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Cars You Would Never Buy For Any Price
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- 6,281
- Ottawa
- Pyano1132
Just picture the entire range of Aston Martin models as the face of a beautiful supermodel, the Cygnet would be the giant pimple in the middle of the forehead.
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- Toronto
- NewAesthetic
- SlipZtrEm
I would totally rock a Cygnet if it were sold over here. Not at the original list price of course — that'd be insane — but for cheap? Absolutely. The iQ makes a lot of sense in Toronto.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Chevette. A car so utterly devoid of redeeming qualities that it's still referenced as the reason my mother won't buy a new car from the factory. I remember riding in it as a kid, and nothing ever worked properly. It was as asthmatic as it was ugly. A turkey vulture once graciously gave its life in a vain attempt to improve the looks, but succeeded only in putting a solid scratch along the hood, a crack in the windscreen, and a large dent in the roof.
"Penalty box" is too good of a name for this thing: at least in hockey, if you're in the box, you probably did something worth it. Driving a Chevette was like constantly getting high-sticked in the face.
I wouldn't pay any amount of money for one at any level of quality. Hell, you'd have to be offering me quite a lot of money to even take it off your hands.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Chevette. A car so utterly devoid of redeeming qualities that it's still referenced as the reason my mother won't buy a new car from the factory. I remember riding in it as a kid, and nothing ever worked properly. It was as asthmatic as it was ugly. A turkey vulture once graciously gave its life in a vain attempt to improve the looks, but succeeded only in putting a solid scratch along the hood, a crack in the windscreen, and a large dent in the roof.
"Penalty box" is too good of a name for this thing: at least in hockey, if you're in the box, you probably did something worth it. Driving a Chevette was like constantly getting high-sticked in the face.
I wouldn't pay any amount of money for one at any level of quality. Hell, you'd have to be offering me quite a lot of money to even take it off your hands.
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- G_ASHER
The girlfriend has one of these. For an entry level econo-box made in Mexico, its OK. We test drove a Mazda 2 and Yaris and she liked the Ford better. A year after she bought it the woes of the Ford Powershift transmission were revealed. The car is now worthless, and Ford has no solution. She wont even trade it in because the next person will be stuck with a lemon.
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- LM7325
@Draggon
http://blog.caranddriver.com/really-long-haulin-what-its-like-to-drive-200000-miles-per-year/
Yea, it's a Powershift too
http://blog.caranddriver.com/really-long-haulin-what-its-like-to-drive-200000-miles-per-year/
Yea, it's a Powershift too
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- G_ASHER
@Draggon
http://blog.caranddriver.com/really-long-haulin-what-its-like-to-drive-200000-miles-per-year/
Yea, it's a Powershift too
Now THAT"S a miracle!
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- Rule 12
- GTP_Famine
And yet you'll make a return on investment from buying a Cygnet significantly quicker than any other Aston Martin.
New, they sold for £30,995. You will struggle to find more than a couple of cars available used, now, 5 years down the line for less than that. If you'd bought a DB9 at the same time, it would be currently worth half of its new price - you'd have lost two Cygnets' worth on its value...
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- Pyano1132
- 87,107
- Rule 12
- GTP_Famine
I'm not a fan either - unless they actually drive them - though I'm not sure how my post did that.
Cygnets have kept their value because they are amazingly rare, in that only around 130 of them were ever sold. That wasn't on purpose either - Aston targeted 4,000 annual sales.
I'm not sure why anyone wouldn't, for any price, buy a car they could flip for £30k - even one as badly-conceived as the Cygnet.
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- Pyano1132
You reminded me because anyone insane enough to buy a Cygnet over a Toyota/Scion IQ doesn't look at it as a car, they look at it as a piece of metal they can buy cheap now and sell for ridiculous prices later at some rare car auction for a quick profit. Rarely anyone looks at this car and thinks "wow, that was a really good automobile! It's my favourite Aston model!". It's more "oh hey look, a terrible car that was only produced in a limited run that I can buy and resell later for maximum profit because of the badge".
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Find in theory, but with two minor flaws:
No-one did that when they were new, otherwise they'd have sold a great many more of them.
No-one's done that with used examples because they are too rare to buy them cheaply. They sell for around new list price.
The people that bought a Cygnet were Aston owners who bought a city car for their wives/mistresses/daughters or so they didn't get their V12 keyed or bricked by moronic 99%ers. Cygnet was never a car that collectors bought. It still isn't now, but it will be.
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It's certainly knackered my plan to pick one up for £5k on the assumption that its unpopularity meant it would have dropped like a stone.
The funny thing about the Cygnet is that it's not actually a bad car, just a misguided one. There's nothing wrong with a Toyota iQ as a city car, and the Cygnet is an iQ painted and trimmed to Aston Martin standards. Even the £30k price doesn't look so silly any more given they've basically maintained their value.
- 51,159
- Australia
- SpacedustDaddy
Hell to the naw. Had a family friend bought one brand new. Could fertilize a field with this car. That's how I saw it when I was 14yo. Still see it as such.
Not even if I were given the penny to buy it. My years working for Mazda, have never seen such a shoddy vehicle. I cringe when I see one. Has problems bumper to bumper.
Worse car ever to drive short or long distance. Has no dead pedal(keep in mind I it's RHD). I couldn't even try to rest my foot anywhere. There is just a void around the left foot.
Any Chery vehicle. I think they are made by the Kree.
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- Australia
- SpacedustDaddy
My first ride in a Chevette was in 1983. My Mom rented one so we all could go to Disney & Epcot. Driving on I4, she was doing over 55 and this red light comes on. Find out it was a speeding reminder.
In a Chevette.I'd have one now. Rwd retro car goodness.
Just wish it looked more like the UK version
Edit: Found a pic! Thanks to my Big Brother.
Orlando, Fl. 1983
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- 17,879
- Florida
- GranTurismo0517
- RandomCarGuy17
Well, it's the fricken yugo hatchback. Yup, I don't see myself even paying a penny for this. It's one of the worst performing cars in the world. Not only that, it's really unreliable and has become a laughing stock for years. It's just a hateful car.
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There is a special place for Yugos in my heart. I wouldn't buy one anymore, but there is. About the reliability, I'm more scared of traveling in any other modern car. You can fix everything with basic tools on a Yugo. And they are great for racing when really modified.
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- Sydney
- Inferno_251
Low-end: Any Ford (AU) or Holden made post-2016 (thank you Australian government 
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High-end: Bugatti Veyron. 'Nuff said
👍)High-end: Bugatti Veyron. 'Nuff said
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- Peruibe, SP
As much I kinda like it, I don't see myself getting one. The 2CV, Fiat 500 and otehrs exist for me already.
- 3,023
- Peruibe, SP
...That's a Cayman? Jesus, the car looks a bit bloated. No wonder.
When the Cayman came out I was in love but recently they killed it too. Great...
When the Cayman came out I was in love but recently they killed it too. Great...
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I thought the original Cayman looked ordinary, loved the second generation (981) though. I think the new one looks great, it's just the engine that ruins it for me
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