Production Toyota minicar won’t be called ‘iQ’

Posted: Feb 06, 2008
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The production version of the Toyota iQ, which was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show, will be going into production early next year. Toyota insiders have told WhatCar? that when the Toyota minicar arrives on the market later in 2009, it will not be called the iQ.

The Toyota IQ, which was shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show this year and was designed at ED2, Toyota”s European design studio in south France. With 3+1 seating, the IQ is 425mm shorter than the Aygo and 770mm shorter than the Toyota Yaris.

Toyota has been said to be working with Yamaha to produce powertrains that sources say will be a 1.0 liter 2-cylinder engine which will be mounted up front. The Japanese giant hopes to sell 80,000 units of the world”s smallest four-seater car in the first 12 months of its introduction.

 

Source: WhatCar?

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  • Allen

    Another car America could use, another one that won’t be sold here.

  • Carbon Fiber

    * There is a substancial diference between what the consumer:

    1. Wants/would like
    2. Thinks they want
    3. Should buy/need
    4. Will actually part with their money & buy *

    These worlds share nothing in common with one another.

    Americans (like Russians) just do NOT like small cars. And judging by the photo, I wouldn’t even call this a minicar, but rather a microcar.

    ‘Another car America could use’ well yes. However, even if it were homologated at a collosal expense, it would sell in relativly microscopic numbers.

  • CatsMeow

    People do realize that this car would be a death trap right?