iQ will be Scion's focus at SEMA

By Zach BowmanRSS feed

Posted Oct 28th 2011 12:31PM

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Scion is headed to SEMA 2011 with the total of seven judgment cars tuned by the little of the many creative customizers around. Cartel, Dynamic, 686, Michael Chang, Jon Sibal as well as Tatsu have all incited their attentions toward the automaker's lineup, as well as the results have been as sundry as the shops that built them. The newest further to the Scion stable, the tiny iQ, looks to have perceived many of the courtesy this year around, with the total of 4 iQ concepts headed to the sands of Las Vegas. One of the wildest has to be the iQ Pit Boss by Cartel.

Designed to be the entirely functional paddock worker, the iQ Pit Boss boasts complete controls via the Apple iPad, the wireless hot spot, storage for wheels as well as tires, multiple charging stations as well as the single very considerable stereo for the after-podium celebration.

Michael Chang also took the motorsports proceed with his iQ-RS. With custom fender flares, serious aero work as well as wide tires, this iQ looks built for bouncing its way around the road course. But not each iQ in attendance is merely built to look the part. The Tatsu iQ-MR moves the engine to the center of the chassis as well as ditches front wheel expostulate for rear-wheel glory. New cams, higher compression pistons as well as an AEM engine government tune all assistance give the automobile the little extra pep, too.