Toyota iQ 130G

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Toyota iQ 130G

posted August 21st, 2009 by jonfrench

Toyota is upgrading its range of iQ city cars by adding a larger 1.3 liter engine to the current 1 liter class that has been available here since late 2008. The 1NR-FE engine may be larger, but it gets a class-leading 23 KM per liter in the most economical mode on its CVT transmission.

The question is whether customers will think they need a larger engine in such a small car. After all, there are many kei cars in Japan that have 660 cc engines, which are more than acceptable for trundling around town (and spending a lot of time sitting at lights - which is what “motoring” generally is over here). The one liter model is clearly (and not very subtly) aimed at the similarly-engined Smart. Whether there will really be demand for a larger engine than this is yet to be seen.

If you are interested in the older 1 liter 100G models, you can pick very nice low mileage ones up at the auctions for 1.1 or 1.2 million Yen. Click this link to find out more about our Japanese car auctions where we can get these for you and export them around the world.

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