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The world's biggest tuner show begins tomorrow in the form of SEMA, and the first pictures to land haven't disappointed. Among the garishly modified stars and garishly modified models at the Las Vegas Convention Centre will be a triumvirate of Toyota iQs penned by different tuners.
Jon Sibal - the gentleman who imagined that 1M CSL - is behind the iQ RX; a Toyota replete with a full Veilside bodykit finished in metallic grey, a ‘Nitrous Express' injection kit, 18in three-piece forged alloys and lowered ‘Air Runner' suspension.
Michael Chang gives us the motorsport-derived iQ-RS, featuring a carbon fibre bodykit, sports suspension, Sparco race seats and Advan Racing alloy wheels. Tatsu's iQ - dubbed the iQ-MR - is the most radical by far: a mid-engined city car with an engine rebuilt by Mavrik Motorsports, customised body panels and 16in Sakura wheels.
See more pics of the modified Toyota iQs at SEMA
We'll have all the highlights from the show through the week on TopGear.com from our crack team in Vegas, but for now, here's a gallery to sate your appetite for modified, hopped-up Toyota city cars.
And a question. When it comes to expensively modified iQs, would you rather have one of these or a Cygnet?
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What do you think?
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MercedesSLS_AMG commented on this article
at 04:05 pm on 31 October 2011
1st comment !!!! Looks like an odd idea to make an IQ faster, put 100,000,000 horse power in it and it will be the same
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MercedesSLS_AMG commented on this article
at 04:10 pm on 31 October 2011
2nd comment why does one of the pics have a McLaren MP4-12C race car on its sat nav :)
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kyzarvs commented on this article
at 04:13 pm on 31 October 2011
If it's front wheel drive (chassis far too short to make RWD mangeable, like a Clio V6 but much much worse if that's possible), must be a fantastically entertaining go-kart like driving experience :)
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The_Stig_Farmer commented on this article
at 04:32 pm on 31 October 2011
The iQ-RX has the face off a GT-R. Nice! Other than that, modifying iQs is a silly idea; I thought the whole point of SEMA was to be outlandish. At least quad-turbocharge an F-150, or something...
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The_Stig_Farmer commented on this article
at 04:34 pm on 31 October 2011
Oh, and TopGear.com, all the 'Toyotas' you have shown are badged as Scions. Any American commenters: does the iQ have a better name over there?
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