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Toyota iQ beats Nissan GT-R for 2008 Japan Car of the Year title

omarrana submitted on 11/13/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:07:19 AM

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Coming in with a total of 526 votes from a panel of 65 jurors, the mini Toyota iQ claimed the title of Japan Car of the Year for 2008.

39 of the 65 jurors gave the iQ a perfect score of 10.

Second place went to the iQ’s closest rival, the Citroen C5 which came in with 223 vote. Surprisingly, the third-place title went to the Nissan GT-R which received a total of...

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Toyota iQ beats Nissan GT-R for 2008 Japan Car of the Year title

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candywhite

lawl

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Posted on 11/13/2008 7:03:04 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

candywhite

lawl

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Posted on 11/13/2008 7:03:24 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

SanJoseDriver

??

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Posted on 11/13/2008 7:56:39 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Agent63

What is the world company to. A SMART car wannabee beats a GT-R?

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Posted on 11/13/2008 11:35:42 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

lexusrox123

its actuallya scion XD before being rebadged

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Posted on 11/14/2008 8:59:47 AM | | Votes: 0   

hao420

Like people buying Maybach instead their get a rebadged MB-S

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Posted on 11/14/2008 4:57:06 PM | | Votes: 1   

XYZZ


this car is so advanced, it makes the Smart look like a Moron box!

that's what the world's come to. live with it.

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Posted on 11/16/2008 5:44:49 AM | | Votes: 0   

mpls

Looks beter that the SMART.
Can the SMART sest 4 ?

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Posted on 11/14/2008 2:40:47 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Agent63

A wannabee is still a wannabee. That car does not look better than the SMART. Then again styling is subjective. IMO the front end is hideous. Toyota aren't known for good designs anyways. Bland to say the least.

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Posted on 11/14/2008 5:20:02 AM | | Votes: 1   

amazinBiimmer

the toyota iQ will do fine in japan but not here in north america.

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Posted on 11/14/2008 8:12:58 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Whelan

It's actually smaller than an xD, so it would be a competitor to the smart car.

I'm laughing so hard now, all those collectors bought GT-Rs and it didn't win car of the year, LMAO. Guess they should put some Smarts or Nissan Cubes in there next to their Ferrari collection too, LMAO

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Posted on 11/14/2008 9:02:26 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

XYZZ


not just trannys, but the WHOLE of toyota vehicles are reliable. to the point where even a yaris or corolla is more reliable than ANY mb, audi, bmw, and esp. vw.

(and any nissan too, altho by not as large a margin. not that any buyer of a GT-R would care.)

the iQ prob'ly got chosen because it was THE car to have when gas was close to $5/gallon.
which it will be AGAIN. someday.

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Posted on 11/15/2008 5:50:28 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

mpls

Smart looks as if it'll topple over when goung round bends..

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Posted on 11/16/2008 1:30:27 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

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