Anyone driven the Scion iQ ?

[junorico24]

It's released in Australia.

Here's a 4 door in Chatswood, Sydney, NSW!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mReJI9hdABE

Here's an Aussie review of the WHAT'S UP!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC93Ry9dkWQ

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by junorico24

It's released in Australia.

Here's a 4 door in Chatswood, Sydney, NSW!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mReJI9hdABE

Here's an Aussie review of the WHAT'S UP!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC93Ry9dkWQ

How much would I have to invest in a business to get residency ? (jk......for now) I'd definitely go for the 3-door rather than the 5-door because the 5-door has the pop out rear windows -- too easy to break into. I really like the horizontal mount for the 12v receptacle. The VW site for Australia only has 1 'level'. In the UK there are three levels, the Take Up, the Move Up, and the High Up. The trim level for the Australian version seems to be equivalent to the Move Up, with a few additional features.

Sorry Bronsin, I did make one mistake on my initial 'Up' post. That lowest level of trim does have pretty much everything the base 2nd Generation Yaris has except one thing I didn't notice before. It doesn't have AC. That would fall to the base price for the mid level Move Up 3-door, which is just about exactly the same as the base 2013 U.S. spec Yaris 3-door....but better MPG....from the VW UK site (converted to US MPG) 42 city 60.33 hwy 52.3 combined....and if you pay the 360 GBP (580.88 USD) extra for the BlueMotion version of the engine the numbers increase to 47.08 city 63.75 hwy 57.41 combined.

[bronsin]

Im doomed to never getting to own the car I REALLY want.

Actually my 2001 ECHO with manual transmission was pretty good.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by bronsin

Im doomed to never getting to own the car I REALLY want.

Actually my 2001 ECHO with manual transmission was pretty good.

....or (in the future) retire to another country that has such cars, accessible reasonably priced medical care (or very easy access back to the U.S.), and a lower COL than New Jersey.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by bronsin

I dont believe it. 10 seconds of fuel at idle is really small.

I would want more than a persons like thats word.

When auto stop/start came out its was poo pooed by people who should know.

Me I want the truth!

I heard the blurb again last night, this time more clearly. The URL of the page on her website where her claim resides is http://005f787.netsolhost.com/blog/?p=438 and the website is TheCarLady.com. Her name is Lynn Beckwith, and ASE certification is displayed. Don't know if she's right or wrong, just FYI.

[mirapatec]

When shopping, I sat in both the Yaris and the iQ. I really, really liked the iQ, but my height negated my comfort in that vehicle. Basically, I could not see out the windshield unless I had the seat in the extreme reclining position. Seriously.

The Yaris I eventually bought and the iQ were sitting side by side at the dealership, both in the same color. Once I sat in the Yaris, and fit, the Yaris is what I drove off in. Sometimes the human body dictates the car one purchases.

[edmscan]

I sat in one at the Toyota / Scion dealer the other day and other than the radio overpowering the dash area, I really didn't mind the car that much. But the 22 grand price tag . . well that was a bit much.