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"And now, the news.  Aston Martin released its new model, the Cygnet.  Now normally a new Aston Martin is a cause for celebration, but the Cygnet is just a Toyota iQ with an Aston Martin badge and grille on the outside and a tarted up interior on the inside.  It's horrible!"

"Yes, Charles, it is a sad, sad day when Aston Martin has to prostitute its once-proud name in order to continue selling cars in the United States.  Nonetheless, we do have one on our track.  Usually our housebroken racing driver would be driving it around the track, but right now the Minister of Transport is behind the wheel."

"Hang on, Gerald!  Isn't that just a dummy with a picture of the Minister of Transport's face pasted to the front of its head?"

"Well, technically that's true, Henry, but isn't that a reasonable description of him?"

"You do have a point. Carry on!"

"Besides, it would have been too expensive to hire the real Minister of Transport to be behind the wheel..."

A solid concrete block of approximately the size and shape of a transport container falls on the Cygnet, flattening it.

"...and it would probably be illegal to do *that* to the real Minister of Transport anyway."

"Yes, it would.  It is, however, a fitting end to the most embarrassing car the British motor industry has produced since the Austin Allegro.  Moving on..."

Description
"And now, the news.  Aston Martin released its new model, the Cygnet.  Now normally a new Aston Martin is a cause for celebration, but the Cygnet is just a Toyota iQ with an Aston Martin badge and grille on the outside and a tarted up interior on the inside.  It's horrible!"

"Yes, Charles, it is a sad, sad day when Aston Martin has to prostitute its once-proud name in order to continue selling cars in the United States.  Nonetheless, we do have one on our track.  Usually our housebroken racing driver would be driving it around the track, but right now the Minister of Transport is behind the wheel."

"Hang on, Gerald!  Isn't that just a dummy with a picture of the Minister of Transport's face pasted to the front of its head?"

"Well, technically that's true, Henry, but isn't that a reasonable description of him?"

"You do have a point. Carry on!"

"Besides, it would have been too expensive to hire the real Minister of Transport to be behind the wheel..."

A solid concrete block of approximately the size and shape of a transport container falls on the Cygnet, flattening it.

"...and it would probably be illegal to do *that* to the real Minister of Transport anyway."

"Yes, it would.  It is, however, a fitting end to the most embarrassing car the British motor industry has produced since the Austin Allegro.  Moving on..."