Road & Track Drives the iQ

Road & Track magazine has published their first drive of the iQ. Read all about it here. They do not really give much of an opinion on the driving dynamics, but they seemed to enjoy it for what it is.

Scion iQ Now Available for Presale

Scion Canada has announced that the new Scion iQ is now available for presale and should be arriving in the fall. The list price? $16,760.

Read all the details at Scion Nation.

FR-S is Roll Cage Ready?

According to various reports, including this one on Autoblog, the Scion FR-S has an interior designed with a roll cage in mind. The idea being that one could install a cage, without the need to cut up the dashboard.

If this is true, it bodes well for the rest of the car. Clearly Toyota wants to make this car a true enthusiast's car, ready for the weekend track warrior.

Electric iQ is Coming

Toyota USA has confirmed that an electric iQ is arriving stateside in 2012.  Of course, we are still waiting for the gas powered version to make it's debut at Canadian dealerships.  No word whether we'll get the Scion iQ EV north of the border.  I guess we'll just have to wait an see.

[Source: Toyota]