The shock announcement
On 29th June 2009 Aston Martin released a single image of a full size clay model. It showed a small city car with a distinctive, but large, grill, and a full width front spoiler. In the accompanying release it was disclosed that it was based on the Toyota iQ, and that although it would retain the iQ’s engine and running gear it would feature Aston’s own bespoke interior.
The shock announcement
On 29th June 2009 Aston Martin released a single image of a full size clay model. It showed a small city car with a distinctive, but large, grill, and a full width front spoiler. In the accompanying release it was disclosed that it was based on the Toyota iQ, and that although it would retain the iQ’s engine and running gear it would feature Aston’s own bespoke interior.
The shock announcement
On 29th June 2009 Aston Martin released a single image of a full size clay model. It showed a small city car with a distinctive, but large, grill, and a full width front spoiler. In the accompanying release it was disclosed that it was based on the Toyota iQ, and that although it would retain the iQ’s engine and running gear it would feature Aston’s own bespoke interior.
The shock announcement
On 29th June 2009 Aston Martin released a single image of a full size clay model. It showed a small city car with a distinctive, but large, grill, and a full width front spoiler. In the accompanying release it was disclosed that it was based on the Toyota iQ, and that although it would retain the iQ’s engine and running gear it would feature Aston’s own bespoke interior.
The motoring press loved the V8 Cygnet
For a car supposedly unloved, the Cygnet provided significant copy for the motoring press
The Cygnet has featured in a wide range of articles (not all negative).
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2009
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Aston’s iQ test (Top Gear, 29 June 2009)
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2010 / 2011 Aston Martin Cygnet (Car and Driver, 29 June 2009)
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Aston Martin Partners With Toyota On Cygnet City Car Concept (Jalopnik, 29 June 2009)
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Aston Martin Working On Toyota iQ-Based Minicar (MotorAuthority, 29 June 2009)
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Aston Martin 'Cygnet' Concept Works Over The Toyota iQ (Car Connection, 29 June 2009)
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Baby Aston (EVO, 30 June 2009)
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Ten-Foot Aston Martin Cygnet Gets 50 MPG, Plays Sidecar to Your DBS (PopularScience, 30 June 2009)
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Why the Aston Martin Cygnet is wrong, by Gavin Green (Car, 2 July 2009)
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Aston Martin Cygnet City Car Rendered (Jalopnik, 2 July 2009)
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Aston Martin Cygnet: Handcrafted, too? (MotorAuthority, 6 July 2009)
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Aston Martin Cygnet concept (2009) first official photos (Car, 16 December 2009)
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First Official Photos: Aston Martin Cygnet (Road&Track, 16 December 2009)
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Aston Martin Cygnet: yep, it’s an IQ (Top Gear, 16 December 2009)
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2011 Aston Martin Cygnet (Car and Driver, 16 December 2009)
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Aston Martin Cygnet revealed (EVO, 16 December 2009)
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Official Images: Aston Martin Cygnet (Pistonheads, 16 December 2009)
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Aston Martin Cygnet reserved only for Aston owners - report (Motor1.com, 30 December 2009)
2010
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Aston Martin Cygnet On Video (Pistonheads, 4 January 2010)
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Aston Martin Cygnet Targeting Urban Youth in Latest Viral Video? (Motor1.com, 4 January 2010)
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Spied! Aston Martin Cygnet - Spy Shots (Road&Track, 17 February 2010)
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Photos: Aston Martin Cygnet (Road&Track, 17 February 2010)
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Aston Martin Cygnet Concept Debuts - No recall expected! (Motor1.com, 2 March 2010)
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Geneva: Aston Martin Cygnet Aims High (Pistonheads, 3 March 2010)
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2010 Geneva Motor Show: Aston Martin Cygnet Concept (MotorAuthority, 3 March 2010)
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Aston - why we built the Cygnet (Autocar, 12 March 2010)
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Aston Martin Targets Eccentrics with Bizarre Cygnet Options? (Motor1.com, 17 March 2010)
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Aston Martin Goes Green With Zebra-Skin Baby Swan From Toyota (Green Car Reports, 17 March 2010)
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Aston Martin Hopes Cygnet Can Push Sales Beyond 6,000 Cars Per Year (MotorAuthority, 26 March 2010)
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The Cygnet Gets Unobtrusive (Road&Track, 13 April 2010)
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Aston Martin Cygnet news and pictures (EVO, 11 October 2010)
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Aston Martin Cygnet is real, coming next year (Top Gear, 11 October 2010)
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Aston Martin Cygnet: 2011 production car revealed (Car, 11 October 2010)
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Aston Martin confirms Cygnet production (Motor1.com, 11 October 2010)
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Aston Martin Cygnet Gets Production Green Light (MotorAuthority, 11 October 2010)
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Aston's Swan Song? (Road&Track, 12 October 2010)
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Photos: Aston Martin Cygnet (Road&Track, 12 November 2010)
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Aston Martin Cygnet Will Launch in 2011 (Road&Track, 12 November 2010)
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Aston Martin Cygnet unveiled at Harrod's department store (Motor1.com, 16 November 2010)
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Mark Ritson: Aston Martin’s cygnet will prove an ugly duckling (Marketing Week, 18 November 2010)
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Aston Martin Cygnet is a go (Auto123, 2010)
2011
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Aston Martin's Launch Edition Cygnets (Car, 20 January 2011)
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Aston Martin Cygnet Production Starts April, Launch Editions Unveiled (MotorAuthority, 20 January 2011)
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Aston Martin announces Cygnet launch details (Motor1.com, 21 January 2011)
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Aston Martin Cygnet Launches in Europe for €37,995—Only One-Third the Price of a V8 Vantage (Car and Driver, 21 January 2011)
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Aston Martin Cygnet launch editions: White and Black (TestDriven, 21 January 2011)
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The Origin Of The Species, Cygnet Edition (Jalopnik, 31 January 2011)
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Anthony ffrench-Constant on the Aston Martin Cygnet (Car, 17 February 2011)
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The Aston Cygnet is not an ugly duckling (The National News, 19 February 2011)
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Project Kahn will do the Aston Martin Cygnet (Motor1.com, 22 February 2011)
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Project Kahn is Working on a Modified Aston Martin Cygnet (TorqueReport, 25 February 2011)
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Aston Martin Cygnet (Whatcar, 28 February 2011)
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Aston’s iQ to cost £31k (Top Gear, 11 March 2011)
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Aston Martin Launches Configurators For Virage, Cygnet (MotorAuthority, 17 May 2011)
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Aston Martin Cygnet EV coming in 2013 - report (Motor1.com, 18 May 2011)
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Aston Martin Cygnet Edges Towards Reality, Electrifies Spies (Green Car Reports, 18 May 2011)
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Aston Martin And French Fashion Label Colette Create Custom Cygnet (MotorAuthority, 23 June 2011)
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Aston Martin Cygnet & Colette first official pictures (Car, 24 June 2011)
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Aston Martin ties up with Colette for limited edition Cygnet & Colette cars (Luxury Launches, 24 June 2011)
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Sir Stirling Moss buys an Aston Martin Cygnet (Motor1.com, 12 July 2011)
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Stirling Moss Buys Aston Martin Cygnet (MotorAuthority, 14 July 2011)
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Stirling Moss gets an Aston Martin Cygnet (EVO, 15 July 2011)
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Aston Martin Cygnet special edition by Colette (Motor1.com, 23 July 2011)
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Aston Martin to Make Eco-Rally Debut With Cygnet (autoevolution, 30 July 2011)
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Aston Martin Cygnet Sales Slow, Supply Problems To Blame (MotorAuthority, 19 September 2011)
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Aston Martin Cygnet in short supply - report (Motor1.com, 22 September 2011)
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If the Aston Martin Cygnet Had a Facebook Profile... (Car and Driver, 5 October 2011)
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The Aston Martin guide to towing (Top Gear, 7 October 2011)
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Aston Martin Cygnet will be offered in Japan & Hong Kong (Motor1.com, 24 October 2011)
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Aston Martin Cygnet Launched in Japan and Hong Kong (AutoEvolution, 24 October 2011)
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Photos: 2012 Aston Martin Cygnet (Road&Track, 10 November 2011)
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2012 Aston Martin Cygnet (Road&Track, 10 November 2011)
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Photos: High-End vs. Low-End: Aston Martin Cygnet and Scion iQ (Road&Track, 14 November 2011)
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Aston Martin Cygnet shows off hand-crafted production (Motor1.com, 14 December 2011)
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How To Turn A Scion iQ Into An Aston Martin Cygnet (Green Car Reports, 14 December 2011)
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Aston Martin Shows Why The Cygnet Costs What It Does (MotorAuthority, 14 December 2011)
2012
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A. Kahn Design Tries Its Hand At Cygnet Customization (MotorAuthority, 10 February 2012)
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CAR reader interviews Aston Martin chairman David Richards (Car, 11 June 2012)
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2012 Aston Martin Cygnet – “Luxury for the city” (MyCarCoach, 4 August 2012)
2013
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Aston Martin 'Cygnet & Colette' limited edition seen in Dubai (Motor1.com, 9 April 2013)
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Aston Martin Cygnet axed (Pistonheads, 30 September 2013)
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Aston Martin Cygnet axed - report (Motor1.com, 27 September 2013)
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The Aston Martin Cygnet Is No More….. Can We Get An Amen (DriveLife, 29 September 2013)
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Aston Martin Cygnet Dead: No More Tender For Your Land-Yacht (MotorAuthority, 30 September 2013)
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Aston Martin Cygnet discontinued (EVO, 1 October 2013)
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Aston Martin kills the Cygnet (Top Gear, 1 October 2013)
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Aston Martin Killing Scion iQ–Based Cygnet (Car and Driver, 1 October 2013)
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Aston Marin Cygnet officially discontinued (Motor1.com, 1 October 2013)
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Aston Martin Cygnet Given The Axe (MotorBeam, 2 October 2013)
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Aston Martin Pulls the Plug on Cygnet After Selling 150 Cars Instead of…12,000 (Carscoop, 8 October 2013)
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Aston Martin Cygnet minicar scrapped after posting embarrassing sales (Newsday, 8 October 2013)
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Aston Martin Culls Its Ugly Duckling: Scion iQ-Based Cygnet Is Dead (Green Car Reports, 18 October 2013)
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Hallelujah brothers and sisters the Aston Martin Cygnet is dead (TheFastLaneCar, 20 October 2013)
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Preposterous Aston Martin V12 Cygnet rumors die fast (Motor1.com, 26 October 2012)
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Saying goodbye to the Aston Martin Cygnet (Autocar, 27 October 2013)
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Huge V-12 For Tiny Aston Martin Cygnet? Un-Greening The Scion iQ (Green Car Reports, 29 October 2013)
2014
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The Way To Make A Scion iQ An Aston Martin Cygnet (Jalopnik, 15 May 2014)
2015
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Ten Cars That Seriously Don't Fit In Their Company Lineups (Jalopnik, 12 January 2015)
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Why The Aston Martin Cygnet Is The World's Ugliest Car (Carthrottle, 18 May 2015)
2016
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World's rarest city car? The Aston Martin Cygnet story (Auto Express, 13 August 2016)
2017
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Channel your inner James Bond with this 007-plate Cygnet (Top Gear, 5 October 2017)
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Was the Worst Aston Martin the World’s Best City Car? (MotorBiscuit, 28 March 2017)
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Aston Martin Cygnet: Spotted (Pistonheads, 18 November 2017)
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When Good Ideas Go Bad: Aston Martin Cygnet (GTPlanet, 27 September 2017)
2018
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2014 Aston Martin Cygnet – Today’s Quirky Tempter (Unique Cars, 28 January 2018)
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What was the Aston Martin Cygnet? (The Daily Drive, 23 April 2018)
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The Aston Martin Cygnet Is a Future Classic (Jalopnik, 15 August 2018)
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Aston Martin Cygnet Concept Car Revealed (Motor1.com, 12 July 2018)
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The ‘ugly duckling’ Aston Martin would rather forget (Influx 2018)
2019
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Aston Martin Cygnet Concept - First Full View Images Released (Motor1.com, 16 December 2019)
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10 of the Worst Badge-Engineered Cars Ever (MotorBiscuit, 5 March 2019)
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The Short Life And Sad Times Of The Aston Martin Cygnet (DrivingLine, 12 March 2019)
2020
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Remember When Aston Martin Rebadged A Toyota Hatch? (Carscoops, 19 April 2020)
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Inside the industry: was the Aston Martin Cygnet before its time? (Autocar, 7 September 2020)
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Aston Martin Cygnet Generations Timeline, Soecs, and Pictures (Autoevolution, 15 October 2020)
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Now’s your chance to own an ultra-rare Aston Martin Cygnet (Motor1.com, 19 October 2020)
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The Aston Martin Cygnet was rubbish when it first came out (Drivetribe, 2020)
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The Aston Martin Cygnet is Becoming Collectible (Drivetribe, 2020)
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10 Times High-End Car Brands Tried To Sell A Complete Beater (Hotcars, 21 December 2020)
2021
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Most Unique Cars From Popular Brands: Here Are Our Top-Five Picks Of The Lot! (Drive Spark, 4 January 2021)
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Top 10 Rarest Cars in Forza History (Keengamer, 19 January 2021)
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The worst Aston Martin ever made (YesAuto, 21 January 2021)
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10 Luxury Cars Everyone Loves To Hate (Hotcars, 31 January 2021)
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Analysis: Supercar prices are under fire (Autocar, 8 February 2021)
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10 Cool Facts Everyone Forgot About Aston Martin's Sports Cars (Hotcars, 2 May 2021)
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11 Rare Aston Martins Built In Limited Numbers (Hotcars, 15 June 2021)
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The History and Evolution of the Aston Martin Cygnet (Money Inc, July 2021)
2022
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The Cheapest Ways To Own An Aston Martin (Hot Cars, 24 February 2022)
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Rover 75, Aston Martin Cygnet, Ford Focus RS ‒ future classic cars that will be worth a fortune (Love Money, 18 May 2022)
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5 Aston Martins We'd Buy Used (3 We Stay Away From) (Hot Cars, 29 June 2022)
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Our Pal Doug DeMuro Borrows Our Aston Martin Cygnet, The Smallest And Strangest Aston Ever (Autopian, 15 July 2022)
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This Is Why The Aston Martin Cygnet Is A Future Classic (Hot Cars, 1 September 2022)
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Curbside Classic: 2012 Aston Martin Cygnet – Aston’s Bird-Brained Scheme (Curbside Classic, 27 October 2022)
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Fail of the century #30: Aston Martin Cygnet (Top Gear, 11 November 2022)
- Do You Remember The Aston Martin Cygnet? (Top Speed, 18 December 2022)
2023
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10 British Cars Nobody Looked At Twice 10 Years Ago... Today They're Worth A Fortune (Hotcars, 10 January 2023)
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Tiny Luxury on Four Wheels: The Aston Martin Cygnet’s Bold Attempt at Reinventing Urban Driving (Innovolo, 21 March 2023)
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Top Gear’s Top 9: the most expensive small cars (Top Gear, 20 April 2023)
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Holy Crap, Used Aston Martin Cygnets Are Expensive (Jalopnik, 11 July 2023)
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Aston Martin Cygnet model guide (Presitge and Performance Cars, 18 July 2023)
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Legend or Lemon? Our verdict on the world’s most controversial cars (Yahoo, 23 July 2023)
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The 20 Worst Cars Ever Made (Money Inc, 23 July 2023)
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1993 Mazda MX-5 with Aston Martin body kit is happy to not be a Cygnet (Motor1.com, 3 August 2023)
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Why Prices Of Used Aston Martin Cygnets Make Absolutely No Sense (Hot Cars, 18 August 2023)
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10 Things That Made The Aston Martin Cygnet Cooler Than You Realize (Top Speed, 13 October 2023)
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The biggest oddballs ever made in the car world (Autocar, 21 November 2023)
2024
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Aston Martin hatchback dubbed ‘world’s rarest’ found abandoned – even the unique number plate is worth ‘a fortune' (The Sun, 18 January 2024)
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This Aston Martin Cygnet used car costs as much as a DB9 (Ruetir, 1 February 2024)
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13 car names that would also make terrible names for Gladiators (Top Gear, 16 February 2024)
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Every road-legal Aston Martin since 2013 - ranked! (Pistonheads, 10 February 2024)
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James Bond’s cars of the future (The Irish News, 20 March 2024)
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The Best MPG Aston Martin Cars Ever (encyCARpedia, 30 July 2024)
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10 Times Automakers Built Something Completely Unexpected (CarBuzz, 16 September 2024)
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When Cygnets Were Swallows: Cold Start (The Autopian, 21 November 2024)