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Re: Toyota builds a Smart, the iQ is going into production
« Reply #20 on: June 09, 2008, 04:21:41 pm »
First photos of iQ test mules:

Fresh from the field are these first images of Toyota’s potential Smart competitor, the diminutive iQ. Toyota has already shown the production version of its attractive new microcar, but this is the first look we’ve gotten of the vehicle in the wild.

The iQ is said to incorporate an innovative 3+1 seating arrangement that can allow for three grown people and one child-size human to travel together. Toyota has further stretched the utility of the iQ package by giving the car a longer than average wheelbase with virtually no overhang at either end, maximizing the interior space in the process. Other space-saving features are a flat gas tank under the seats, small heater and air conditioning units, and thinner seats.

Attractive, utile, and efficient, we can’t help but have high early hopes for the iQ. It may even be fun to drive if the smiles on the faces of these test drivers are any indication. Check out more photos in the gallery, or read the spy shooter’s own thoughts on the Toyota iQ below the jump.

http://news.windingroad.com/countriesmarkets/japan/spied-first-images-of-2009-toyota-iq-microcar-on-the-street/

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Re: Toyota builds a Smart, the iQ is going into production
« Reply #21 on: June 09, 2008, 04:43:32 pm »
Quote from: PJungnitsch on June 09, 2008, 04:21:41 pm
Other space-saving features are a flat gas tank under the seats,


Um, I'm sure they've come up with something to avoid fuel starvation problems when cornering. :-\



The concept had a stick! ;D
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Re: Toyota builds a Smart, the iQ is going into production
« Reply #22 on: June 09, 2008, 05:02:51 pm »
Quote from: Wolfe on June 09, 2008, 04:43:32 pm
Quote from: PJungnitsch on June 09, 2008, 04:21:41 pm
Other space-saving features are a flat gas tank under the seats,


Um, I'm sure they've come up with something to avoid fuel starvation problems when cornering. :-\



The concept had a stick! ;D

There's probably enough petrol that gets into the fuel system / engine area to last 20 miles in this thing.
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Re: Toyota builds a Smart, the iQ is going into production
« Reply #23 on: August 29, 2008, 11:29:07 pm »
First test drive (Edmunds), some interesting safety stuff:

Toyota's new microcar boasts no fewer than nine airbags, including a driver's knee bag, a passenger seat under-thigh bag (to prevent submarining under the seatbelt in a frontal impact), and the first-ever rear curtain airbag.

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/FirstDrives/articleId=131327#12
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Re: Toyota builds a Smart, the iQ is going into production
« Reply #24 on: August 30, 2008, 08:24:53 am »
1,962 lbs? That's the same weight as my old Tercel that could seat 4 averaged sized adults and had a usable trunk. Of course it didn't have a brazillion airbags to lug around either.

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Re: Toyota builds a Smart, the iQ is going into production
« Reply #25 on: August 30, 2008, 09:32:55 am »
 ::) that's some sizeable tecel there...can i slap it around....... :P...
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