Toyota to scrap Scion brand, but FR-S will become a Toyota!

[vh_supra26]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Nobody was "whining about clickbait" the sites that initially released that info had no official capacity and until it is stated by the actual manufacturer must be considered with some caution. The sites are notorious for making things up and need to be questioned and people need to be cautious until there are OFFICIAL statements made.

Originally Posted by gymratter

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying everything out there is 100% fact. I'm just tired of seeing when some posts something from whatever site, and everyone starts jumping on OP's back with "clickbait lol" or something like that. My point is not everything out there is 100% BS either.

I use to write for some of these sites. Both of you are right to a certain extent. Sometimes it really is just total garbage that a C rated site made up just to get some coverage and attention. Or it could be that someone is bored and speculating. Sometimes we are feed false info to throw everyone off of their real plans. However, other times it really is legit info from an inside. Its easy for you guys to say where is the source or where are they getting the facts from? What you guys have to realize is these people can't be named. Its there jobs and careers that are on the line.

[stevesnj]

Originally Posted by DuMa

I had the first gen tC. amazing value for the $. It was the best Scion car besides the FR-S (which is really just a cheap version of the GT86/BRZ)

2nd closest would be the 1st gen xB. Those ugly boxes are pretty fun to fix up. It brought over the Japanese econobox ricing craze to the US.

I like how some say they are crap cars yet never driven or owned one..lol

[funwheeldrive]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Years. These business decisions do not come up one week and get passed the next. I bet this was in the works for a minimum of 3 years and could even be as much as 5.
Not likely but also entirely possible that the end date for Scion was set before they ever even announced it existed. The companies look out far further than it may seem to many. There are no knee jerk reactions or sudden changes possible in the industry.

Why would release the new iM and iA as Scions if they were just to make them Toyotas 6 months later?

[Liquidsnake]

I guess this is what should have been all along. We all have unicorns now!!!!!!!

[raven1231]

Originally Posted by fang_gt86

The ironic is, sticking to the Scion badges will now be unique ahaha!

I think it already is. I would imagine at least most people on this forum (which is in no way necessarily representative of the entire owner base) have already switched to toyota badges from scion, making the scion badges less prominent.

[stevesnj]

Originally Posted by funwheeldrive

Why would release the new iM and iA as Scions if they were just to make them Toyotas 6 months later?

Better brand recognition

[humdizzle]

So how many monograms are there in total? I mean.. It might be the next gt3rs 4.0.

[vh_supra26]

On the bright side, now everyone won't have to worry about a Scion FT-1/Supra lol.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by funwheeldrive

Why would release the new iM and iA as Scions if they were just to make them Toyotas 6 months later?

Business plans. Plain and simple. They did not wake up yesterday morning, last month or even last year and say "Hmmmm let's get rid of Scion". Parts contracts alone would cost them many millions to break or change. These things have to go through so many committees and levels it would make your head spin.
I get why people think they can change things on a whim because that is what appears to happen at the consumer level. If exposed to the reality of the big automotive companies you quickly learn that nothing is done on a month to month or even year to year basis but plans actually span many years and even decades.

[Romanov]

BRZ owners be like

[stevesnj]

I suspect the 2017 JDM 86 will be on the JDM site this week...keep the momentum going.

[Jeff Lange]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Well since Scion rolled out in Canada in 2012 with many dealers not joining until 13 or 14 they had a great 2 to 4 year run here!
I am sure both the Tc owners in my city will be sad to see they can not replace their cars when the lease is up.

Scion launched in Canada in late 2010 for the 2011 model year. Still, what's an extra year or two, lol.

Jeff

[mynameisnick4]

Two dealerships around here just went through major remodels with fancy Scion sections lol. I guess they really kept this hush hush instead of saving money on remodels.

I'm curious what will happen with parts. Like if someone wrecks a Scion and needs a badge replacement if they will use up stock of Scion badges to re-badge it if its one of the models that was brought to Toyota.

[FRSNewb]

Originally Posted by mynameisnick4

Two dealerships around here just went through major remodels with fancy Scion sections lol. I guess they really kept this hush hush instead of saving money on remodels.

I'm sure there's going to be a lot of pissed off dealerships now if they recently did renos to accommodate the Scion brand