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Aston Martin Cygnet (nee Toyota iQ) to hit European city streets next year?

Most of us would be willing to kill for the opportunity to have an Aston Martin as our daily commuter. (Then again, most of us here at Autoblog are writers and don't commute much of anywhere). But the British purveyor of luxury GTs figures some of its customers – those based in major European metropolitan centers like London and Paris, for example – could use something a little more compact for driving into the city. Hence the Cygnet, which as you may recall is essentially a Toyota iQ with some Aston touches. News of the ... Read more →

Frankfurt Preview: Lexus LF-Ch joins Toyota Auris Hybrid, plug-in Prius and two iQ concepts Jeremy Korzeniewski

With just a few weeks left before the Frankfurt Motor Show kicks off in high gear, Lexus has decided its high time to let loose a single teaser image of its hotly anticipated hybrid hatchback ...

Rumormill: BMW in talks to use iQ platform for future models, Toyota to get Mini in return?! Jeremy Korzeniewski

Aston Martin may not be the only premium European automaker interested in Toyota's innovative iQ microcar. According to Inside Line and Autocar in the U.K., BMW and Toyota are in talks to ...

VIDEO: Toyota iQ: Small Car, Font Jockey Chris Shunk

Anyone who has ever used a computer knows that there are a lot of fonts out there, but we can't think of one that was designed with the use of a cute little hatchback. Letmedesign typographers ...

REPORT: Scion iQ headed for America by early 2011 with a few changes Jeremy Korzeniewski

As expected, Toyota's youthful Scion division will indeed get a version of the diminutive iQ for the North American market, possibly by either the end of 2010 as an '11 model or in early 2011 as ...

REPORT: Aston Martin Cygnet adds a smart set of clothes to the Toyota iQ 5 months ago on Autoblog

With a nod to our current global economic and environmental issues, super GT maker Aston Martin has reportedly announced the world's first super luxury supermini. Having blown their development budget on the V12 Vantage RS, Rapide and One-77 hypercar, they turned to an unlikely partner for some ...

Toyota ups the small car score with the iQ3 (iQ cubed) 5 months ago on Autoblog

While the original iQ is apparently a museum piece, the new iQ3, which Toyota announced at the Geneva Motor Show in March, is now on sale in the UK. The iQ cubed adds a 98 bhp 1.33-liter engine with Toyota Optimal Drive to the diminutive Smart competitor and the start-stop system helps the iQ3 ...

Spy Shot?: Scion iQ concept caught before New York unveiling 8 months ago on Autoblog

With the April Fools jokes flying, we're having a hard time taking anything seriously, and the newest source of our skepticism comes in the form of a singular spy shot showing the Scion iQ concept ahead of its official unveiling at next week's New York Auto Show. The head-on pic gives us a glimpse ...

Scion confirms new concept car headed for New York 8 months ago on Autoblog

Scion has decided to end speculation about whether a new concept vehicle will be unveiled at the New York Auto Show by issuing a press release confirming our suspicions. In the process, though, the automaker has stirred the pot, yet again, about what type of vehicle will be on display. ...

Tiny Toyota iQ registers 5 Star NCAP performance 9 months ago on Autoblog

We still wouldn't want to crack the tiny Toyota iQ into anything, but the little rollerskate has earned itself 5 stars in Euro NCAP safety testing. It's not a perfect correlation to hitting real objects, but the performance will undoubtedly help make a sales case. Results for the iQ are nearly ...

Hyundai planning Toyota iQ rival 10 months ago on Autoblog

It is codenamed "green baby," and it is Hyundai's answer to the Toyota iQ. A Hyundai Europe insider hinted that the car could be funkier and "more basic and functional" than the iQ. The iQ Concept had a pretty neat interior, but there really isn't much space between it and the backstop of basic ...

Toyota working on Yaris-sized 7-Seater? 11 months ago on Autoblog

If you've been distressed by not being able to buy a clown car at any local lot, Toyota has news for you: the company is working on a Yaris-sized seven-seater. That is odd enough to make us ask "What?" and "Why?" in several languages. Even better, though, is when Toyota engineer Hiroki Nakajima says ...

Rendered Speculation: Toyota iQ convertible 1 year ago on Autoblog

If the new Toyota iQ is going to compete against the smart fortwo, an open-top version is going to be a necessity. We've already heard rumblings of a possible roadster based on the iQ's underpinnings, so a convertible option certainly seems possible. If renderings from Japan's Best Car are to be ...

Great things come in small packages. iQ wins Japanese Car of the Year 1 year ago on Autoblog

Any guesses on what car Japanese jurors might pick as their Car of the Year? Guess again; and again. That's right, the Nissan GT-R only managed to snag enough votes to garner a bronze finish in Japanese COTY voting. Wondering what epically amazing machinery bested the mighty Godzilla? That ...

VIDEO: Toyota iQ gets first commercial 1 year ago on Autoblog

We saw Toyota's iQ city car debut in Geneva last year, and now little Ikey has its own TV spot. Granted, there's precious little of the actual car shown until the last few seconds of the commercial, but this is advertising, after all. The spot is high-concept, with no boilerplate screaming ...

Rumormill: Toyota developing baby roadster based on iQ 1 year ago on Autoblog

Toyota worked up an entirely new platform for its new iQ minicar, which features a very unique 3+1 seating arrangement in an effort to outsmart its competitors. Such a development takes a good deal of resources and Toyota seems to be considering ways to defray that cost through additional models ...

Toyota releases pricing and spec info for European iQ 1 year ago on Autoblog

IF you're in Europe and hoping to get your name on a list for a Toyota iQ, now's the time. Toyota has opened up the order banks for the cleverly packaged microcar prior to its January availability date, while also giving up the goods on available specs, options, and pricing. The iQ comes in ...

Toyota iQ could come Stateside wearing Scion badge 1 year ago on Autoblog

Rumors have been swirling over the past few months that Toyota was considering bringing its iQ mini-car to the States, and according to MotorTrend that's exactly what's going to happen at the LA Auto Show this November, where Toyota will unveil a U.S.-spec iQ wearing Scion badges. The iQ ...

Audi and Toyota considering offering smaller cars in the States 1 year ago on Autoblog

It's been well documented that we Americans have been growing larger, and if the auto manufacturers thinking of bringing their small cars Stateside follow through, we're going to feel like giants. Toyota and Audi are the latest automakers discussing whether to bring smaller transportation for ...

Pics Aplenty: the production Toyota iQ 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for more high-res shots of the European Toyota iQ By naming its impending city car the iQ, Toyota makes no bones about who it's after. And with an extra set of seats fitted into its diminutive little runabout, the Japanese auto giant looks to one-up the smart fortwo with a vehicle that ...

Spy Shots: Tiny Toyota iQ caught testing 1 year ago on Autoblog

Though Toyota already unveiled the production version of its diminutive iQ city car at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show last March, this is the first time anyone has seen the vehicle testing out in the wild. These spy photos of the iQ also give us a good sense of the car's true scale, which is to say that ...

Toyota iQ could spawn larger variant 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Toyota iQ. The expense of developing an entirely new platform to underpin a single model is hardly cost efficient, so it comes as little surprise that Toyota is considering another model built off its recently released iQ microcar. The new vehicle would be ...

Geneva 2008: Production Toyota iQ unveiled, smart in sight 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Toyota iQ. In what was arguably the largest press conference here in Geneva, Toyota unveiled the production version of its ultra-compact city car, the iQ. Originally shown in concept form during last year's Frankfurt Motor Show, the production iQ remains ...

Geneva '08 Preview: Production Toyota iQ, Urban Cruiser revealed 1 year ago on Autoblog

click either image to enlarge Unlike the Dodge Challenger Midwest Regional Auto Show, Geneva's shaping up to be bursting with new-car debuts. Toyota will be in the thick of it, showing off the production-spec version of the iQ microcar, which the automaker debuted as a concept last year in ...

Motorcycle-derived Yamaha engine to power Toyota's IQ 2 years ago on Autoblog

A version of Toyota's iQ concept, originally shown in Frankfurt, is rumored to begin production sometime next year and according to a couple of sources cited by Automotive News, power will come courtesy of Yamaha. The two Japanese firms are currently collaborating on a new 1.0-liter engine based on ...

Toyota looking to produce iQ-inspired subcompact for Europe by 2009 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the image above for more high-res shots of the Toyota iQ concept. Toyota understands the pent up demand in Europe for more fuel-efficient, urban runabouts, and the iQ concept car seeks to fill that growing niche. According to the Nikkei business rag, the iQ will move from concept to ...

Frankfurt 2007: It ain't the Endo it's the Toyota iQ 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the image above for more high-res pics of the Toyota iQ. "Flame surfacing comes to the smart." That was our first thought when we laid eyes upon Toyota's newest concept, the iQ. The 2980mm 3+1 practically shares every dimension with its big brother the Yaris, except length, and comes equipped ...






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