Been living with the Toyota IQ for a couple of months now so time for a review of the inside of the car.
(for irregular readers I am one of 4 bloggers who won the use of the baby auto for 5 months in return for blogging about it).
Lets start with the boot because this is probably the biggest space saving in the car.
That is not an optical illusion. The car handbook shows you the size of the rear storage space. It will hold a briefcase, a largish handbag or a couple of books. But not at the same time. We have travelled as a family (2 adults, 2 kids under 12) for a weekend and it involved the passenger in the front with knee loads of stuff.
The 1.5 rear seats (as Toyota refer to them). Look kinda ok don't they?
Until you see the one behind the drivers seat with the seat back.
You can also see in this photo the rear wheel arch pushing up into the rear seat space - and the tiny window which adds to the prison cell feeling! I presume that (small window) is for making the car stronger?
Some shots of details:
The only controls for the radio are these two round objects on the steering wheel. And they are impossible to get at when it is anything other than straight (ie if you wanted to turn radio off/down on a slight bend). Directly behind is the digital display which gives time, petrol, KM done and Radio/CD information. Compact.
In the more expensive model this display is more useful apparently - in the IQ I have it is a monumental waste of space relative to the work gone into the rest of the design housing just a couple of warning lights.
Finally a shot of the front with both seats back - as most intended the car would just be used by one or two people.
In this guise it works really well - as referred to previously there is no compromise in the driving position and that continues to amaze people who sit into it.
keith
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