Toyota to build a modern day Metro?

[Formula413]

Anyone heard of the Toyota iQ? Sounds very promising:

Toyota iQ Aims at Smart Fortwo- Yahoo! Autos Article Page

A four seater that is about the size of a Smart, with a 1 Litre 3 banger or a 1.4 Litre diesel

[sdprius858]

Its being built as we speak. Its going to be released in Europe and I believe Asia.

[NeilBlanchard]

Hi,

It may well be sold in the USA as a Scion model -- check other threads here on EM.

[Frank Lee]

.299 Cd! So much for "fineness ratios".

[Duffman]

If they brought the diesel out, it might actually be the first time I consider buying a toyota. I wont get my hopes up, great ideas/projects seem to fall through all the time.

[metromizer]

Originally Posted by Frank Lee

.299 Cd! So much for "fineness ratios".

haha marketing... When you think about it, car makers touting Cd without mentioning total frontal area is almost a meaningless index for the consumer's purposes. What consumers really need is a new index that combines the two numbers that more directly relates to total drag at say, 65mph (or pick a speed). I don't ever recall seeing total frontal area stats for a given model unless I dig, deep.

Still, a good direction to be headed if you sell cars for a living. Large firm selling tested crashworthy car that get great FE... what a concept! But will the general population buy or rent them?

[MazdaMatt]

I'm sure you'd all rip apart the wheel wells and grill on that car for better Cd. CdA would be an excellent stat to list on cars. But i suppose in the real world, that is what EPA Highway rating is for.

[Daox]

FYI, I made this a while back. Its still lacking in info, but its a start.

CdA list