Videos: Aston Martin Details Cygnet, Lexus Driving Simulator Commercial

Aston Martin recently gave the green light to the much-derided Cygnet minicar. The car was developed in cooperation with Toyota, as it is heavily based on the iQ.

Interestingly, Aston keeps saying four people will fit in there. Good luck to the two lucky (not) passengers in back.

This new video aims to explain the car. It shows the unique build process the car goes through and how that helps make it a "real" Aston Martin. We'll let you be the judge of that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgTMxEujwU0&feature=player_embedded#!

Lexus Driving Simulator Commercial

Lexus isn't exactly best known for its "wow" factor. More like refined and sedate - with a few exceptions of course. There is the new LF-A, and on a more down to earth level, the IS and accompanying F performance models.

However, Lexus has created something else that is exciting. It is a simulator designed to simulate crash avoidance. Inside the metal capsule is an actual Lexus LS460, with the "driver" surrounded by a a 360-degree virtual reality environment.

If we were Lexus, we'd send some journalists there to try it out. That would make for some good press.....check out the commercial demonstrating the simulator below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hNFP7P6060&feature=player_embedded