Toyota has a great car that you can buy in Europe right now (if you can afford a new car). It’s the iQ.
It’s just 10 inches longer than the Smart Car*, but it has a rear seat! (Admittedly, anyone over 5 years old would only be able to survive a 2-mile journey back there. But it’s probably bigger than the back seat of my buddy’s Porsche 928.) *In the picture, the iQ is on the left, and Smart is on the right.
I know you are thinking, “What a quick way to die!” Not true. It earned a 5-star rating in the Euro NCAP crash tests.
Toyota could have been more original with the name – “iQ” and “Smart” – notice any similarity?
So yes, since I’m a lover of small cars, I want one.
(Apologies for the poor quality of the photos; I shot these from a magazine sitting in my lap, as part of the bookstore findings series.)
Yeah that is a cool car.