Aston Martin went bonkers when it made the Cygnet in 2011, and sold it for a few years. Why on earth did an automaker, known for V8 and V12-powered grand tourers like the Vanquish, create a city car ...

When first announced in 2011, the Aston Martin Cygnet piqued global interest: a tiny sub 845kg (curb weight) hatchback with Aston mechanical gubbins. Where do I sign? Instead, the world received an ...

Stuffing a 4.7-liter V8 into a small city car makes absolutely no sense, but Aston Martin did it anyway, and we can't help but stand up and applaud. Follow us: If you never heard about the Aston ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the automotive industry and where it is headed next. The Aston Martin Cygnet was already a rather strange car. It ...

The Aston Martin Cygnet is one of the quirkiest luxury cars you'd ever get to lay your eyes on. It's a luxury city car based on the Toyota iQ, also sold in America as the Scion iQ, an excellent small ...

Remember the Aston Martin Cygnet? What a ridiculous little thing that was. It was essentially just a Toyota IQ supermini hatchback—with the same 1.3-liter, 100-horsepower, three-cylinder engine—just ...