VeloceToday.com https://velocetoday.com The Online Magazine for Italian and French Classic Car Enthusiasts Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:07:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The Cygnet and its Swansong https://velocetoday.com/the-cygnet-and-its-swansong/ https://velocetoday.com/the-cygnet-and-its-swansong/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:14:45 +0000 https://velocetoday.com/?p=173350

The luxury Microcar, the Aston Martin Cygnet. ( Photo Gauld)

Story by Graham Gauld

It was fifteen years ago, 2011, when for some strange reason, the Aston Martin board decided it would be a good idea for Aston Martin to change the habit of a lifetime by building a super-mini road car: the Aston Martin Cygnet.

One interpretation for this decision was that as Aston Martin were producing the Supercars of that period. As some of their customers might have large yachts on which they could perch a small car built to the luxury standards of the full-size Aston Martins, the marketing concept had a feasible interpretation.

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