Category: City Cars 
Price Range: £10,495 to £11,615
Brilliant packaging, low emissions, big-car feel, well-equipped.
Manual's long gearing stunts performance, hefty price, cheap-feeling interior.
New approach to city car compromised by intimidating pricetag and lack of fun.
With a carbon dioxide rating of 99g/km, the iQ falls into Band A and is therefore exempt from road tax. Under the new bands, to be introduced in 2009 you'll pay zero road tax.
The 1.0-litre engine that all UK models will initially be powered by is also cheap to run: its combined consumption figure is 67.2mpg (60.1mpg for cars using the Multidrive CVT auto).
Company car users, meanwhile, will also pay the lowest 10% tax obligation.
