New scions

[n2oinferno]

Originally Posted by Dark

At first I thought it was a photoshop. WOW.

It is. I did it lol.

[Dark]

Originally Posted by n2oinferno

It is. I did it lol.

I know, but I can't resist.

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[Nevermore]

Scion likes quirky vehicles. They need a Baja.

[Reaper]

There has been many scion truck renderings and they could use it as a way to test the small diesel market.

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[Enders FRS]

Scion corp has had a small truck in its lineup vision since east coast launch. Something about the size of the pre Tacoma toy truck. Their thinking was along the lines of light duty work, unibody. I doubt they will release a diesel due to costs (development).

However, with Nissan and gm coming out with diesel variants, and Tacoma being due for a redesign by 2015MY, I can see that being a late release to see if they are loosing sales to either. I fully expect to see a USDM spec D4-D motor taco by 2017 calendar year.

There are retrofits for that available now out there, but it's close to $20k and my expo rig doesn't need that yet.


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[thatfilipinoguy]

The Toyota version of the first gen xB had a variant in Japan called the bB Open Deck. Pretty much an xB with a small bed.

[JDM_Justin]

Originally Posted by thatfilipinoguy

The Toyota version of the first gen xB had a variant in Japan called the bB Open Deck. Pretty much an xB with a small bed.

My brother in-law had one of these till the other day. That bed was completely worthless. I am convinced that it is there just to air out your groceries on the way home. There does seem to be a small following of them here in Japan. Out of the few that I have seem out on the road only a couple have been stock.


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[gymratter]

i would like to see a new tC already

[vh_supra26]

Will go on sale in 2015

The Los Angeles Auto Show is six months away but that hasn't stopped Scion Vice President Doug Murtha from confirming plans to introduce an all-new model in the City of Angels.

Speaking to Wards Auto, Murtha said the company is gearing up to launch three new models and the first one will arrive later this year at the Los Angeles Auto Show. It will eventually go on sale in 2015.

There's no word on what Scion will introduce but Murtha hinted “These aren’t mid-cycle refreshes of anything in the lineup, they are three major changes." Despite the bold claim, the executive said “There’s no intention to radically shift the direction of the brand."

http://www.worldcarfans.com/11405027...e-la-auto-show

[vh_supra26]

Maybe the 3 new Scions are a compact truck, compact CUV, and smaller 2 seater roadster.

[Reaper]

Scion really needs an awd hatch.

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[vh_supra26]

I think the only issue with a hatch/wagon is that they don't really sale good in North America.

[vh_supra26]

2014 New York International Auto Show


Scion could use a recharge to its portfolio. U.S. sales of its products reached 173,034 units in 2006, four years after its launch. Last year Scion sales sputtered to 68,321 vehicles.

NEW YORK – Scion boss Doug Murtha says the first of three new models coming in 2015 will not mark a radical change for the edgy, youth-oriented unit of Toyota and suggests a U.S. product dearth that stretched upwards of seven years will not repeat itself.

Scion previously has talked about a need to re-energize the brand, perhaps with pricier, luxury-leaning models just beneath the lowest-cost product at sister brand Lexus. That does not appear imminent for a brand traditionally focused on the more affordable end of the B- and C-segments in the U.S.

“There’s no intention to radically shift the direction of the brand,” Murtha says, confirming the first new model from Scion will be unveiled at the Los Angeles auto show in November.

“These aren’t midcycle refreshes of anything in the lineup,” he adds. “They are three major changes.”

Scion could use a recharge to its portfolio.

U.S. sales of its products reached 173,034 units in 2006, four years after its launch. Last year Scion sales sputtered to 68,321 vehicles, down 7.1% from like-2012, according to WardsAuto data. Sales through March are off 11.7% to 14,457 from 16,377 in like-2013.

Both the signature xB and smaller xD spin-off are 7 years old. The 4-year-old tC compact car represents its newest mass-appeal product. The FR-S celebrates its 2nd birthday this year, but the sports coupe is meant to be a niche model. The tiny iQ, 3 years old in the U.S., has been a sales dud.

Murtha admits sacrifices were made in the 2009-2010 timeframe as Toyota dealt with an image-bruising recall and recession-weary buyers in the U.S., as well as a crippling natural disaster back in Japan.

“We had a number of things hit us at the end of the last decade that forced some trade-offs and Scion had to understand that we would be on the short end and it would have some impact on our product cadence,” he tells WardsAuto in an interview here.

But, he adds, Scion’s parent is not giving up on the brand. “We’re getting the investment we need. We just have to manage through this period we knew was coming.”

Murtha says future Toyota investment will hinge on finding product development partners within the automaker elsewhere in the world to reduce the cost of bringing new vehicles to market at a brisker pace.

“You need scale, you need friends,” he says. “We’re looking to Europe, we’re looking to Japan (and) we’re looking to other markets to find products of common interest.”

It does not appear Scion’s new products will benefit out of the gate by a suite of 14 new small gasoline engine variants planned for Toyota products beginning in 2015. The engines are expected to boost fuel efficiency of Toyota vehicles by 10%, yet they will come at the tail end of Scion’s vehicle volley.

“The timeline on that technology coming to market is different than the products we have coming,” he says. “Are we interested in the future? Absolutely.”

Murtha, however, does not entirely rule out a pricier, or even cheaper, Scion model sometime down the road. The FR-S hit the brand’s Generation Y demographic squarely, he says, despite pricing north of $25,000. The iQ, meanwhile, proved Scion was willing to take a risk and the program offered managers valuable lessons.

“That’s one of the nice things about the nature of the brand,” Murtha says. “We get a free pass to try new stuff.”

http://wardsauto.com/management-stra...cking-its-guns

[thatfilipinoguy]

Te daihatsu copen it pretty sick, I raced one in my integra type r, shits pretty quick for a 3cyl turbo.