Refined Madness? Aston Martin Considers Stuffing A V12 Into The Cygnet City Car

The Aston Martin Cygnet city car could be sold with the firm’s V12 engine if there is sufficient customer demand.

Sources suggest that a feasibility study has already been completed, and that the 6.0-litre V12 from its range-topping cars will fit the tiny city car’s engine bay without extensive modifications.

Other upgrades to allow the Toyota IQ-based Cygnet to handle the weight, horsepower and torque of the powertrain are said to be “significant but not insurmountable”. It is likely, however, that the V12 would have to be detuned significantly from the 510bhp it produces in the new DB9 and Vantage models.



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AlleVier - 10/26/2012 5:03:28 PM

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Madness. First they shift all Jeep production to China and now this? Maaaaadness, I tell you.

AlleVier - 10/26/2012 5:03:28 PM

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Madness. First they shift all Jeep production to China and now this? Maaaaadness, I tell you.

mini22 - 10/26/2012 5:57:47 PM

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Sounds like an April Fools ruse to me.

FromThePassengerSeat - 10/26/2012 8:46:30 PM

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Do it to proudly follow in the Juke R's footsteps.

PUGPROUD - 10/28/2012 3:54:08 PM

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Absolutely insane...I love it. But really doesn't AM have better things to spend their sparse cash on !