Report: Toyota to offer hybrid Scion iQ in sedan, five-door

Report: Toyota to offer hybrid Scion iQ in sedan, five-door

Filed under: Detroit Auto Show, Budget, Hybrid, Japan, Hatchback, Scion, Toyota

Scion iQ Concept - click above for hi-res image gallery

You know that Toyota iQ your cousin's seen running around Europe and Japan? It's making its way Stateside, first to next week's Detroit Auto Show, then to a Scion dealer near you as a hybrid. This is according to a scoop by Inside line. We've known for a while now that the iQ will be showing up as a Scion, just not for certain as a hybrid. Also, according to IL, the fate of the brand hangs in the balance. Also-also, they might (yay!) drop the name iQ.

That's right, the diminutive Toyota with the silly name is going to greet us as a youth-branded Scion. In multiple flavors, too. First will come a five-door hatchback, followed next by a four-door sedan. The latter is almost a little puzzling - who on earth wants a four-door sedan version - but then we recall all the other cars PR types tell us the American market forces into four-door guise and we're not surprised one bit. The Scion iQ will also come as a three-door hatch. Expect the five-door to show up first, towards the end of 2011.

The engine options are pretty interesting. If you so desire, a 1.3-liter four-banger will produce 93 horsepower. However, most folks will probably opt for the hybrid version. First of all, the gas and electric propulsion is so cheap that Toyota will be able to sell it for $15,000 or less. Second, expect a 1.5-liter four and some sort of electric motor to produce between 100 and 120 hp and return 60 mile per gallon. Not bad at all. Again, Inside Line ends their scoop explaining that if the iQ doesn't get youngsters buying Scions, nothing will. Er, make that nothing will have a chance to, as Toyota is likely to fold the brand.


Gallery: New York: Scion iQ Concept



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i want a diesel from toyota or even a hybrid with diesel.

i wouldn't want a diesel in a car with a small engine. they still sound louder and nasty. V6 or even a V8 diesel is still more preferred.

go test drive the new jetta tdi and tell me it's loud. diesel trucks can be have a little more noise, but an economy car with todays diesel technology is not loud and nasty. i guess some people will still think of the old smoking mercedes when diesel is talked about, but its from that now.

i'll try the jetta, the last diesel i drove was i think a 2002 beetle. I hated it.

vw had a concept in 2002 with a diesel hybrid, but it never really took off because there wasn't an issue with gas prices being $4 a gallon. found that the updated the concept. i hate the seating configuration, but i would love the technology to be mass produced.

http://gas2.org/2009/09/14/volkswagens-diesel-hybrid-1l-concept-gets-170-mpg-available-by-2013/

i dont rememeber what magazine i read it in but i recall seeing a vw diesel hybrid roadster thingy car. looked like a opel with vw badges.

wow. i can see some audi tt dna in here. Looks good though. :thumb:

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This is one of those cars that you can buy, post stock pix in the forums and people not say "needs a drop".

meh.. 1/2 inch lower to an inch just so the wheels tuck a little