AM Cygnet

[petrix31]

Just saw my first AM Cygnet in Paris. What a pointless, vile piece of ***t! If you can imagine it is even more hideous in the flesh than it was in the photos.

[Shmee]

petrix31 said:

Just saw my first AM Cygnet in Paris. What a pointless, vile piece of ***t! If you can imagine it is even more hideous in the flesh than it was in the photos.

I was taking a look at one in London last week; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxVL_6RQ3nU

Was the one you saw "in the wild" and on the street?

[roughrider]

petrix31 said:

Just saw my first AM Cygnet in Paris. What a pointless, vile piece of ***t! If you can imagine it is even more hideous in the flesh than it was in the photos.

If it allows Aston Martin to keep shoehorning the gorgeous 6.0 V12 engine into the rest of their range, fantastic!!
Would you prefer a Rolex, over a Sekonda? They both do pretty much the same job, but people being people, prefer exclusivity, finish, quality materials, brand image, and other peoples perception of their acquisition. The Rolex comes at a much higher price, but they sell anyway!
Cygnet is insurable for the younger generation, and great in the city...............

[Mako V12V]

How much are these Matchbox cars??

[Shmee]

Mako V12V said:

How much are these Matchbox cars??

Something in the ball park of £30,000 but nobody seems to know exactly.

[hartley]

roughrider said:

petrix31 said:

Just saw my first AM Cygnet in Paris. What a pointless, vile piece of ***t! If you can imagine it is even more hideous in the flesh than it was in the photos.

If it allows Aston Martin to keep shoehorning the gorgeous 6.0 V12 engine into the rest of their range, fantastic!!
Would you prefer a Rolex, over a Sekonda? They both do pretty much the same job, but people being people, prefer exclusivity, finish, quality materials, brand image, and other peoplnoone has es perception of their acquisition. The Rolex comes at a much higher price, but they sell anyway!
Cygnet is insurable for the younger generation, and great in the city...............

As far as I know noone has successfully managed to rebadge a Sekonda and sell it as a Rolex - how stupid are people ?;)

[hornetrider]

roughrider said:

petrix31 said:

Just saw my first AM Cygnet in Paris. What a pointless, vile piece of ***t! If you can imagine it is even more hideous in the flesh than it was in the photos.

If it allows Aston Martin to keep shoehorning the gorgeous 6.0 V12 engine into the rest of their range, fantastic!!
Would you prefer a Rolex, over a Sekonda? They both do pretty much the same job, but people being people, prefer exclusivity, finish, quality materials, brand image, and other peoples perception of their acquisition. The Rolex comes at a much higher price, but they sell anyway!
Cygnet is insurable for the younger generation, and great in the city...............

I saw quite an informed post somewhere on here which refuted the raison d'etre of this car in terms of lowering Aston's average CO2. The sales figures would have to be ludicrously high.

This car is just.... hideous. Do we see any other sportscar manufacturers taking this approach?

[Murph7355]

hornetrider said:

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I saw quite an informed post somewhere on here which refuted the raison d'etre of this car in terms of lowering Aston's average CO2. The sales figures would have to be ludicrously high....

If one repeats bks often enough, it ends up being the de facto truth...or at least the people who dreamed up the Cygnet are hoping.

[4leks]

Aston basically devalues the brand and the name by doing that...If Cygnet become popular I think a lot of people would think twice before spending £100k+ on new "proper" Aston

[tuscaneer]

oh god i don't think i can take another 12 fking pages on this.moderators!!!!....please lock this thread !!!! this has just ruined christmas dredging up this horrible little fox's biscuit shped abomination!

[Murph7355]

tuscaneer said:

... this horrible little fox's biscuit shped abomination!

[hartley]

Do you think the Cygnet is aimed at the billions of Chinese who will buy any tat associated with a well known brand ? Are we in the West now irrelevant as car production is a numbers game and there just are not enough of us - China India etc are the markets that matter .Cheery thought for Christmas - Morgan anybody ?

[Cipo]

hartley said:

Do you think the Cygnet is aimed at the billions of Chinese who will buy any tat associated with a well known brand ?

Thought they were only going to be available to existing Aston owners?

[whoami]

Cipo said:

hartley said:

Do you think the Cygnet is aimed at the billions of Chinese who will buy any tat associated with a well known brand ?

Thought they were only going to be available to existing Aston owners?

No

[notax]

whoami said:

Cipo said:

hartley said:

Do you think the Cygnet is aimed at the billions of Chinese who will buy any tat associated with a well known brand ?

Thought they were only going to be available to existing Aston owners?

No

They were originally only going to be sold to existing owners to use as 'tenders' to their proper Aston in the same way as people use a tender to get to their superyacht

They then realised that existing Aston owners had good taste and decided they wouldn't sell any to them afterall!

[whoami]

notax said:

whoami said:

Cipo said:

hartley said:

Do you think the Cygnet is aimed at the billions of Chinese who will buy any tat associated with a well known brand ?

Thought they were only going to be available to existing Aston owners?

No

They were originally only going to be sold to existing owners to use as 'tenders' to their proper Aston in the same way as people use a tender to get to their superyacht

They then realised that existing Aston owners had good taste and decided they wouldn't sell any to them afterall!

That was all thinly veiled marketing nonsense.

[Murph7355]

Cipo said:

Thought they were only going to be available to existing Aston owners?

That was until they got someone with a calculator to look at the emissions figures/tricky sums.

Now they've realised they need to sell 30,000 of them for that reason to stand up

[Leicesterdave]

£30,995 is the price for one of these. Order books open from now- open to anyone.

http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/24012011/36/aston-martin-...

[Vantagefan]

hornetrider said:

roughrider said:

petrix31 said:

Just saw my first AM Cygnet in Paris. What a pointless, vile piece of ***t! If you can imagine it is even more hideous in the flesh than it was in the photos.

If it allows Aston Martin to keep shoehorning the gorgeous 6.0 V12 engine into the rest of their range, fantastic!!
Would you prefer a Rolex, over a Sekonda? They both do pretty much the same job, but people being people, prefer exclusivity, finish, quality materials, brand image, and other peoples perception of their acquisition. The Rolex comes at a much higher price, but they sell anyway!
Cygnet is insurable for the younger generation, and great in the city...............

I saw quite an informed post somewhere on here which refuted the raison d'etre of this car in terms of lowering Aston's average CO2. The sales figures would have to be ludicrously high.

This car is just.... hideous. Do we see any other sportscar manufacturers taking this approach?

No.

Because they are owned by a bigger brand that absorbs the CO2 requirements. Ferrari/Fiat, Lamborghini/VWG, Porsche/VWG etc

[Speedraser]

1) That's not a good enough reason to do something so atrocious.
2) It demonstrates the utter stupidity of the regulations.
3) To point 2), no one seems to know what the emissions requirements for a low-volume (without the Cygnet, anyway) firm like AM will be, which is also completely absurd.