Spy Shots: Tiny Toyota iQ caught testing

Spy Shots: Tiny Toyota iQ caught testing

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Though Toyota already unveiled the production version of its diminutive iQ city car at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show last March, this is the first time anyone has seen the vehicle testing out in the wild. These spy photos of the iQ also give us a good sense of the car's true scale, which is to say that it's really friggin' small. Not MINI small, smart small. Unlike the smart fortwo, the iQ can reportedly carry three people and a child rather than just two adults thanks to its clever 3+1 seating arrangement. We're not sure if anyone but the driver would be comfortable were the iQ filled to capacity, but at least it's possible in a pinch. As you can see, there's virtually no overhang on the front or rear of the iQ, which allows Toyota designers to maximize the space between. Winding Road also reports that the car will feature a unique flat gas tank to save space, thinner seats and smaller heat and air conditioning units. Toyota expects to sell 100,000 units of the iQ in its first year of production, which should start later this year, and while nothing's been confirmed, the Japanese automaker could be eying North America for some of those sales considering our current lust for small, fuel-efficient vehicles.

Gallery: 2009 Toyota iQ


[Source: Winding Road]
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I want one!

I WANT TWO!!! one in white and one in pink for the weekends!!!

This thing would be great for freeway driving, weaving through traffic, and finding parking spots.

can it drive on sidewalks too??? haha

Try the bike lane. LOL

Hmm, yaris gave birth 2 iQ, Pint-sized, lol.

"you might drive 'smart', but i drive 'iQ'"

LOL

most of the cars over here (minicars) are about the size of the 8th gen rolla , but chop off the front and back of the front bumper and chop it at the rear window, this is about 70% of the vehicles here.

Wow Ill put one in the suv instead of a spare tire.

I really don't doubt that you could fit it into a LWB truck , the Diahaitsu Midget could fit into a regular truck, i know that for sure because I saw a guy in the USAF do that one day and I was like WTF, in the back of a Ford F-150

LOL awesomeness.

You should of got pics of that..