Toyota iQ with 1.33-liter engine now on sale

Japanese car manufacturer Toyota releases in the European market a new modification of bantam iQ. Now mini car is available with 1.33-liter engine. This version was presented in March 2009, at the Motor Show in Geneva.

As the Drom.ru informed, iQ is completed with a mechanical 6-speed gearbox and variation. Fuel consumption with the mechanical transmission is 4.8 liters per 100 kilometers. In a complete set of variable speed transmission the engine spends 5.1 liters of gasoline per 100 kilometers.

Maximum engine power is 98 hp. The vehicle reaches speed of 100 km /h in 11, 8 seconds with the “mechanics” and 11.6 seconds with variable speed transmission. The maximum speed of Toyota iQ is 170 km /h.

With regard to electronic devices included in the vehicle, it is worth to note the updated to a mechanical CPR system equipped with proprietary stop-start, deafening engine automatically stops the machine and when the neutral transfer starts. Once again, the car starts in just 0.4 seconds. According to Toyota, in an urban setting the car saves up to 15% when using this technology.

In standard equipment also includes: an automatic inclusion headlamps and windscreen wipers, heated side mirrors and power-system access in the cabin and an option tostart the engine without a key, automatically darken saloon rear-view mirror, sound system with 6 speakers, front fog lamps and steering wheel with leather slippage.

The car is equipped with 9 airbags. The system Stability (VSC) and traction management efforts (TRC) are available as options.

Toyota iQ with the 1.33-liter engine is already available in the market in England. There, the cost of the car starts from 11 495 pounds (18 892 dollars) for the modification of ILAC, and 12 495 pounds (20 535 dollars) for the version with variable speed transmission.

Recall that the basic version of Toyota iQ is equipped with 1.0-liter gasoline engine powered with 68 hp.