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"Although a Porsche 911 driver could justifiably point at you and laugh, your Scion iQ microcar poses a very real threat to a Smart Fortwo at the Metered Freeway Onramp Grand Prix. Its 1.3-liter port-injected inline-4 puts out a strapping 94 bhp to the Smart straight-3&amp;#039;s 70 bhp, which makes for a 0\u201360 sprint of 10.3 seconds, a full 3 sec. quicker in this contest. With 175/60R-16 all-seasons at each corner, the iQ has a decent 0.80g of skidpad grip, though it feels tippy in quick transitions (Smart: 0.72g, with noticeably more understeer). Although anything resembling acceleration will have the engine churning north of 4000 rpm with the CVT playing catch-up, the iQ is relatively quiet and directionally non-darty at 80-mph cruise, albeit with pitchy ride motions inherent in a car with a wheelbase of just 78.7 in.        2012 Scion iQ    At 120.1 in. overall, it&amp;#039;s more than a foot longer than the Smart, yet it would still fit within the axles of an Audi A8 L, for instance. It&amp;#039;s wide, too, at 66.1 in., about the closest thing to a square-on-wheels when viewed from overhead. Yet, it&amp;#039;s a bit puzzling why a featherweight, low-powered car achieves only 36 mpg city/37 mpg highway when the Accents and Cruzes of the world get 40-plus on the open road. That said, it&amp;#039;s novel, has a surprisingly roomy front seating area with a playful sense of style, and comes standard with Bluetooth and sweet-sounding 160-watt audio. And how do you put a price on amazing your neighbors by using only half the street&amp;#039;s width for a U-turn? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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