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Beautiful skin.
Bah! I wanna see the car, not the idiots.
where do they get those ugly models with invasion-of-the-body-snatchers mien? gag me with a spoon
Hopefully the decision to sell Scion in Canada will coincide with Toyota’s deciding to sell the iQ as a Scion.
As it stands, the xB and tC serve some purpose, but the Matrix and Yaris make the xD redundant. Replacing the xD with the iQ would open a new segment to Toyota/Scion.
While we’re at it, a microvan like the Scienta, hard-core micro-offroader (Daihatsu makes one, no?) and the Avensis wagon would make nice Scions and–this is important–wouldn’t overlap, or even be cross-shopped–against anything in the Toyota showroom.
I’m partial to the design and all, and I think this is a clever little car — but did they have to so blatently rip off the name from Daimler’s Smart? I mean, they’re quickly becoming the world’s largest car manufacturer; you’d think they could afford a better marketing department.
maniceightball – the packaging requirements of these A-segment cars basically make them all look the same. Underneath the basic shape lies different technology that sets the iQ apart from the Smart.
The differential, frame rail, and HVAC units are super-tiny which allow for there to actually be second row of seats. The fuel tank actually sits almost hamburger-flat, which is revolutionary for packaging in A-segments.
There isn’t much benefit to make the car appear drastically different on the outside if that resulted in the occupants spooning the engine while steering the car with an XBOX controller.
holydonut – I think he was referring to the name correlation: Smart – IQ. Funny coincidence, no?