iQ Owner From the States Joining

[ColoradoBoo]

I'm not in the UK (Colorado, USA) but since they haven't sold the iQ in North America for a few years figured I'd join my UK iQ drivers!  (FWIW, I do have ancestors from the UK....Sir WIlliam DeHolt and Lady Jane Knight, late 1300's from Warwick Castle in Warwickshire, England.)

I bought a 2013 iQ new as my primary commuter car and have like the great mileage and have tinkered with her a bit...she's going on 90,000 miles now.  (And she's the hot lava color...NOT pumpkin as my wife calls her!)

We also have a Toyota Tundra (2014) and my wife drives a Prius 2 (2017)....long line of Toyota owners in our family dating back to the late-70's. 

[FROSTYBALLS]

Hello Rick - welcome to Toyota Owners Club.

The IQ was discontinued in the UK in 2014 due to the then high £/Yen exchange rate, low sales volumes, and changes in EU regulations which would have required significant alterations, increasing costs further.

[ColoradoBoo]

20 hours ago, FROSTYBALLS said:

Hello Rick - welcome to Toyota Owners Club.

The IQ was discontinued in the UK in 2014 due to the then high £/Yen exchange rate, low sales volumes, and changes in EU regulations which would have required significant alterations, increasing costs further.

Oh no...I didn't know that!  I'm a former US Air Force member and have seen Toyota iQ's in Italy and France.  When they were sold in the US, Toyota badged them as Scion but I don't like that so rebadged mine as Toyota.   If a stick shift were offered here, I would've gotten one...not a big fan of the CVT tranny.

I am thankful I can, still, find parts for the iQ online at a few Toyota dealers in the states.

[PaulinhoT]

Hello Rick, welcome to the club.