These larger The Scion is also larger than the Smart, standing some 10 inches longer, nearly 5 inches wider, and 2.4 inches lower on a 4.7-inch-longer wheelbase. Where the German-brand mini drives its rear wheels with a small 3-cylinder engine mounted in back, the iQ has an up-front engine and front-wheel drive. Reviews of All New Scions Reviews of All New Toyotas Prices and Reviews for New Coupes The 2011 Scion iQ uses a new, dedicated architecture and differs from the Smart in many ways despite a similar phone-booth silhouette and wheels way out at the corners.
If it comes here, it would be our market's first direct alternative to the Smart ForTwo from Mercedes Benz parent Daimler AG, a car generating much interest amid soaring fuel prices and a worsening economy. sale as a 2011 Scion model. Europe and Japan are the intended markets, but the iQ is being whispered for U.S. Toyota hopes to sell 100,000 in 2009. Billed as an "intelligent solution to urban transport," the iQ was designed at Toyota's ED2 studio in southern France, but is built in Japan.
The petite 2-door hatchback bowed as a concept at the autumn 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show in Germany and was shown in production trim at the March 2008 Geneva Auto Salon in Switzerland. What We Know About the 2011 Scion iQ As if to answer critics of its big, thirsty, and environmentally hostile trucks, Toyota is launching a thrifty Earth friendly microcar called iQ. Though designed for Europe and Japan, the iQ is coming stateside with Scion badges to help us cope with soaring fuel prices and growing urban congestion. Toyota is out to get Smart with a clever new microcar.
If it comes here, it would be our market's first direct alternative to the Smart ForTwo from Mercedes Benz parent Daimler AG, a car generating much interest amid soaring fuel prices and a worsening economy. sale as a 2011 Scion model. Europe and Japan are the intended markets, but the iQ is being whispered for U.S. Toyota hopes to sell 100,000 in 2009. Billed as an "intelligent solution to urban transport," the iQ was designed at Toyota's ED2 studio in southern France, but is built in Japan.
The petite 2-door hatchback bowed as a concept at the autumn 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show in Germany and was shown in production trim at the March 2008 Geneva Auto Salon in Switzerland. What We Know About the 2011 Scion iQ As if to answer critics of its big, thirsty, and environmentally hostile trucks, Toyota is launching a thrifty Earth friendly microcar called iQ. Though designed for Europe and Japan, the iQ is coming stateside with Scion badges to help us cope with soaring fuel prices and growing urban congestion. Toyota is out to get Smart with a clever new microcar.
