Is the tC still relevant?

[tranzformer]

Originally Posted by DrunkenMime

RX8 is not even close to being a sports car...

Wait come again?

[switchlanez]

Originally Posted by DrunkenMime

RX8 is not even close to being a sports car...

What defines a true sports car? Before you argue anything, I'll give my advanced counterargument and say anything built on a production/assembly line with amenities for comfort is not a true sports car (this includes Ferraris) by your argument.

[Dragonitti]

Originally Posted by Sabastian

Actually the Miata has pretty high NVH levels, which is probably one of the reasons that most of them, contrary to popular belief, are owned by men.

Wuh? Who was talking about the Miata's demographic? I was talking about the ride for daily driving. It's softer than an S2k.

[switchlanez]

Originally Posted by SUB-FT86

A chick car is only based on looks. Most sports cars look handsome and a chick car is generally round-like etc,.

VW Beetle
Chrysler PT Cruiser
Fiat 500
Mini Cooper
Toyota Solara


The FR-S and the Z doesn't look really round and they look pretty aggressive looking so they are not styled to attract women to "chick cars". Now the first gen tC is a little bit round looking around the edges.

Adding to that list based on factually seeing girls driving/wanting each listed car on more than one occasion (not based on my personal opinion).

VW Beetle
Chrysler PT Cruiser
Fiat 500
Mini Cooper
Toyota Solara
MkI tC
Miata
S2K
Camaro (current gen)
350Z
G35
Audi TT
MR2 Spyder
Celica
RSX
RX-8
Challenger
240sx (Drifting Pretty crew )

[fatoni]

Originally Posted by switchlanez

What defines a true sports car? Before you argue anything, I'll give my advanced counterargument and say anything built on a production/assembly line with amenities for comfort is not a true sports car (this includes Ferraris) by your argument.

so name one sports car

[random]

Originally Posted by SUB-FT86

A chick car is only based on looks. Most sports cars look handsome and a chick car is generally round-like etc,.

VW Beetle
Chrysler PT Cruiser
Fiat 500
Mini Cooper
Toyota Solara


The FR-S and the Z doesn't look really round and they look pretty aggressive looking so they are not styled to attract women to "chick cars". Now the first gen tC is a little bit round looking around the edges.

What you're describing is simply whether or not a car looks more feminine or masculine. In general, car design principles have shown that cars with more rounded features are more feminine while those with more sharp edges are more masculine. Some number of years back, Del Coates wrote about this in his column in the magazine, Sports Car International. He is an expert and professor in industrial design, and compared the Nissan GT-R (masculine) and G37 (feminine). He did this comparison by randomly querying a bunch of his students, both male and female, on about 7 or 8 different traits. Consistently, the GT-R showed up as aggressive and masculine while the G37 was very feminine. Neither design principle was relevant to how fast a car looked cause they both looked fast.

Also mentioned in that column ... other more feminine looking cars would include the Porsch 911 and Boxster/Cayman and most Ferraris.

I'll see if I can dig up that issue and scan that column. It's a great read.

[fitftw]

A sports car (or sportscar or sport car) is a small, usually two seat, two door automobile designed for high speed driving and maneuverability.[1] Sports cars have been either spartan or luxurious, but good handling, minimum weight, and high performance are requisite.

Stolen from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_car

[86'd]

Originally Posted by fatoni

i dont know how fair it is to say that alot of women are going to drive it simply because it comes in an automatic. tons of cars come in auto. this thing being automatic doesnt mean alot of women will drive it. having an auto doesnt make it any different than any other car that has an auto tranny

I know that's not fair, because I never said that.

As far what kinda cars women drive and prefer, if they gravitate towards rounded cars then I wouldn't be surprised if they like the BRZ more. Especially with the less angular front end.

[Snoopyalien24]

Originally Posted by fitftw

A sports car (or sportscar or sport car) is a small, usually two seat, two door automobile designed for high speed driving and maneuverability.[1] Sports cars have been either spartan or luxurious, but good handling, minimum weight, and high performance are requisite.

Stolen from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_car

Soo... check, check, and check.. "Hey guys! the AS1 is a sports car!"

[phenoyz]

I always thought the Scion TC was made/designed for girls...

[Dragonitti]

Never had anyone mistake my tC for a chicks car....lol.

[Dave-ROR]

I saw a TC today on the way to work.. it was driven by a young chick. :shrug: lol it even had a big wing and stickers too

[tripjammer]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

I saw a TC today on the way to work.. it was driven by a young chick. :shrug: lol it even had a big wing and stickers too

LOL!

[AgentOrange]

Scion ThemChicks love it!