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Wake up Rip V. W.! The latest box office success over the weekend was 'Fast and Furious'. The line went around the corner at our local theater and the parking lot was full of car clubs' latest glo-painted, flat painted, op art'd, stickered, CF'd, rust patina'ed, etc, vehicle of every kind. The night glowed with all the HIDs, exterior & interior LEDs, and the eerie barely audible but tactile subwoofers' humming. Local cops kept everyone behaved.
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I think you're both right. Didn't you see this in the movie?!?!?! :
Pokemon New VW Beetle by John Chung (Tamiya 1/35)
It's also 100% electric, 
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03-31-2010, 08:30 PM
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03-31-2010, 09:36 PM
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...yeah, but this pee (or is it pea) green version is more striking:
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03-31-2010, 11:35 PM
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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.
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04-01-2010, 12:50 AM
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Hello -
I suspect the CVT isn't helping it's potential MPG.
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04-01-2010, 07:56 AM
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The earlier Cd mentioned is 0.29, so it isn't that. The frontal area is relatively tall, but I can't think that it is overly large. I wonder what the 6-speed manual version gets?
The other thing I have not seen that was mentioned previously, is Stop/Start technology.
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04-01-2010, 08:43 AM
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0.299 * 23.1ft^2 = bigger frontal area and higher Cd than a Corolla. I request my iQ be lowered and lengthened.
The European version does 0-62 in 14.7s, which is too slow for Americans. Hopefully Toyota solves this with electric assist instead of a "performance"-tuned engine.
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Has anybody spotted an iQ in the "wild"? My local dealer has some available and I'd like to try it out, but I have not seen any on the road, yet.
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04-21-2012, 11:12 PM
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Neil -
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Has anybody spotted an iQ in the "wild"? My local dealer has some available and I'd like to try it out, but I have not seen any on the road, yet.
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Pretty sure I saw one driving the opposite way a few hours ago. Very Smart-Pug like.
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