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Toyota IQ Is Best at Japan Car of the Year
Tokyo held the Japan Car of the Year (COTY) contest which had 11 finalists. The title was given to Toyota iQ, the world’s smallest four-seater.
The autos were viewed by 65 jurors: 526 votes were given to the iQ, Citroën C5 received the second place with 223 votes and Nissan GT-R followed it with 201 votes.
Toyota iQ was developed this year and has a good chance for changes, but right now it has 1.0-liter engine and can seat three adults and a child. The manufacturer offers a variety of transmissions for the minicar. The little auto is equipped with nine airbags and the developer is proud to admit iQ has the world class protection.
Each juror at the contest was given 25 votes which could be spread among five best vehicles: 10 of them should have been given to the top-rated car and 15 could be divided between the other 4. This year it was a little harder on the jurors because instead of usual 10 finalists there were “11 Best” since in the last moment the 10th place was taken by two cars which tied.
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