Aston Martin Cygnet

[tonyg]

To end

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24455948

Well doh - who thought anyone with half a brain would buy one in the first place?

[jj]

If they only sold 150 then they must all be within Central London; I've seen dozens of different ones. The interiors are absolutely top notch but they were definitely onto a loser from the start in terms of sales.

[Corranga]

Was part of it's existence not something to do with EU laws about car companies and pollution or something, meaning that companies had to be below an average of X across their range, though they could pair up with other manufacturers to meet the requirement?

Aston really must have been on something when they thought that they could facelift an IQ and sell it, especially given that most photos seem to be of IQ white ones!!

[ClarkyBoy]

A PR company take 2 of them to snowbombing in Austria each year,

all wrapped in funky graphics, the quilted leather looks hilarious in what's just an IQ lol

[j2 lot]

Was part of it's existence not something to do with EU laws about car companies and pollution or something, meaning that companies had to be below an average of X across their range,

A misconception - only applies to manufacturers selling more than 10.000 cars p.a. so Aston never needed to lower their average emmissions anyway

[Corranga]

Was part of it's existence not something to do with EU laws about car companies and pollution or something, meaning that companies had to be below an average of X across their range,

A misconception - only applies to manufacturers selling more than 10.000 cars p.a. so Aston never needed to lower their average emmissions anyway

Ah cool, I suppose it does make sense that it wouldn't apply to low volume manufacturers.

Are these quirky enough to be proper expensive future classics do we think ?

[Andy G]

it really was a shower of

Shame on Aston really

[jj]

Saw a chrome one on my way home tonight.