2025 Toyota (Scion) IQ & Smart

[smartnhappy]

Lots of Facebook postings about the 'redesigned' Toyota IQ (no mention of Scion).  Reported available as gas powered.... 1.0L turbo churning out 75 hp with a CVT.  Some conflicting info plus test drives are popping up.  It's similarity to the Smart is unavoidable due to the similarity in sizes.  Anyone have thoughts or opinions pro or con.  I'm sure Toyota have addressed shortcomings in the previous model.

Also see lots of posts on the 2025 Smart.  Available as an EV or turbo gas.  It looks good.  Again, thoughts or comments.

No info on availability of either brand in Canada (Smart highly doubtful).  Anyone hear otherwise.

I love my '05 Smart but it's painful to concider replacement with what's offered in Canada. Maybe I'll just fir handles to the Tridion for the pawl bearers.

[darren]

Toyota killed the Scion brand in 2016.

[smartnhappy]

Toyota iQ will not be a North American model.  Too bad.  Even in IT form, it seems as it might succeed here IMHO.

[MikeT]

It's not going to be an anything model, anywhere. The stuff online is all AI.

[smartzuuk]

On 12/9/2024 at 5:14 PM, MikeT said:

It's not going to be an anything model, anywhere. The stuff online is all AI.

 

It's hard to distinguish reality from imagined reality nowadays.... LOL

[smartzuuk]

https://media.smart.com/meet-the-all-new-all-electric-all-intuitive-5-the-first-ever-premium-mid-size-suv-from-smart/

 

So.... what the heck is this?? It's kind of like the Suzuki Jimny I can't have until it's 15 years old... LOL

Here we go again

[MikeT]

Chinese-made crap, no thanks