{"id":25822,"date":"2018-07-20T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T11:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=25822"},"modified":"2018-07-24T01:10:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T06:10:49","slug":"aston-martin-cygnet-v8-climbs-goodwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=25822","title":{"rendered":"Aston Martin Cygnet V8 Climbs Goodwood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Aston-Martin-Cygnet-with-a-Vantage-S-4.7-L-V8-04.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25627\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=25627\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Aston-Martin-Cygnet-with-a-Vantage-S-4.7-L-V8-04.jpg?fit=1800%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Aston Martin Cygnet with a Vantage S 4.7 L V8 04\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Aston Martin Cygnet with a Vantage S 4.7 L V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Aston-Martin-Cygnet-with-a-Vantage-S-4.7-L-V8-04.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Aston-Martin-Cygnet-with-a-Vantage-S-4.7-L-V8-04.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Aston Martin Cygnet with a Vantage S 4.7 L V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Aston-Martin-Cygnet-with-a-Vantage-S-4.7-L-V8-04.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Aston-Martin-Cygnet-with-a-Vantage-S-4.7-L-V8-04.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Aston-Martin-Cygnet-with-a-Vantage-S-4.7-L-V8-04.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Aston-Martin-Cygnet-with-a-Vantage-S-4.7-L-V8-04.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Cygnet V8 gained a lot of attention from onlookers at its Festival of Speed 2018 debut. Fans were fascinated that Aston Martin engineers were able to install a 4.7 L V8 that makes 430 hp and 361 lb-ft of torque and a seven-speed even-speed Sportshift II transmission into the little car. Enjoy as the company drives it up Goodwood fast enough to make the new owner sweat a little. For more photos\/specs please <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=25622\">visit our previous article<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/99g4MHmbH4g\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/vykqmSoDtJo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/73KjNH7iI6A\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCG38eNTt_GlasSyTYiCr7WQ\">19Bozzy92<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCK_zuVq6ZpSRMjsZ5JRPx5g\">Mr JWW<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCb06PxivXgwX3qj1JEWmwrw\">Galaxy89cars<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cygnet V8 gained a lot of attention from onlookers at its Festival of Speed 2018 debut. Fans were fascinated that Aston Martin engineers were able to install a 4.7 L V8 that makes 430 hp and 361 lb-ft of torque and a seven-speed even-speed Sportshift II transmission into the little car. Enjoy as the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=25822\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Aston Martin Cygnet V8 Climbs Goodwood<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[772],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cygnet"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":128415,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=128415","url_meta":{"origin":25822,"position":0},"title":"Aston Martin Cygnet with a 430 hp 4.7 L V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The last time we shared the Aston Martin V8 Super Cygnet was in 2018 at Goodwood FoS. 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