The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, no screen

Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by mmooss on Friday April 25, 2025 @02:39PM (#43797131)

> My favorite thing to come out of CAFE regulations was the Aston Martin Cygnet. It was just a re-badged Toyota iQ whose sole purpose was to raise the average fuel economy within their fleet.

Maybe that's a good thing. It compelled Aston Martin to provide their customers with a fuel-efficient option.

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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by masklinn on Friday April 25, 2025 @03:49PM (#43797874)

Nobody looking for a fuel efficient car would look at Aston, and nobody looking at Aston would go for a fuel efficient car.

Which was borne by its sales: sold for nearly 3 times the price you'd have paid Toyota for an iQ, it sold all of 600 units in two years before being cancelled, Aston's second shortest production run. The shortest was the Virage which sold more than 1000 units in a year.

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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by pm3003 on Saturday April 26, 2025 @07:44AM (#43802742)

At some point they offered a free Cygnet if you bought one of their other models.

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Re:The $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no ... by lupusreal on Friday April 25, 2025 @05:34PM (#43798763)

Rebadging doesn't add any meaningful consumer choice.

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