Japanese Car of the Year - Toyota iQ
14th November 2008
Micro car iQ from Toyota Motor Corporations’s is named the Japanese Car of the Year 2008-09. This award is organized by Japanese Coty Web site. The winners were selected by a committee of sixty-five jurors who are writers and consultants from automobile industry.
Toyota iQ won this prestigious award by a great margin over competitors such as Citroen’s C5, Audi’s A4 and Jaguar’s XF. This is a good news for Toyota, as it will help them to advertise the 1-liter iQ to boost sales amid slumping demand for new automobiles in Japan and the U.S.
The iQ micro car from Toyota, will be available in Japan from Nov. 20. It can carry three adults and has additional space for a child or luggage. It will be priced between 1.4 million yen ($14,300) and 1.6 million yen. BMW’s Mini One is priced from 2.08 million yen, and Daimler AG’s twin-seat Smart For Two is sold from 1.76 million yen.
The Toyota iQ, is currently the world’s smallest four-seater car Measuring just under 3 meters. It is shorter than Japanese mini cars such as Daihatsu Motor Co.’s Move. and little longer than the 2.4-meter Smart ForTwo.
The iQ won this award mainly because of its space efficiency and design, particularly its ability to seat four people in a body less than three meter long, as well as its combination of safety and low CO2 emissions.
This car is currently not available in other countries. If you are interested, we can arrange shipment for you. It is a nice car for those who are looking for a compact, fuel efficient car for small family.
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