Toyota IQ in USA?

Andonis · 06-17-2008, 12:02 AM

http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-new...a-ar59117.html

ronald mcretard · 06-17-2008, 12:59 AM

who would choose that over the Yaris if they are the same price? they probably get about the same mileage.

eurohazard · 06-17-2008, 03:00 AM

God, how annoying is Toyota these days? Seriously. This car the Toyota "IQ" competes with what car directly? Yes the "Smart" cars. Oh my goodness, you can't make this stuff up!

redimpss5 · 06-17-2008, 03:09 AM

It will be pretty hard to beat Smart. Also, I still don't see a boat load of Smart's around in the area.

**paul8488** · 06-17-2008, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by eurohazard

God, how annoying is Toyota these days? Seriously. This car the Toyota "IQ" competes with what car directly? Yes the "Smart" cars. Oh my goodness, you can't make this stuff up!

Yeah, more fuel efficient choices are a bad thing. GM could beat this to market with the Beat. Question is will they...

ByTheLake · 06-17-2008, 04:52 AM

As long as this can tow my boat ...

Ok, just kidding. I'm seeing some Smart cars around Michigan now, and this new Toyota looks pretty nice. Given the high gas costs, and because it has the magic Toyota name, this thing would sell quite well in the US.

blkwrxsti · 06-17-2008, 05:08 AM

This car looks WAY better than the SMART, IMO. The only question I have is why does Toyota need two cars (Yaris + Yaris HB, IQ), to cover a market that Honda only needs one car for (Fit HB)? That doesn't even count all the Scion shennanigans.

I like that this would handle better than a Yaris, but forcing people to give up the back seat marginalizes this car. If this 2 seater weighs 2200, could they do a 4 seater that weighs about 2600?

I wonder if they wouldn't be better off making this thing a "premium Yaris" and charging Fit (or higher) prices for it. People like small cars right now, and it's not like Lexus will be getting something like this... Come to think of it, that sort of thing might work in Europe as well - .

Bravada · 06-17-2008, 05:33 AM

The car is 2/3s the size of a Yaris, don't get confused! It is REALLY small.

darndot · 06-17-2008, 06:28 AM

I hate to say it but, I kind of like it.

logansowner · 06-17-2008, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eurohazard

God, how annoying is Toyota these days? Seriously. This car the Toyota "IQ" competes with what car directly? Yes the "Smart" cars. Oh my goodness, you can't make this stuff up!

WTF? More small cars is a bad thing? This looks a lot better than a Smart car, and probably gets much better economy (not hard, Smart sucked the big one here) for a much lower price...oooo how horrible is that?

steinravnik · 06-17-2008, 07:40 AM

Looks like the "Crazy" concept, except without all the extra body parts.

ericmvest · 06-17-2008, 08:01 AM

Toyota wants to cover every niche. When Pontiac brought out the Fiero, Toyota brought out the MR2; when Cadillac brought out the XLR, Lexus brought out the SC; etc. Maybe this will stretch their engineering resources. It seems to on the Tundra with its tail gate, camshaft, and other problems.

logansowner · 06-17-2008, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by ericmvest

Toyota wants to cover every niche. When Pontiac brought out the Fiero, Toyota brought out the MR2; when Cadillac brought out the XLR, Lexus brought out the SC; etc. Maybe this will stretch their engineering resources. It seems to on the Tundra with its tail gate, camshaft, and other problems.

I'll give ya the MR-2, but Toyota beat Caddy to the punch with the SC, it was out 2 years before the XLR. 13 years if you count the first gen, but we won't, because it wasn't a vert.

Saturn69 · 06-17-2008, 08:42 AM

What Yaris costs less than $10K? I can't find one on Toyota's site. They all say $11,550. This writer is on Toyocrack. And, I'd rather have a fortwo, this 'IQ' (which is just soooo original, btw) is ugly. I prefer the looks of the smart, and definitely the proven track record of the smart.

ronald mcretard · 06-17-2008, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by logansowner

WTF? More small cars is a bad thing? This looks a lot better than a Smart car, and probably gets much better economy (not hard, Smart sucked the big one here) for a much lower price...oooo how horrible is that?

I think he was referring to the name of the car ('Smart' vs. 'IQ', get it?)

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