Remember the Aston Martin Cygnet? It's the city car Aston's former CEO used as a leftfield loophole to lower the firm's emissions back in 2011. Somewhat hilariously, the wishy-washy marketing described it as a "tender" - a sort of short-range urban dinghy to your DBS yacht. In reality, it was an utterly extortionate, £31k, rebadged Toyota iQ with a leathery interior that only lasted two years before being swept under the carpet. Quite right, too. It was one of the biggest jokes in motoring history. An April fool PR stunt made real. But it's funny how perspective can change with time and the application of a 4.7-litre V8 engine.
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