Aston Martin and Toyota to work together on iQ-based 'Cygnet'

Toyota is to build a city car for Aston Martin on its iQ platform, the underpinnings of the industry’s smallest four seat car and an all-electric model the Japanese automaker is expected to launch in the next two years.

BELGIUM/UK: Toyota gives Aston Martin an iQ boost

29 June 2009

Is small the new big?

29 June 2009

Are relatively mature car markets going to become fertile ground for highly specified small cars? It is perhaps a niche that has proven difficult to crack for manufacturers in the past. The Mercede...

UK: Toyota extends iQ city car line

19 June 2009

Toyota Europe has extended its premium priced iQ city car range with a new version with 1.33-litre petrol engine (already used in the in the Auris, Yaris and Urban Cruiser), start-stop and the option of a CVT automatic transmission.

JAPAN: EVs viable only as compact commuters - Toyota

4 June 2009

Electric vehicles are a viable option but only as compact commuters, a senior Toyota official said on Thursday.

Toyota iQ on YouTube

24 November 2008

I received an email from Toyota today about how spiffing and innovative the new iQ small car is. I dare say it is a commendable little car and some clever engineering has gone into maximising inter...