Just a few years in the past, Aston Martin proved that you are able to do absolutely anything if the value is correct. We don’t know how a lot the proprietor of the world’s solely V-8-powered Aston Martin Cygnet initially paid for this wild creation. Equally, we do not understand how a lot that proprietor is promoting it for now. But it surely is on the market. And you will not discover one other one prefer it anyplace on the earth.

To refresh your reminiscence, the Cygnet was Aston Martin’s short-lived metropolis automobile. Actually a reskinned Toyota IQ, lower than 1,000 had been constructed earlier than Aston Martin pulled the plug in 2013. However in some unspecified time in the future after that, somebody approached the corporate’s Q by Aston Martin customization service and requested for one with a V-8. Why? Who cares… it is a V-8 shoved into one thing barely giant sufficient for seats. Be glad that it exists.

Photograph by: Nicholas Mee

Photograph by: Nicholas Mee

Photograph by: Nicholas Mee

After all, V-8-swapping a Cygnet is not any easy process. Aston Martin began with a naked physique and fabricated a roll cage, transmission tunnel, entrance bulkhead, and all of the required mounting factors to make use of entrance and rear subframes from a late 2000s Vantage. The 4.7-liter V-8 additionally comes from that period Vantage, making 430 horsepower and 361 pound-feet of torque. It goes completely to the rear wheels by a seven-speed Sportshift automated handbook. Contemplating the ultra-short wheelbase, we suspect parasitic energy loss is minimal.

Aston Martin showcased the automobile on the 2018 Goodwood Pageant of Pace earlier than turning it over to its proprietor. It is now listed on the market by Nicholas Mee, a dealership north of London that focuses on Aston Martins. The unique proprietor managed to outlive roughly 2,900 miles behind the V-8 Cygnet’s wheel, and it is reportedly nonetheless in “nearly as new situation.”

Included within the sale is a automobile cowl, technical specs, and the one Cygnet V8 proprietor’s handbook in existence. Not included: a spot to retailer your immense chutzpah do you have to really try to succeed in the automobile’s quoted prime velocity of 170 mph.