Filed under: Concept Cars, New York Auto Show, Spy Photos, Hatchbacks, Scion, Toyota, Rumormill

With the April Fools jokes flying, we're having a hard time taking anything seriously, and the newest source of our skepticism comes in the form of a singular spy shot showing the Scion iQ concept ahead of its official unveiling at next week's New York Auto Show. The head-on pic gives us a glimpse of a reworked fascia, with a new front bumper sporting LED running lights, a revised splitter and Scion badge, but something just looks... off. The consensus around the Autoblog water-cooler is the shot may just have been lightened in Photoshop, giving it an odd aura, but we'll find out if it's legit soon enough - the New York show will kick off on Wednesday, where Toyota has already confirmed a new compact concept will be unveiled under the Scion brand. Stay tuned...

[Source: Autoweek]

Spy Shot?: Scion iQ concept caught before New York unveiling originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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I think the design of the front is nice. To me it flows good with the whole car.

Too bad that is just a concept with a 5 axis body kit and wheels. The model we get will be dumbed down and nowhere near as cool, but it will still be a great addition to the Scion family.

We will get a vehicle that looks like this. You can take that to the bank, people..

only if they DUMP the Toyota emblem and go with a Scion emblem... otherwise it's not a Scion..

Yeah, but people will mod it and put the Toyota emblem back on it anyways, LOL. My xB has the Toyota badge on the back ha ha!