Aston Martin announces £20k Cygnet

"New luxury commuter concept" based on the Toyota iQ

Aston Martin announces £20k Cygnet

30 June 2009 9:44 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

Have you always wanted to own an Aston Martin? Well, that dream might be closer to reality than you'd think.

The luxury car marque has announced it is to launch a £20k motor for the "urban traveller", a far cry from the £100k or so usually required to get the keys for an Aston.

The Cygnet, described as a "new luxury commuter concept" will offer Aston Martin luxury design in a car based on the Toyota iQ.

Apparently the first time Toyota has entered in to an OEM agreement, the two car company's bosses are said to have hit it off at the Nurburgring 24-hour race, where they shared garage facilities.

"Small is beautiful these days", Ulrich Bez, the CEO of Aston Martin said. "We have to move on from the preconceived ideas regarding what Aston Martin is about".

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Comments

  • It's a nice friendly looking Picachu car, hope it's got a grunt of a crazed Tranformer.
    Definitely a "girly" car     Posted by Glenn Rostron, ENGLAND
  • At £20k it is only £5k more than a top of the range Toyota iQ, with all the extras. The badge must be worth that much alone... Posted by chrishall, United Kingdom
  • I don't think that grille will stay no matter how distinctive it is to Aston Martin Posted by steveG, United Kingdom
  • It's totally derivative design and boring... at least (even being Japanese) the Toyotas break moulds.

     Posted by David James, England

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