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My favorite thing to come out of CAFE regulations was the Aston Martin Cygnet. It was just a re-badged Toyota iQ whose sole purpose was to raise the average fue
by _fat_santa 1y ago
My favorite thing to come out of CAFE regulations was the Aston Martin Cygnet. It was just a re-badged Toyota iQ whose sole purpose was to raise the average fuel economy within their fleet.
Later they made a one off version for Goodwood that has a V8 stuffed under the hood.
- mmooss 1y ago> My favorite thing to come out of CAFE regulations was the Aston Martin Cygnet. It was just a re-badged Toyota iQ whose sole purpose was to raise the average fuel economy within their fleet. Maybe that's a good thing. It compelled Aston Martin to provide their customers with a fuel-efficient option.
- masklinn 1y agoNobody looking for a fuel efficient car would look at Aston, and nobody looking at Aston would go for a fuel efficient car. Which was borne by its sales: sold for nearly 3 times the price you'd have paid Toyota for an iQ, it sold all of 600 units in two years before being cancelled, Aston's second shortest production run. The shortest was the Virage which sold more than 1000 units in a year.
- pm3003 1y agoAt some point they offered a free Cygnet if you bought one of their other models.
- lupusreal 1y agoRebadging doesn't add any meaningful consumer choice.