Category: City Cars 
Price Range: £10,495 to £11,615
Clever packaging; a more flexible engine; premium feel.
Noisy engine; too expensive; tries too hard to be something it's not.
Although the 98bhp engine adds cruising ability, Toyota's city car doesn't need it when you consider the higher purchase price and greater running costs.
The iQ defies any preconceptions you may have about small cars being less safe. It's expected to score the full five stars when Euro NCAP takes it crash testing.
Stability control is standard, as is ABS, and the crash structure is incredibly rigid (it has to be, because the fuel tank is located under the floor). Toyota has somehow squeezed in nine airbags as standard fit, including world-first rear-shield airbags, fitted behind rear occupants to protect them in a rear-end shunt.
For security, there's a Thatcham Category 2 alarm and immobiliser as standard.
