2006 Scion xB 40, the final release, set to hit showrooms
Scion has;announced that the latest tarted-up version of its xB, Release Series 4.0, the final special edition of the quirky box for 2006,;will arrive in showrooms next month at a premium of almost...
View ArticleScion tC RS 30 at Detroit show
Scion has announced that it will show its latest creation, the tC Release Series 3.0 (tC R.S. 3.0), at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show next week. Based on a standard Scion tC, the factory-customized tC R.S....
View ArticleTwo Scions, new and improved, set for Chicago Show
Scion;recently announced that it;will have two all-new models on hand at the Chicago Auto Show: the second generation xB and all-new xD. No pictures or details were given, but the xD, which will...
View Article2008 Scion tC coupe gets a small nip, tuck
Amid all the hoopla in Chicago surrounding Scion’s launch of the new-look xB and xD (formerly the xA), Toyota’s youth division also quietly announced this week that the;tC is growing up a bit, with its...
View ArticleScion: Toyota proves the power of marketing
Want proof hip marketing can make average cars cool?; Just look at Toyota’s Scion franchise. Launched in California in mid-2003, Scion has shifted almost half a million cars in the United States. Not...
View Article2008 Scion xB pricing announced
If you’d like to pick up a newly-redesigned 2008 Scion xB, be prepared to pay over 11 percent more than you would have for the outgoing version. Scion has announced that the base price of an xB...
View Article2008 Scion tC pricing announced
Scion has announced the pricing of updated 2008 Scion tC, as well as the new tC Spec Package, that will arrive in dealer showrooms next month. The customization-oriented tC Spec Package comes with...
View Article2008 Scion xD pricing announced
When designing the 2008 Scion xD, the replacement for its outgoing xA, Toyota’s youth-insipired division didn’t grow it up quite as big as the new xB, but as with most new or updated models, the xD is...
View Article2008 Motor Trend COTY Contender: Scion xB
About one second after the initial images of the xB flashed through the blogosphere, naysayers marshaled into two groups. One was miffed at the very idea of a follow-up xB, recalling that the whole...
View Article2008 Motor Trend COTY Contender: Scion xD
Let’s face it, the xA didn’t exactly set the world on fire like the boxy xB did. (Nearly twice as many xBs were sold in the same amount of time.) A change was in order, so Scion replaced the xA with an...
View ArticleSpecial edition 2008 Scion tC to hit Chicago show stand
Scion will be displaying another special edition model at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show, this time a specially-prepped tC coupe. Much like the specially-prepped xB at the recent Detroit show, the car is...
View ArticleScion Hako Coupe Concept to make New York debut, replace tC?
Scion has announced it will be bringing a concept coupe to the 2008 New York auto show later this month and has released a teaser image, giving a few clues as to what the car might look like. All we...
View ArticleWhen is a coupe not a coupe? Scion Hako sure isnt
Its official: The word “coupe” no longer means anything in the automotive lexicon. Mercedes started chipping away at the definition with the CLS-Class, and the word took on an even more liberal meaning...
View ArticleHako: Scion has officially run out of ideas
Scion, if you believe Toyota’s marketing mavens, is an example of out-of-the-box thinking. One look at the cartoonish Hako concept unveiled this week at the 2008 New York Show suggests the opposite,...
View ArticleMaking the Scion Hako Concept Work
I like the retro design movement just as much as the next guy, but Scion got it backward; with the Hako Coupe. It’s put the front in the back, and the back in the front. When I was studying animal...
View Article2010 New York: Finally, Some New Products for Scion
Scion violated its own product code three years ago, when it introduced a second-generation xB box to the U.S. market. When the Toyota youth sub-brand launched early last decade, the plan was to never...
View ArticleThe Miata Coupe: Not Built by Mazda
A friend recently asked me, “What’s the best sports car for the money?” “Easy,” I told him. “The Mazda Miata.” He didn’t look convinced. I explained that for about as much as it costs to buy a Toyota...
View Article2013 Scion FR-S: A Fault-Finding Mission
Praise for the 2013 Scion FR-S (and its Subaru BRZ twin) has been nothing short of unanimous, and for good reason. But an interesting thing happened a few weeks ago, as I entered the pits of Spring...
View ArticleBizarre Love Triangle: Can Our Rear-Drive Fantasy Come True?
When whispers of a rear-drive sport coupe from Japan began circulating in spring 2008, we filed them away as intriguing but wishful gossip. Then details emerged of a partnership between Subaru and...
View Article2013 Scion iQ EV: Is This the First Crack in the Zero Emission Mandate’s Future?
We’ve got to stop meeting like this. Just about every month, we’re talking about another small-car/gas-to-EV conversion cobbled together to meet the ramping-up requirements of California’s Zero...
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