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Originally Posted by Skyhound
I don't get why people are so annoyed that it's a Scion and not a Toyota. The Toyota Emblem looks out of place for me because imo a Toyota is a family/economy car. Maybe I've fallen for their marketing scheme, but I honestly believe the AE86/Supra/MR-2 would have been badged as Scions if the brand had existed. Scion is the enthusiast brand, Toyota is the family brand, and Lexus is the upscale brand. Makes sense to me. :/
Edit: Forgot my actual input on the question. xD The only thing I don't like about the Soarer badge is that it doesn't really fit with the car imo. If it's going on the front, it just clashes with the lines. I prefer the FR-S de-badged if anything.
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Thats how I feel. These past few years, Toyota (IMO) has pushed their brand as the economy car brand to match Honda and the like. Scion, at least for the American market, may have been their way to still retain a little of that "Hey we don't just do camrys and corollas" lol. Now when the Supra, the MR2, and to an extent, the Celica were freshly around, sure this car would fit in perfectly among them as a Toyota. I'd expect it actually. But I don't have any problems reping Scion. I actually like their logo lol. Besides, most people see this car and before they even see the badge, the last thing on their minds of what it is is a Scion lol. They are used to the xBs and tCs. I know the main catch of Scion is to appeal to "younger crowds" (I'm 25 myself), but I think its just Toyota trying to set the sporty and fun version apart from itself to keep cars like the FR-S alive and well.
At the end of the day though, no matter what your badge says on the outside or on your steering wheel, we're all driving Subarus under the hood hehe
! Cheers BRZ guys :happy0180: