Toyota iQ 1.0 (2009) CAR review

Written by nitram on September 5, 2008 – 10:04 -

The new Toyota iQ is a landmark car: the world’s soon-to-be-biggest car maker has gone and made the world’s smallest four-seater. You see, the iQ packs two rows of pews into a tiny slip of a hatchback. It’s not even three metres long. But the Toyota iQ has a twist; like Smart’s Fortwo, the last car to rip up the packaging rule book, the iQ wears a distinctly premium price tag.

Think of it like house prices. Although the iQ is tiny, at just 2985mm long, it is plonked slap bang in Mayfair, carrying an estimated £10,000 price tag when UK sales start in January 2009. So it had better be good…

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‘Aygo Crazy’ concept car to make world premiere at London Motor Show

Written by nitram on June 15, 2008 – 18:11 -

aygo_1.jpgAygo Crazy is the perfect antidote to all those wild concept cars that look great on the show stand but never turn a wheel. It is a unique machine that has been developed from the start to deliver no-holds-barred maximum driving pleasure, an unforgettable, fun experience.

Making its public debut at the British International Motor Show in London, Aygo Crazy is a one-off model, a “shopping supercar” that takes Aygo’s essential qualities to the limit. Owing more to the spirit of Group B rallying rather than D1 drifting, this is a car that is all about the joy of driving: with no electronic handling aids, no power steering and no ABS, it is like a kart with doors and a roof. Read more »

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