Besides all the motorsport action going on this month, the auto show circuit is rolling on with the New York Auto Show this week. I’ve been keeping an eye on the news coming out of New York, and one of the cars I thought was worth a post here is the Scion iQ Concept. This concept is of course based on the Toyota iQ which is already on sale in Europe and Japan. There haven’t been any details released on a production version of the iQ for the US market, but this particular car is the most heavily modified iQ I’ve seen yet.
The customization was done by Five Axis in SoCal, a group that has closely worked with Scion and Toyota on many project cars over the past several years.
Five Axis designed the wide-body conversion and then filled the fenders with a set of 18″x8.5 concave-faced wheels that look gigantic on the tiny iQ.
The interior is mostly a carry-over from the production iQ, with the addition of 10″ LCD screen for the navigation system and in-car entertainment goodies.
In the press release, Scion says it believes the iQ will be the “future of transportation”. A Scion rep is quoted as saying, “If it should join our future line-up, I think it could reach iconic
status like our xB. Its styling will attract attention and if it’s a
Scion, you know it’ll be easy to personalize.”
Hmm…how many of you would consider a Scion (or Toyota) iQ for a daily commuter?
Pics found on Autoblog.
-Mike Garrett
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I get one... in black, please!
Troy and FiveAxis does it again.
I want it in titanium color, please =)
Bleh....
That thing looks sick!
Dope, great little city car.
orange one for me please
Five Axis is amazing
if it came out of the factory looking like that, and was in the market for a little car, i'd definately buy one
I really want one, if you pick up Option Mag Feb 09, you will see an article about this little cruiser, slammed tuckin rubber. Do eht, do eht now!
...now tell me it doesn't look like a Smart Fourtwo on steroids?
wait till someone driving one of those gets nailed by a Tahoe, or a 15-passenger Safari van... no bueno.
wide body XD FTL?
In some odd way I kinda like it. It is ugly for sure but lovably so.
i would defenetely get one for sure. but, are those wheels too big for the little engine?
I like it, I'm a big fan of these tiny comuter cars and some of them are very cool. My only issue is, I tow cars around every weekend so I need something that can tow, so this kind of thing is out the window. If i was rich and could afford insurance on 3 vehicles then sure, there would be one in my driveway
A bit too much at the front, but the rest is really nice.
bring it to Canada PLEASSSSSSSE! i will buy it 100% for sure. i know i could import it but that would be a hassle
ugly
ta buenisimo
ta buenisimo
ta buenisimo
I want one,now!!!
I rock one slam on a set of wats or bbs
Wow, sooooooooooo much better than the original!
i want those wheels!!!