Aston Martin Cygnet (Toyota iQ) heads for production!

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by PK198105

another car for pretentious and vain people:

exclusivity is nothing , just makes you look like a snob to the rest of the normal people. and you look like an idiot for having spent another stupid amount for a car that you can get for under 20k with proper reliability from Toyota instead of a overpriced mechanic magnet.

and Im sorry but that interior looks like a gaudy Luis Vuitton purse...i just threw up a bit

There's a lot of snobs out there. Like it or not, people buy BRANDS to show off and to be exclusive. Which is why car companies had to launch luxury brands, particularly in America, rather than Toyota, Honda, Nissan, ect. simply using their core brands to move upmarket. They had to create Lexus, Acura, and Infiniti. It's argued, and pretty accurate, that people won't spend $80K for a car with a "regular" badge on it.

Unfortunately, brand perception is just as important as the product itself. It's why Hyundai still has it's old name to overcome even though they now build superb products. They're even playing with luxury with the Genesis and now the Equus. The Equus will be very hard to sell ($55K Hyundai) even though it competes with $75K cars.

Just the way it is.