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Tetsu's Tales
Straight Outta J-Pan. Engrish From Our Man In Japan. Read If You Dare.
Scion unveiled Scion IQ Concept at the 2009 New York International Auto Show. Scion IQ is Toyota IQ in Japan. IQ is small car and the size of IQ is almost same as Japanese K-cars. But the width of IQ is more than Japanese K-cars. Scion IQ have 1.3L four-cylinder DOHC motor but Japanese Toyota IQ have 1.0L three cylinder DOHC motor. I think Scion IQ's motor is same as Japanese Vitz (Yaris) motor. Japanese Vitz have 1.0L, 1.3L and 1.5L motor as you can choose.
I think Scion IQ's rival car is Smart Fortwo. Mercedes-Benz's engineer developed Smart Fortwo which have 1.0L three-cylinder motor on rear-engine rear-wheel-drive layout. IQ have front-engine front-drive layout. IQ and Smart are small car but they don't skimp safety equipments.
So, this is Super Street magazine. We care about what tuning plan for IQ and Smart. Few days ago, I found the tuned Smart on YouTube. That tuned Smart is faster than Ferrari and it is drifting, That tuned Smart has Suzuki GSX-R 1000cc motor-cycle motor with ATV's differential. One shop in UK is selling GSX-R motor swap kit (include GSX-R motor) for Smart Fortwo and price is about $12,600 USD. This shop in UK has plan for selling the swap kit in USA. Smart Fortwo's stock motor makes 70hp. GSX-R's motor (UK spec) makes about 190hp. Umm, that sounds like danger but I want to drive the Smart with GSX-R motor and pass the rich people's Ferrari.
OK, back to the IQ. What is the tuning plan for Scion IQ? Scion IQ concept at the New York Auto show had Five Axis body kit, Five Axis rims with Yokohama tires and TEIN coilovers. At the Tokyo Auto Salon there were turbo kit, supercharger kit, coilovers, and exhaust systems for Toyota IQ. I think Japanese tuning parts companies will sell the tuning parts for Scion IQ in USA when Scion will start to sell IQ. I think it is so hard to swap GSX-R motor on IQ but it is possible to swap another four cylinder Toyota motor on IQ (1ZZ or 2ZZ). Some rumors from Japanese car magazines say Toyota have some plans for selling another types of cars with IQ's chassis. Convertible, sport coupe, electric vehicle etc... IQ is lightweight and is strong weapon in tuning scene. Any tuning parts for small cars is cheaper than the tuning parts for big cars. Will it be becoming popular tuning small cars (A-spec or B-spec cars) in USA?
Tetsu
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Fast And Ferocious Is A Hit!
Just when I thought the compact performance scene was fading away, Fast and Furious comes in and says `hell no it isn't'. To tell you the truth, I haven't even seen the movie or any of the three prior ones. I just thought it'd probably be more irritating than enjoyable. But I am glad this last one is here.
F&F has made more money at the box office than any other movie this year. And it's the highest grossing movie in the month of April ever. Wow, that definitely indicates that there are a lot of people still into cars.