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  Tim Carroll

  13 years ago

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  Looks like they are halting production on talks on this one as of now, which is a shame. Great concept and love all the pics that came out on this one as well: http://www.boldride.com/ride/2011/aston-martin-cygnet--colette

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  GPS

  13 years ago

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  Nice little car. Classy. All this emissions stuff - if it enables AML to continue making the best cars in the world that's fine. Could become the Fiat 500 of the pseudo-middle (upper-working) class.
  PS I think AML missed an opportunity not badging the Rapide a Lagonda.

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  Chris

  13 years ago

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  If there is any small Japanese car that could could have done with an Aston Martin make over it is the Daihatsu Copen. They could have sold it as a replacement for the old MG Midget.
  
  Or they could have bought the old Smart Roadster platform from Benz.
  
  Or they could have spoken to Tesla and branded the roadster.

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  Steve Holler

  13 years ago

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  New and progressive concept by Aston Martin. Good work.
  I like Cygnet. Great for the city, small but luxurious.
  congratulations

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  Fiona Grimberg

  13 years ago

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  I love it. Small car for urban and city use. Design and technology.

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  Lilli Curz

  13 years ago

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  Great video and interesting concept.
  A traditional brand betting on new ideas.
  A small car, practical and above all utilitarian, a magnificent city car.

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  Omar

  13 years ago

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  David Brown was a huge Toyota fan right?

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  Tim

  13 years ago

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  I'm torn between loving and hating this. I love this because, as other have stated, it's an old company taking new, progressive, ideas and putting them into production. The world needs more companies like this. I hate it because it's not an Aston Martin. A large part of owning an Aston is the visceral experience behind mashing the throttle and being pinned back to the seat as your car swallows miles. If you are trying to be environmentally friendly/respond to the changing world, take the Fisker Karma or the Tesla Roadster as example of what to do next. Keep the visceral experience but change how it is delivered.

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  Mattias Sjoberg

  13 years ago

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  I love this. It is so refreshing to see such a traditional company like Aston Martin try a completely new nich and not just let it be a concept. Lets just see if they can find anyone to buy it...

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  Doug C.

  13 years ago

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  Hysterical and quite funny. Apparently the only response to the crisis of materials and space is to scale up a very modest car to luxury level. The fatal flaw is the car looks so out of place next to Aston's other models since they, like every other car company, can only copy the past, not design something new. Pop will eat itself.

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  Bilooky

  13 years ago

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  she looks a lot like the Toyota iQ

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  Alberto Villarreal

  13 years ago

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  Fritz Schumacher (not to be confused with the F1 Pilot) used to say "Small is Beautiful".

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  looks like

  13 years ago

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  Nissan IQ + premium materials + AstonMartin radiator grill?

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  jada

  13 years ago

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  This is just so sad... I don't believe it is to fill a non-existing gap in the marked, aka the mini luxury car (if it was they'd make a proper car, not just dress up a Toyota iQ), but and attempt to meet EU laws requiring that every manufacturer's average CO2 emission is below a certain number (manufacturers can team up as well, or it has been proposed as an solution, but who would have anything to gain from working with Aston Martin on this?).

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  design61

  13 years ago

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  I no longer strive to purchase an AM. You can blabber all you want, this is not what AM represents to me. To the yet unborn who will know different, sorry!

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  awa64

  13 years ago

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  The problem isn't that it's a small luxury car designed for an urban environment. That'd be great. I'd love to see a small, urban luxury car designed by Aston Martin.
  
  The problem is that this isn't a vehicle designed by Aston Martin at all--it's a Toyota iQ with an Aston Martin badge slapped on so Aston Martin can avoid a fine under the EU's new CAFE regulations on car manufacturers' fleetwide fuel economy and emissions.

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  Steve Roumeliotis

  13 years ago

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  The real reason behind the Cygnet is to offset the average corporate mileage of the Austin Martin cars (according to an SAE interview a few months back). Combine a low-mileage super car with a high-mileage econo car, and there you go. Simple as that, and you don't need to spend too much in development as Toyota did that already.

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  Sam

  13 years ago

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  The one thing they fail to mention is that it is just a rebadged Toyota/Scion IQ

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  sam anon

  13 years ago

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  It's worth noting this concept is predominantly driven by the need for all EU car manufacturers to lower the average carbon emissions of their range of cars.
  
  I think I'm right in thinking the car is a re-faced Toyota IQ.

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  Estrella

  13 years ago

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  I really think this concept is interesting! Thank you for the insight.

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