View Single Post
Old 03-31-2010, 11:35 PM   #45 (permalink)
RobertSmalls
Left Lane Ecodriver
 
RobertSmalls's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA
Posts: 2,233

Zombie Insight - '00 Insight MT
Team Honda
90 day: 62.82 mpg (US)
Thanks: 79
Thanked 239 Times in 174 Posts
How on earth do you build such a small car that gets such horrid gas mileage? Has Toyota been borrowing ideas from the CR-Z?

I'll speculate: althoug the iQ is small, its frontal area is not. Also, its drag coefficient is downright embarrasing by EM standards. Its grille and mirrors are a large percentage of its frontal area. And the aft body? It doesn't have one.

Basically, it's a Toyota Smart ForTwo. Skip it.
  Reply With Quote