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Originally Posted by Sasquachulator
Scion has cars that don't exist as Toyota (or exist as Toyota NOT in N/A)
It makes no sense to create overlap cars with their Toyota counterparts. Look at the xD, its pretty much a more square Yaris. No purpose for that car to exist as long as the more well known Yaris exists.
Same would be for a tC Sedan, it's practically almost a Corolla Coupe. The front ends almost look the same.
Badgeneering cars is a bad bad bad idea, look at GM. They had like 3 brands with the same cars and they ended up shuttering 2 of them because it makes no sense.
So they'd likely have a brand new xB (more like the first gen would make the most sense) as one of the three.
If they were making a sedan, perhaps a stretched RWD FRS sedan variant might find some owners. Who can say no to a inexpensive RWD sedan? I don't think theres any on the market that isn't either a giant muscle car or a luxury car.
I dunno what a third model would be. I'd still be campaigning for a mini truck :P
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GM didn't shatter those brands because of badge engineering, they were shattered because of BAD badge engineering. Many companies use the same platform over and over. The golf platform typically underpins a dozen different cars and VAG has shown no signs of going anywhere.
By having the TC, Matrix, and the Corolla, xD and Yaris, Camry and Solara, they greatly broaden their customer base for a much smaller outlay of money.
I'd be surprised is you could name a mainstream car company that doesn't re-use platforms.