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Originally Posted by bkharmony
The dealership I got my 2013 TC from and just bought my 2017 86 from has an employee they just call "Mr. Scion." He's even got a special parking spot with a "Mr. Scion Parking Only" sign. I chatted with him quite a bit. He was with Scion from day one and told me they folded for two reasons: because Toyota just didn't believe in that style of marketing anymore, and because they wouldn't improve the cars or give them anything unique to sell. Sounds about right to me.
I don't know if it was because their original staff got old (Mr. Scion is in his late 40s/early 50s), or the brand just didn't get the support to make it successful. He told me they quit doing sponsorships and any kind of events and just basically quit marketing. That dog won't hunt.
Mr. Scion sells Toyotas now and hates it. But he did help out with my FRS... I mean 86.
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Ya he is at the dealer level so by the time it trickled down to him from Scion headquarters the story probably would be "well it is Toyota's fault". Possibly the reason that Toyota pulled support was Scion's staff just weren't cutting it anymore. Hard to really call the cause and effect on that.
This is of course all speculation on my part with zero evidence to back it up.