Caffeine and iQ: the Perfect Combo

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Who is Jason Bowes? A crafty entrepreneur out of the United Kingdom who's taking the idea of mobile business to a new level! Now, we're all familiar with food trucks, those delicious meals on wheels that have been getting more and more popular the past few years. The variety of food trucks that have popped up are astounding. You can get everything from Korean tacos to specialty cupcakes these days, and just about every city across the country has been seeing an increase in trucks, even in my hometown of St. Louis!
But what about a nice hot espresso? Can there be such a thing as a beverage vehicle? Jason saw this opportunity and decided to build his own coffee company...using a Scion iQ!

How'd he end up choosing the iQ, which is known as the Toyota iQ overseas? In an interview with the Toyota.co.uk blog, he said: "What’s great about the iQ is that even though it’s small, it easily carries everything I need. I carry a table and sign on the roof rails, and the coffee beans, cups, the chiller for the milk, the sugar, hot chocolate, cutlery and till all fit around the coffee machine or on the passenger seat."

With help from his dad, they installed the coffee machine by building a frame in place of the rear seats of the vehicle. It took quite some time (nearly a month) but Jason says that the design of the Coffee2Go car has gotten a great response since he launched it, and that he's been booked multiple times for events already. Plus, despite the weight of the machine and all the equipment, he still gets great gas mileage, since the iQ is one of the most efficient non-hybrid vehicles out there, with a EPA rated 37 MPG.

You can see the iQ coffee car in action below-

Would you like to see a portable pick-me-up service like this in your town? Or does a similar one exist? Leave a comment below with your thoughts!

Prius C: Your Class Valedictorian

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The report cards are in! Imagine for a second, if Consumer Reports was like a high school teacher, and all the different cars out there were the students. If that was the case, then the Prius C is like the popular quarterback this year who wowed everybody while holding a 4.0 grade average. The kind of student who did all of their extra credit and considered to be one of the popular kids. You know, the kind that would be likely to high five you if they saw you walking down the hallway.

Vague references aside, I'm referring to the Consumer Reports 2012 "Most Reliable New Cars" report, which gathered data from consumer's experiences with over a million different vehicles. The study was done to determine which vehicles were least likely to end up in a repair shop.  

End result? Toyota, Scion, and Lexus took the top spots for brand reliability, with their entire range of vehicles scoring "Average" or higher. The Prius C, Toyota's subcompact version of the original Prius model, was the star of the bunch, garnering the top overall reliability rating.

You can see the video here-