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Aston Martin Cygnet revealed

  • Aston Martin Cygnet to go on sale in spring 2011
  • Toyota iQ base with Aston body and interior
  • One trim available, but customers can personalise

Written by Parkers Published: 11 October 2010 Updated: 1 February 2017

Aston Martin says its Cygnet 'luxury' city car will go on sale in the UK in spring next year but it'll cost buyers at least £30,000. 

Measuring just 3 metres long, the new car will be the smallest Aston Martin ever. It is essentially a Toyota iQ with an Aston Martin skin but, sadly, it doesn't have the iQ's £11k pricetag

The car was revealed in 2009 as a concept car but the production model pictured here isn't hugely different from that. Aston is now importing factory-ready Toyota iQs from Japan and will be fitting different body panels and interior at its Gaydon HQ.

There'll be one just version with a 97bhp 1.3-litre four-cylinder petrol engine available. Customers can personalise it but if they do they there's every chance the price will exceed the £40k mark. Aston says no two Cygnets will be identical, however.

It'll return 59mpg on average with CO2 emissions of 113g/km. Its performance will be very un-Aston with a top speed of at 106mph flat and a 0-62mph acceleration of 11.8 seconds.