Comments on: New Toyota IQ: So Much for Brain Power, Then http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/new-toyota-iq-so-much-for-brain-power-then/ The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:34:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: chupa http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/new-toyota-iq-so-much-for-brain-power-then/comment-page-1/#comment-868971 chupa Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:36:05 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=116641#comment-868971 holydonut - I think he was referring to the name correlation: Smart - IQ. Funny coincidence, no? holydonut – I think he was referring to the name correlation: Smart – IQ. Funny coincidence, no?

]]> By: holydonut http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/new-toyota-iq-so-much-for-brain-power-then/comment-page-1/#comment-868631 holydonut Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:16:06 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=116641#comment-868631 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. 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.

]]> By: maniceightball http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/new-toyota-iq-so-much-for-brain-power-then/comment-page-1/#comment-868351 maniceightball Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:46:44 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=116641#comment-868351 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. 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.

]]> By: psarhjinian http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/new-toyota-iq-so-much-for-brain-power-then/comment-page-1/#comment-868221 psarhjinian Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:23:48 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=116641#comment-868221 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. 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.

]]> By: David Holzman http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/new-toyota-iq-so-much-for-brain-power-then/comment-page-1/#comment-868211 David Holzman Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:22:08 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=116641#comment-868211 where do they get those ugly models with invasion-of-the-body-snatchers mien? gag me with a spoon where do they get those ugly models with invasion-of-the-body-snatchers mien? gag me with a spoon

]]> By: Dimwit http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/new-toyota-iq-so-much-for-brain-power-then/comment-page-1/#comment-868101 Dimwit Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:25:35 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=116641#comment-868101 Bah! I wanna see the car, not the idiots. Bah! I wanna see the car, not the idiots.

]]> By: esg http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/new-toyota-iq-so-much-for-brain-power-then/comment-page-1/#comment-867861 esg Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:04:28 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=116641#comment-867861 Beautiful skin. Beautiful skin.

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