SPY PICS: Toyota iQ: smarter than the average elk?
It may be a tiny iQ, but Toyota's smallest passenger car may just achieve mensa status in packagingToyota intends for the miniscule iQ to go into production later this year. So we're told by the overachieving spy photographers at Carparazzi. Pictures taken here show the smart fortwo competitor undergoing testing in RHD form.
As presaged in the concept car introduced at the Frankfurt Motor Show last year, the production iQ will accommodate three passengers in a package under three metres long. In addition, the car will seat a fourth (child) passenger or luggage.
If the car comes to Australia, it will make the Yaris look supersized, but it will be interesting to see whether Aussies find cars like the fortwo unappealing for their size or the price. The iQ would slot into a price bracket below the Yaris, which would make it considerably cheaper than the smart.
With its occasional third and fourth-seat accommodation, it offers a further advantage over the smart. How Toyota managed to incorporate so much space in such a small car is recounted in our previous article on this vehicle (more here).
-- with Carparazzi
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