THE ASTON MARTIN CYGNET concept revealed last week, based on the Toyota iQ, might seem like a pairing akin to Ronald McDonald serving supper to the Queen of England, but CEO Dr Ulrich Bez promises the Cygnet is more Aston than not.

Speaking with the UK’s Auto Express magazine, Dr Bez said the Cygnet represents an [...]

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There have been whispers for some time now that Toyota has been looking at sending its diminutive iQ light car to the US, to be sold under the company’s youth-oriented brand Scion.

The whispers turned into bright yellow shouts this week, with Toyota revealing a Scion-badged concept version of the iQ at the New York Motor [...]

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The common assumption that small cars offer the worst crash protection is one that refuses to go away. The logic goes that the less metal there is between you and whatever you’re about to hit, the more likely you’ll sustain serious injury.The smaller the car, the bigger the trauma.

However, Toyota’s tiny iQ city car has [...]

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It appears Hyundai isn’t content to rest on its laurels after having its Genesis luxury sedan voted North American Car of the Year. News today is that the Korean giant-killer is working on a small car to rival Toyota’s diminutive iQ car.

Operating under the project name “Green Baby”, the word from an insider at Hyundai’s [...]

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Word on the street is that Toyota USA is mulling over the possibility of offering the petite iQ micro car to American motorists - a car that’s pretty much the antithesis of your typical full-fat Yankee automobile.

At just 2985mm long the iQ is tiny. When placed side-by-side with a ‘traditional’ American pick-up truck like, say, [...]

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The votes have been tallied and the results are in. Japan’s automotive journalists have spoken, and the Japanese Car of the Year is not the mighty GT-R, the razor-sharp Evolution X or even the Lexus IS-F. Nope, all of the above were pipped at the post by Toyota’s tiny iQ city car, a 2985mm-long four-seater [...]

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