Comments on: Toyota iQ: New trend or laughing stock?

By: kevin

kevin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:16:43 +0000

I would buy one now if toyota would just bring them to the us ! hello ! toyota are you listing !

By: Rafa

Rafa — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:25:16 +0000

I’m brazilian and I’m living in Belgium, the more successfull import car for this year in Brazil is the Smart, which is very tiny, and I still kinda sympathize with it. But this Toyota IQ you can see everywhere here, I’m love with it. It’s just what an avarage European need. Small, prety, fuel eficient car. But Americans looks like still needing their guns, SUV’s and the wars, of course, to pay all this.

By: Jerry Zabin

Jerry Zabin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:33:36 +0000

I just returned from Berlin and I saw the Toyota IQ up close. LOVE IT!!! If this car becomes available in the U.S., I am a definite buyer! Gas prices continue to rise and this car would fit the bill. With US carmakers in peril, it is no wonder…the day of the gas guzzler has passed! In Berlin, gas is nearly $5.25/gallon and you rarely see large cars on the road. Let’s get with it America….conservation is no longer optional, it is necessary. The Toyota IQ fits the bill!

By: Not Ego

Not Ego — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:25:50 +0000

What and ego centric point of view and such odd denial now that the price of “Gas” has once again risen. Gas in the near and medium term will increase and keep increasing as supply is out stripped by demand.
I cant stand the blinkered I can afford an SUV with a giant engine and I can afford the gas so whats the problem.
What we must remember is that Americans are consuming so much “Food” that they wont fit in an IQ or small car but have to have an SUV for each person. Gross as they would say and literally as their waists expand ;(
Seriously we dont need tanks to move one person even in the country or suburbia. We never did, its just conceit and pride and the belief that bigger is better. A tax will not help, rationing is the way to go. Limit each person according to the need. Same with Air travel.
There is nothing wrong with travel but the “rich or needy traveller” should pay the person who doesnt travel much for the privilege of using thier ration as it were.
If you think this through to its conclusions not just these but many suggestions although unpaletable initially are very workable and practical curbs on the Excesses of the ” I dont give a **** ” brigade.
Nuff Said

By: Kozzer

Kozzer — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:28:35 +0000

looks like -tgriffith, the author is the only one outhere with his head still up that dark place….. wake up already !
There are people that drive oversized cars just because they can afford it. I say tax the hell out of them if they really want to. You want to pollute beyond whats acceptable you pay for it.
Guzzletax the way to go

By: super d me

super d me — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:54:58 +0000

Did any one posting here ever hear of Air powered cars? Search on that! makes all these hybrids and micro cars look foolish. But why can’t we have it now. Besides Ford makes a Diesil car sold over seas that is Focus size that gets 60+ MPG. Anywone ever think there’s something more at play here. Does over priced drugs compared to other countries remind you of anything?

By: rktrixy

rktrixy — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:35:27 +0000

As a person who takes the bus to work, I struggle to count cars that have more than one person in them on the way to work, except in the car pool lane on the freeway. All the other streets are populated with cars – large, small, pick-up, SUV, etc. – that have only one person inside. It would be great if our cars could shrink or grow to match the occaision. Until that little bit of science fiction occurs we need to change people’s thinking away from “I need a SUV because 2% of the time I need a larger car” to “I need a smaller car. I can rent a SUV when I need it.” Just think of how much gas would be saved!

By: andrew

andrew — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:42:49 +0000

The reviewer seems to see big cars as inherently better than small cars. This makes perfect sense if you live out in the suburbs. But for those of us in dense, urban areas, tiny cars are a huge advantage in a lot of ways, not the least of which is parking. We don’t “settle” for a tiny car – we actively seek them out (ie., the mini). Anyone who tried to drive a 1950s caddy around Paris or Rome would quickly understand why I’m talking about.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:31:16 +0000

About 70% of the population of the United States lives within the boundaries of urbanized area (210 out of 300 million). Combined, these areas occupy about 2% of the United States. The majority of urbanized area residents are suburbanites; core central city residents make up about 30% of the urbanized area population (about 60 out of 210 million).

these types of demographics will drive the future…literally.

By: Mr G

Mr G — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:29:50 +0000

I think the reviewer has considered small cars as the only way to be fuel efficient. The iQ is a city car and is ideal for anyone living in a city or commuting from a suburb. It deals with two issues – fuel efficiency and high density population. Two key issues for the future. Whether we like it or not.

Secondly – the reviewer is making the assumption all americans only save fuel to save money. Are we only trying to save gas or are we looking at the bigger picture? Informed people know that being wasteful isn’t so cool anymore.
Using our brains, being intelligent and finding new ways forward certainly is. It’s good to see some people leading the way.