At 2100lbs, it looked like it could be a fun toy, but it is underwhelming from several perspectives:
No manual transmission
Crappy suspension (strut front, torsion beam rear)
Sub-par mileage figures
And most importantly: $16K MSRP !?!?
Car and Driver did not have good things to say about the CVT, either:
Quote:
jam a brick on the accelerator, and the iQ’s little engine runs to about four grand and sticks there as the car slowly engineers forward progress with a drone.
Every time the iQ is about to do something entertaining, the CVT intrudes and spoils it. Dive into a corner, the tires bite and…the transmission induces its drone of defeat and the car practically falls on its nose. Scion says the iQ will run from 0 to 60 mph in 11.8 seconds, but a better estimate might be a week.
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http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...t-drive-review
Not sporty, not efficient.
