ImportJap - The Import and Japanese Car Enthusiast Blog » iQ http://www.importjap.com Japanese JDM car news, reviews, rants, raves, pictures, and video Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:36:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Frankfurt Motorshow 2007: Toyota iQhttp://www.importjap.com/brands/toyota/frankfurt-motorshow-2007-toyota-iq http://www.importjap.com/brands/toyota/frankfurt-motorshow-2007-toyota-iq#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:48:01 +0000 Mo K http://www.importjap.com/blog/2007/09/14/frankfurt-motorshow-2007-toyota-iq/ Sometimes a car you’ve never heard of is thrown up in the media as rumours, and sometimes it’s thrown up at a motorshow. The Toyota iQ is the latter, a strange looking small car that could be a (dimension-wise) smaller version of the Prius, though this is expected to run on a small gas or diesel motor below 1.5L.

Toyota iQ

The Toyota iQ. Click to enlarge.

Apart from looking somewhat like a rabbit,� the Echo, the iQ sports an interesting 3+1 configuration, where the standard 2 seater setup is transformed into 3 by a third seat is flipped up in the back. The car is expected to have a front mounted engine, with power delivered through the front wheels.

The iQ is slated to go on sale in Europe in 2009, with no word on other markets.

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