What is the point...

[no-worries88]

....of an Aston Martin Cygnet?
All that money for what? a badge?

[Dalto123]

Its for people with more money than sense!

[mackie1]

Something to do with average emissions over the range, which is of course nonsense.

[no-worries88]

I never really took any notice of them,but just had a look in the classifieds out of curiosity.
Utter madness

[TheHeretic]

It's for people who want to spend a shedload on a car designed for city travel, with the coachbuilt nice interior of an Aston Martin, and why not? It is, after all, their money.

You pays your money, you take your choice...



or,

[paranoid airbag]

TheHeretic said:

It's for people who want to spend a shedload on a car designed for city travel, with the coachbuilt nice interior of an Aston Martin, and why not? It is, after all, their money.

You pays your money, you take your choice...



or,

My choices:

6)the top one
5)nothing at all
4)a bus pass
3)any other car
2)the top one - on fire
1)the iQ

Glad they're making something not drab, but that red interior really is an abomination.

[crazy about cars]

Have to say the standard iQ interior does look very sexy there! I expected something more.... Micra-ish.

[no-worries88]

Not many people would understand,but i swear on my sons life id prefer the IQ than a Cygnet. I just couldnt justify it. Surely if a Boxter is a 'poor mans' 911,then what is the Cygnet?

[DukeDickson]

Dalto123 said:

Its for people with more money than sense!

Or put another way, for people to whom the 30k or so price difference is a total & utter irrelevance.
Why would you buy Tesco Value if you've been put in a position (by luck or hard work) where you don't have to?

[veryRS]

The leather strap and buckle on the glove box is worth £20k at least. I mean come on who wouldn't want a buckle up glovebox??

[martin84]

DukeDickson said:

Or put another way, for people to whom the 30k or so price difference is a total & utter irrelevance.
Why would you buy Tesco Value if you've been put in a position (by luck or hard work) where you don't have to?

But if you had so much money it was irrelevent surely there's a long list of cars any sane person would throw that irrelevent money at before a Cygnet?

[DukeDickson]

martin84 said:

DukeDickson said:

Or put another way, for people to whom the 30k or so price difference is a total & utter irrelevance.
Why would you buy Tesco Value if you've been put in a position (by luck or hard work) where you don't have to?

But if you had so much money it was irrelevent surely there's a long list of cars any sane person would throw that irrelevent money at before a Cygnet?

How many other handy little runabouts are there?

We're not dealing with financial constraint or need (in most senses) here, just about want.


The big problem with this kind if thing is that the vast majority look at it from the POV of a financially constrained petrol head and not from the correct vantage point.
Yes there are more exciting/worthy/good value options if you have @ 35 - 40k to burn, but do you think this is an either/or decision for 99% of the target market?

[martin84]

I dont think the Cygnet was made with the intention of them actually selling. Its made purely to satisfy EU regulations, if such regulations didn't exist Aston wouldn't bother with the Cygnet.

[Road Pest]

martin84 said:

I dont think the Cygnet was made with the intention of them actually selling. Its made purely to satisfy EU regulations, if such regulations didn't exist Aston wouldn't bother with the Cygnet.

Is that a nail being hammered?

[soad]

no-worries88 said:

Surely if a Boxter is a 'poor mans' 911,then what is the Cygnet?

I'm sure Clarkson would say something charming.