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The Toyota iQ was still a concept car at the Frankfurt Motor Show last September, but things are moving fast and the production model is scheduled to debut at the Geneva Auto Show next month. All the details are not yet known, but what we can reliably expect to get is a tiny city car (less than 3 meters in length, or about 20% longer than a Smart) with an innovative 3+1 seating layout (1 adult and 1 child seat or luggage in the back). The engine will likely be 1.0 liter gasoline, possibly with stop-start capabilities like the Citroën C2.

Image courtesy of Green Car Congress

After making a splash at last year’s Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota’s 1/X plug-in hybrid concept will be making its way to the upcoming Chicago Auto Show for its North American debut. Courtesy of Green Car Congress, we now have some more figures and features to chew over in anticipation of its official unveiling:

Image courtesy of Mike Weston via flickr

So now we have a date: In a move that will place it in direct competition with GM - whose much-touted plug-in, the Volt, is set to be released that year - Toyota has just announced that it plans on building its first plug-in hybrid by 2010.

Katsuaki Watanabe, the Japanese carmaker’s president, also announced that his company would be rolling out a new hybrid line and one exclusive for the Lexus division by 2009. The plug-in hybrids will first be made available to Toyota’…