10 Cars That Probably Should Never Have Existed Published on May 15, 2020 in Top 10 by Frédéric Mercier Aston Martin CygnetYep, Aston Martin once built a microcar. In order to meet Europe’s emission standards in 2012, the British luxury manufacturer took a Scion iQ and changed the grille. The Cygnet lasted only two years due to extremely poor sales.