I fear the onset of an annoying trend: naming small “city cars” with terms of intelligence. First the Smart and the Think!, now the Scion iQ. Expect the following terms to be trademarked soon:

Genius
Brainiac
Cerebrum
Noggin
Insight (oops, already taken)

I just can’t wait to get a Mensa special edition Kia Cerebrum…

--Tom Mutchler

See Consumer Reports' coverage of the 2009 New York auto show.