IQ in Popular Mechanics

[SmartDigger]

It's write up almost sounds like there in no other car out like it.

[paroyboy]

The one review I read about it wasnt so good. Not sure which car magazine it was in but they said the MPG's werent good enough to overlook the tiny size factor and the materials werent good enough to overlook the high price.

[Suze]

this review?

2009 Toyota iQ Test Drive: This European Fuel-Sipper Stands Out from the Pack - Popular Mechanics

[forestacademy]

the iQ and the Smart are great city cars—designed for commuting more than a cross-country Cannonball Run

Someone should let this guy know that the smart won the Cannonball Run.


Ok I just did

[BigWarpGuy]

Originally Posted by forestacademy

the iQ and the Smart are great city cars—designed for commuting more than a cross-country Cannonball Run

Someone should let this guy know that the smart won the Cannonball Run.


Ok I just did

I found the article on the Smart car winning the cannonball race.
"Lifelong friends David Ward and Adrian Hull, from Essex, saw off their exotic opponents in a five-year-old, second-hand smart fortwo Brabus, which was the smallest car in the 40-vehicle field." It was in a second hand Smart too. I wonder how well they would do with a newer one.

[smark]

Read the new Motor Trend issue. Big write up on the IQ.

[4GAZM]

ewwwww that thing has the worst side veiw i have ever seen its so shmue!


oh well just like every other toyota car, ugly! i remember when we were designing for toyota at our design college the only cars they liked were the vanilla ugly ones oh well!

car design is subjective anyway!


toyota prolly pays to have their cars written on to get cheap good coverage, who knows.

[SubSlr88]

Actually there are a few things I like about the little bugger.
The optional CVT - I've been driving one on my Murano and I love the way it doesn't shift. Just goes smoothly up to speed as the engine RPMs fall off.
Toyota reliability - my Mom drove an '83 Celica Supra Coupe for 23 years. Most maintenance was to the A/C unit; all other problems were minor in nature.

What I don't like - the small space inside. Seats four? It can barely fit a kid behind the driver. No space behind the rear seats - maybe enough room for a briefcase or umbrella.
Only 67 hp? Jeez - the smart has 71 for the same displacement.
Manual transmission? OK, I guess you can get the optional CVT. . .

Bottom line - would I buy one?
Yeah - if the smart wasn't available . . .

[forestacademy]

Originally Posted by SubSlr88

Actually there are a few things I like about the little bugger.
The optional CVT - I've been driving one on my Murano and I love the way it doesn't shift. Just goes smoothly up to speed as the engine RPMs fall off.

Well The CVT isn't all that. It is nice when it works but my Versa with 38K is starting to forget it has the CVT. Feels like its stuck in 1st when I'm trying to get up to hyway speeds sometimes. I have to try several times letting off the gas and hitting it again to get it to adjust.

[smark]

Motor Trend like the manual, over the CVT, on the IQ. CVT very very slow!!!!! Toyota gives a option of transmisson. The highway ride on the IQ was better, than the Smart. The inside was made up of cheap plastic parts, and finish. Motor Trend wasn't impressed, with the car at all.