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Aston Martin Cygnet - Click above for high-res image gallery​

Remember the day when Aston Martins were two-seat sportscars? Yeah, neither can we because a lot's happened since then. The Rapide four-door. The Lagonda crossover concept. And this, the Cygnet.

News first broke that Aston was working on a city car based on the Toyota iQ back in June, with initial details and photos released half a year later. Now the Cygnet has made its official auto show debut here in Geneva, modestly nestled in between the company's Vantages and DB9s.

The idea is to provide existing Aston owners with an urban tender in which to zip around congested city centers like London. Say what you will of the idea, but the fit and finish on the Cygnet look suitably Aston. Just shrunken down and chopped up. With it, Aston Martin just might end up redefining what an Aston Martin is. But a sportscar, good sir, it most certainly is not. Have a look for yourself in the gallery of live shots below, and the stock shots in the gallery below that, complete with Gulf livery and Bape-aping camouflage.


Gallery: Geneva 2010: Aston Martin Cygnet



Gallery: Aston Martin Cygnet


Geneva 2010: Toyota-based Aston Martin Cygnet "intentionally accelerates" onto show floor originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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