All but guaranteed: Scion to sell iQ

[Thirty-Nine]

Scion is bringing the iQ to New York. LeftLaneNews.com has photos, too.

http://www.subcompactculture.com/2009/04/confirmed-scion-iq.html

[Darb]

Sweetness. Love that little car.

[NJBob]

Coming to U.S. in 2010? :iono: :smile:

[BLAZINBLUEVITZ]

it will be unveiled at NY AUTOSHOW this month along with ACTUAL tc replacement....

[ChinoCharles]

$15K... no. Sorry. I'll take a Yaris.

[SilverBack]

+1. For that price I'd much rather keep an eye out for all the Euro bells and whistles on our next Yaris, if we'll ever get them

[WeeYari]

WOW - no love shown for it from the LEFTLANE readers!

[SailDesign]

WOW - no love shown for it from the LEFTLANE readers!

What do you expect from a forum devoted exclusively to people who don't know which lane they're supposed to drive in?

Sheesh!

:biggrin:

[NJBob]

$15K... no. Sorry. I'll take a Yaris.

I agree....I got my Li' Blue for $11,800. $15k for the iQ is just too much.

[ChinoCharles]

Well, I'll say this... if the iQ is DECKED OUT, and I'm talking included navi and stuff like that, then maybe...

[blacksandiegovitz]

damn 15k Wtf ! I'd be super down for 10-11k max . Very cool car Imo

[kimona]

Do you think we'll be getting the 1.3L? I'm certainly going to check it out when it lands. Of course, we could always change those terrible Scion badges for the proper Netz and Toyota ones.

[ChinoCharles]

+293,000 points for the first person to Photoshop a 2" drop, some Volks, a CF hood and a blower on that thing.

[Black Yaris]

I got rid of all my scion badges.... all but one on the drivers airbag.... I am still trying to find a replacement toyota one

[BLAZINBLUEVITZ]

+293,000 points for the first person to Photoshop a 2" drop, some Volks, a CF hood and a blower on that thing.

http://www.gtchannel.com/files/R0012224.JPG
http://omgpancakes.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/go9g5048.jpg?w=655&h=437
http://omgpancakes.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/go9g52192.jpg?w=655&h=437

[BLAZINBLUEVITZ]

and i hear it has the 1.3 that someone mentioned.
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20090401/NEWYORK/904019980

[thewifesyaris]

http://www.gtchannel.com/files/R0012224.JPG
Look at how small those tubes are in that little guy!!!!!

[AlexNet0]

omg that would be even harder to reach in to work on than the yaris

[tristan]

i like it, the iQ is growing on me!
and i can't wait to see the tC replacement

[Shroomster]

hrmph....if the iq ends up being more expensive than the yaris, than I think Toyota is getting too full of itself....

[kustom play]

i cant wait to see the first one riced out

i can see a bunch of ricers trying to rev at your with there 63hp engine

car looks cool, not really to practical compared to the yaris, its like the yaris's little brother

[BLAZINBLUEVITZ]

i cant wait to see the first one riced out

i can see a bunch of ricers trying to rev at your with there 63hp engine

car looks cool, not really to practical compared to the yaris, its like the yaris's little brother

its actually 99 horsepower now with the all new 1.3L.

[BLAZINBLUEVITZ]

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b284/seanyiya/Scion/IQ/_MG_6559.jpg

[NJBob]

its actually 99 horsepower now with the all new 1.3L.

99 hp would be pretty peppy in that lil' guy. With a few mods could bump it up a bit. Ooooh Yeeaaahhh! :biggrin: Blow the doors right off the smart thing. :smile:

[kustom play]

ohh man smart cars are so slow a huffy could beat it

[BLAZINBLUEVITZ]

ohh man smart cars are so slow a huffy could beat it

they say that about our cars. right BOB.

[tuckevalastin]

I've heard the IQ would likely be sold with the Yaris' 1.5L here in the USA.

[BLAZINBLUEVITZ]

I've heard the IQ would likely be sold with the Yaris' 1.5L here in the USA.

BESIDES THIS:http://www.subcompactculture.com/2009/04/confirmed-scion-iq.html

there's plenty more info if you google IQ.....

[kimona]

BESIDES THIS:http://www.subcompactculture.com/2009/04/confirmed-scion-iq.html

there's plenty more info if you google IQ.....

Yup, lots of information, as well as misinformation, and a ton of speculation at this point. Who knows what we'll end up with here in the States. Rather difficult to rely on Toyota America to offer up a decent package given their past record.

[BLAZINBLUEVITZ]

Yup, lots of information, as well as misinformation, and a ton of speculation at this point. Who knows what we'll end up with here in the States. Rather difficult to rely on Toyota America to offer up a decent package given their past record.

we'll know in 8 days when it makes an entrance at NY AUTOSHOW. i'll make sure a take a good shot of that 1.3.......

[tuckevalastin]

Well there is no way of actually knowing at this point so it is all speculation. Not sure how you feel one website's speculation of the 1.3 makes all other websites wrong. The 1.3 vs 1.5 is one of the biggest unknowns of the USDM Scion IQ. So take a good shot of whatever you'd like!

[1stToyota]

Sweetness. Love that little car.

+1

I might be selling my Yaris if the iQ makes it here.

[kustom play]

they say that about our cars. right BOB.

i can see you never had the misfortune of driving one, the yaris is like a high performance race car compared to drving a smart

[yaris-me]

I'm sure the IQ will out sell the Smart.

[Klinton]

it handles like a dream?

[Thirty-Nine]

Official photos if the Scion iQ Concept:

http://www.subcompactculture.com/2009/04/scion-iq-concept-from-new-york-auto.html

I'm a bit mixed on it. I think it's an over-the-top concept that might trick people into thinking it's something it's not. Then again, it is a concept car, which are often pretty extreme.

[tomato]

Sweet little city car! I like it a lot, but not enough to make me trade in.

another article and photos here:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/04/07/financial/f212631D33.DTL&type=tech

[Kal-El]

Here's the dressed up concept model at the New York Auto Show.......

:eek:

[NJBob]

:eyebulge: I saw it on the Jetson's.

[regal]

The big question to me is it lighter than a Yaris? It would have to be under 2000 lbs and have a independent rear suspension to be worth trading in the Yaris. Otherwise it is just cosmetics.

[Thirty-Nine]

The big question to me is it lighter than a Yaris? It would have to be under 2000 lbs and have a independent rear suspension to be worth trading in the Yaris. Otherwise it is just cosmetics.

• The UK-spec iQ weighs 1,940.4 lbs. (manual); 22.05 lbs. more for the auto.
• The car has a torsion-beam rear suspension (just like the Yaris).

I'll say this: They'd better offer the iQ in a manual transmission in the U.S.! If it's auto-only, that'd suck. Then again, America is becoming a "shiftless society." **cough**Yaris 5 door**cough**