Aston Martin Cygnet. RIP.

[ajprice]

They wanted to sell 4000 a year in 3 years, they sold less than 150. It's dead now.

http://www.carscoops.com/2013/10/aston-martin-pulls-plug-on-cygnet-after.html

[Evilution]

Re: Aston Martin Cygnet. RIP.

It was grossly over priced. Shame, it was a nice looking rehash of the IQ. Hopefully the price will come down and I'll get one.

[Slartibartfast]

Re: Aston Martin Cygnet. RIP.

I actually saw one on the road the othr day. True story.

[StripeyNick]

Re: Aston Martin Cygnet. RIP.

Shame. I saw one in Penarth the other night. Looks much better than the Toyota iQ.

[madDan]

Re: Aston Martin Cygnet. RIP.

Less idiots about with money to burn than they thought obviously, they probably thought if smart can do it by putting some bling on a car and calling it a Brabus........

[Slartibartfast]

Re: Aston Martin Cygnet. RIP.

Yeah, but if it was based on the Roadster things may have been different!

[adrimo]

Re: Aston Martin Cygnet. RIP.

Very nice cars but way overpriced, if it was around the £18k mark they would have shifted quicker

[Thrumbleux]

Re: Aston Martin Cygnet. RIP.

What's the difference?

Aston-Martin-Cygnet-12%u002525255B2%25255D.jpg

New-Ford-Fiesta.jpg

About £20 - 50k.

[otv]

Re: Aston Martin Cygnet. RIP.

customer of mine has one - loves it

[superstevie]

Re: Aston Martin Cygnet. RIP.

There are couple of them in Edinburgh. It was a good idea in principal, just poorly executed. It needed to be more than a new nose and nicer trimmed interior. It should've been tuned up, new suspension etc. At least Brabus do that to the standard smart

[Kapt. Q]

Re: Aston Martin Cygnet. RIP.

At the end of the day it was a Toyota (the company that when ripping Smart off couldn't be less blatant than calling it 'IQ'), It's a Toyota whatever they called it and whatever grille they put on it, even idiot mega rich boutique shoppers realised that.

Cheers!

[Thrumbleux]

Re: Aston Martin Cygnet. RIP.

Did the endeavour - however limited the sales were - contribute to Aston Martin's corporate fuel economy average thus allowing them to sell the thirsty V8 and V12 models on which they should have made a profit (but somehow failed to)?

[Mike T]

Re: Aston Martin Cygnet. RIP.

The iQ should not be far behind, it is selling so poorly worldwide, it's truly pathetic.

[madDan]

Re: Aston Martin Cygnet. RIP.

Unless smart pull something special out of the bag with the next model I don't exactly see it flying off the shelves!

[Evilution]

Re: Aston Martin Cygnet. RIP.

Agree with madDan. The release of the next fortwo/forfour will make or break smart. If they do well I think we'll see a new Roadster.
However, I'm guessing the new fortwo will be a disappointment, constrained by boundaries and restricted by conservative design.