OMFG Aston Martin's New Minicar

[Artisan Fan]

http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/auto...uxury-minicar/

What are they thinking?

 

[Neo_Version 7]

Looks like a Smart car abortion.

 

[texas_jack]

I find that hard to believe.

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by Artisan Fan

What are they thinking?

That they need to somehow satisfy new government mandates for fuel efficiency and emissions.

 

[johnapril]

Looks like a Fiat.

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by texas_jack

I find that hard to believe.

It's real. The car magazines were talking about it a few months ago.

 

[Brian278]

Oh God, no.

 

[turboman808]

Its only for Aston owners and gives them something to take into the city. It's all about fun.

Also keep in mind it's also a status thing. Tells others you have a real Aston at home.

 

[Alias]

This is going to be a hit in South Korea

 

[Bill Smith]

I think it's smart product planning, an Aston Martin owner probably has a subcompact in his or her personal fleet for running errands or driving around city traffic why not capture a chunk of that business that would otherwise buy a Smart Car, Fiat 500, Mini Cooper, Toyota Yaris as the inner city car.

Personally it looks butt ugly, I am just saying Aston Martin is smart to have this in their lineup. I also remember reading somewhere they tuned up MG Metros 30 years ago so it was not without precedent.

 

[A Y]

I wonder if this is just a poorly-conceived response to badly-written government regulation on fleet emissions.

--Andre

 

[HRoi]

i kinda like it

 

[onion]

 

[stevenvg]

Originally Posted by A Y

I wonder if this is just a poorly-conceived response to badly-written government regulation on fleet emissions.

--Andre

+1

Most critics would agree with USA Today's assessment: "t could be the perfect car for a paunchy, middle-aged Bond, who long ago lost his license to kill and now works as a British bureaucrat."

 

[guardimp]

Looks like profits win out over brand integrity yet again.