Autoevolution.com reported that the Toyota iQ customization options allow the iQ owners to select on 8 different exterior finishes, sic roof and body decals. The exterior finish is not the only one that has wide variety, but also the leather upholstery where the big T offers 6 leather combinations. The leather for iQ compact city car still made from Nappa, but for the toning and stitching, this is where owners can play with their choice of available colors.
Between 2012 and 2015, it will introduce not only the electric iQ, but also a much-publicized plug-in hybrid and a fuel-cell car. The company will also bring out 11 new or redesigned hybrid models by the end of 2012. The electric RAV4, developed with Tesla Motors, was unveiled at the Los Angeles auto show last week. The company currently sells eight hybrids in the United States-split between the Toyota and Lexus nameplates-and in September repeated its commitment to releasing six new models by 2012. While word of 11 new and redesigned gas-electric vehicles doesn’t necessarily translate to the release of any more new models than we already knew about, there will likely be a total of at least 14 Toyota hybrids on the market soon.
The company plans to price its diminutive iQ-based EV to dip below the 4 million yen price tag carried by competitors like the Mitsubishi i-MiEV. The car will begin road trials in the United States next year. Pricing for the Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid will be in the 3 million yen ($36,000) range when that car is released in Japan in 2012. – Toyota still plans to release a fuel cell hybrid in Japan sometime around 2015.
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