either 860kg or 988kg, depending on where you look)
So...I understand the chassis reinforcement, the additional 3+ litres of engine and fluids, the beefier transmission, suspension and brakes...but is that really 400kg extra?!? I mean, the Jag motor weighs c.200kg fully dressed, which suggests the powertrain contribution can only be (at most) half of that increase including fluids.
Weight questions aside, that IS suitably, gloriously bonkers!
ExVantagemech.. said:
As for the ABS/TCS one would assume that the hubs are still AM?
The ECU and therefore wiring will more than likely be lifted from a Vantage, meaning it would not be impossible to wire a Bosch M5 motorsport
adjustable ABS/TCS system (as are fitted into the racers) which can be adjusted for individual requirements.
Well I'm glad someone else said this as I didn't want to look like some weirdo internet stalker. The ECU and therefore wiring will more than likely be lifted from a Vantage, meaning it would not be impossible to wire a Bosch M5 motorsport
adjustable ABS/TCS system (as are fitted into the racers) which can be adjusted for individual requirements.
can't remember said:
ExVantagemech.. said:
As for the ABS/TCS one would assume that the hubs are still AM?
The ECU and therefore wiring will more than likely be lifted from a Vantage, meaning it would not be impossible to wire a Bosch M5 motorsport
adjustable ABS/TCS system (as are fitted into the racers) which can be adjusted for individual requirements.
Well I'm glad someone else said this as I didn't want to look like some weirdo internet stalker. The ECU and therefore wiring will more than likely be lifted from a Vantage, meaning it would not be impossible to wire a Bosch M5 motorsport
adjustable ABS/TCS system (as are fitted into the racers) which can be adjusted for individual requirements.
Sorry, I will refrain from being nerd like in future.... This car IIRC has been in development for quite a while, I remember chatting to someone at AMR about it, probably 3 or 4 years.Nerd remark No2 Warning..... It could quite easily have been a spanish box (sportshift is automated manuel) as it uses cables for the shift. Probably would have been easier to fit as well.... and lighter. I could not lift the transaxles they were so heavy, hence the lardy weigh in!
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