• Toyota’s Scion brand is dead
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[QUOTE=Amplar;49666926]Toyota is so boring that they had to have Subaru, a carmaker that doesn't make rwd coupes, design them a fun car.[/QUOTE] You do realize that with the GT86 Toyota designed the Chassis and Subaru designed the motor, right?
[QUOTE=Propane Addict;49666485]RIP the ugliest cars of a generation.[/QUOTE] You forget PT Cruisers.
[QUOTE=Amez;49667691]You forget PT Cruisers.[/QUOTE] Specifically Convertible PT Cruisers with flames.
[QUOTE=Propane Addict;49666485]RIP the ugliest cars of a generation.[/QUOTE] hatred is being stuck behind a scion cube that slows down for 10 seconds before each stop sign e: and the driver probably voted for woodrow wilson
[QUOTE=*Freezorg*;49666492]The thing with Scions were that they looked fast and edgy and young but they were woefully underpowered and not exciting to drive. No wonder mostly old people bought them and they missed their target demographic completely. What was the matter with just selling Toyota's as Toyota anyway?[/QUOTE] I heard that the elderly also bought the scion because the seats were high so it was easy to get in/out if you had back problems.
I've never even heard of Toyota Scion before.
[QUOTE=Dark RaveN;49667867]I've never even heard of Toyota Scion before.[/QUOTE] They were intended for the North American markets. You probably got some of the cars under the Toyota brand.
I can say I never really had a motivation to drive 1/4 of a bus.
That article is delusional as shit. Millennials (myself included) would love to be able to afford to own things like cool cars. I'll get out from under this mountain of debt but definitely not right away, and even if I could afford to own new and sporty, the insurance premiums would finish me off. Fun didn't die, it's just too expensive for me to consider when I need to get around. And the so-called death of fun wasn't the reason scion folded. Toyota has finally realized what everybody already did a decade ago when the second-gen xb came out: that Scion was irrelevant because they are just Toyotas with a different badge, which means bland and reliable to a fault, at the cost of anything resembling fun. Even though they chose this course, they never thought to take advantage of the brand equity of popular names like celica or supra, and instead put together blandly competent but weird-looking cars with completely different names.
[t]http://toyotanews.pressroom.toyota.com/images/scion/photo//2008_03_01_Hollis_Scion_Coupe-prv.jpg[/t] oh my god lol waht
[QUOTE=Amez;49667691]You forget PT Cruisers.[/QUOTE] I own a PT Cruiser and here's why I would never get one again 1. Working in that engine isn't fun 2. If you want a turn radius of less than a mile, go with any other car
[QUOTE=NeoAznMan;49666549]This. I would rather see a FR-S model with a Toyota branding.[/QUOTE] [url]https://www.toyota.co.uk/new-cars/gt86/index.json[/url]
I'm not sure about tC's reputation here, how was it?
[QUOTE=*Freezorg*;49666656]But it's only you guys in America that do this. Is it really all "Muh brand prestige"? "How can I feel pride in driving a toyoder if the same brand also sells $15k city cars"?[/QUOTE] VAG has been working their damndest to merge brands together Bugatti Veyron/Audi R8 VW Beetle/Porsche 911
You don't have to be a Sciontist to figure this one out.
Scion was supposed to market to people like me. I think they're ugly, stupid, and unnecessary and that they cost too much. Nothing of value was lost in my opinion.
I always see FR-S's though but I think all the xB's I've seen are older models driven by old people
Thank god the FR-S is sticking around, love that thing.
I have a 2013 xD that I leased about two years ago, still have it until November. I genuinely like it. I can sit up fine and not hit my head, but I'm not also sunken down into a shitty bucket seat. It has plenty of space too, which I've used many times when going on trips. Gas mileage is great too.
I must be the only person in the world who loved the design of these cars. [editline]3rd February 2016[/editline] They look very comfortable. Headroom is important when you're 6'6".
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;49668849]I must be the only person in the world who loved the design of these cars. [editline]3rd February 2016[/editline] They look very comfortable. Headroom is important when you're 6'6".[/QUOTE] I'm 5'4" and my concern is seeing over the wheel.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;49668849]I must be the only person in the world who loved the design of these cars. [editline]3rd February 2016[/editline] They look very comfortable. Headroom is important when you're 6'6".[/QUOTE] Yeah see, you're not the target audience, you're an unintended audience like what grown men are to MLP only lesser in number and without the porn
This is what happens when you try to make a sporty brand and don't sell sporty cars. No, the frs was not a sports car. No, neither was the tc.
[QUOTE=Dr.C;49668946]Yeah see, you're not the target audience, you're an unintended audience like what grown men are to MLP only lesser in number and without the porn[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure there is FR-S/BRZ porn. Probably in /r/dragonsfuckingcars
[QUOTE=OvB;49668870]I'm 5'4" and my concern is seeing over the wheel.[/QUOTE] At least you can! My girlfriend is 4'9, and has to use a booster seat.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;49669014]At least you can! My girlfriend is 4'9, and has to use a booster seat.[/QUOTE] Christ that's a 1'9" difference.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;49668849]I must be the only person in the world who loved the design of these cars. [editline]3rd February 2016[/editline] They look very comfortable. Headroom is important when you're 6'6".[/QUOTE] Me too, man. I'm only 6'1 though. I have a 2011 xB and when I get into other people's cars it's like wtf how do you even fit
I actually opted out of a rental car when I brought mine in for some minor repair when I sat in the thing. I had the seat back and down fully, and the wheel was still digging into my legs, my head against the ceiling. I think it was some kind of Carolla or whatever. So yeah, space is hugely important in cars for taller people. (I'm 6'3" myself.)
[QUOTE=Snickerdoodle;49666776]I enjoyed it because it just seemed really roomy. I know it looks ugly to a lot of people but I thought it was kinda cute ish.[/QUOTE] I remember sitting in a box one at a car show, and they claimed it had more rear legroom than a Rolls Royce! And so I got in, and lo and behold it did! (Well, I didn't measure it, but it was way, way more than I expected)
[QUOTE=Chinook249;49669356]I remember sitting in a box one at a car show, and they claimed it had more rear legroom than a Rolls Royce! And so I got in, and lo and behold it did! (Well, I didn't measure it, but it was way, way more than I expected)[/QUOTE] Speaking of Scions at car shows, I remember sitting in one that had a "back seat" in name only, because the back of the front seats literally touched the front of the back bench seat. And yes, the back had seatbelts. There was absolutely no way to sit in the back at all.
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