My Second Car is Aston Martin

Luxury sport car maker Aston Martin has forged an alliance with Toyota to develop what could be the world's first luxury city car that you and me can afford.

Aston Martin today released a photo of the Cygnet concept, which is a Toyota iQ with restyled front sheet metal.
Reports in Britain say Aston Martin will put the Cygnet on sale next year. It will be made available initially to current Aston owners, or those who have a car on order, before being offered to the public. So if you want to buy one of these car, you have to be fast or you have to buy a Aston Martin.

About US$32,357. Aston says a key part of the Cygnet is a new grille design for the automaker. There also are slight changes to the shape of the headlamps, and the addition of Aston's signature vents on the hood and front quarter panels. These worth probably 80% of the value of the car!

Aston won't make mechanical changes to the iQ. Toyota will build the cars and ship them to Aston's assembly plant in Gaydon, England. There, Aston will trim out the interiors with leather.
I am sure that there will be hit on this car as only 2,000 is made a year!
The addition of the Cygnet to Aston's vehicle fleet will improve its emissions ratings. Toyota launched the iQ in Europe in January.

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