View Full Version : What toyota jp designers told me in elmhurst!!!!!
tjdxscion 11-01-2004, 02:03 PM When the design team came around to get info for the new xA from xA owners they let a few secrets out on the table!
http://www.scionlife.com/gallery/data/500/36752nd_xA_Meet_011-med.jpg
1. the xB will be discontinued in 2007
2. the xA will have 2nd gen in 2007
3. the "Porte" will be the replacement for the xb
So i dont know if they are going to release the "Porte" now under the dL badge or if scion has something completly new!
This is the "Porte" http://toyota.jp/Showroom/customize/porte_c.html
peace tjd![/img]
mikochu 11-01-2004, 02:11 PM Neat...I like the Porte...
Da_BoX 11-01-2004, 02:11 PM http://toyota.jp/Showroom/customize/porte/custom/damd/image/image1.jpg
hmm
ikhonlord 11-01-2004, 02:15 PM I also like the porte but I think the DL will be somenthing else.....I guess we will just have to wait and see...plus if the porte is going to replace the XB would it not be too early for them to even starti talking about the DL as the Xb's replacement...I dont know... :roll: :lol: :D
eugovector 11-01-2004, 02:40 PM I think I actually like the xB styling over the Porte. THe Porte looks like an xB trying too hard. Takes away the funkiness factor and leaves just plain ugly. Plus it looks smaller, and the xB roominess is it's main draw.
What engine is in the Porte? IF they could give us 130HP for not much more $$, maybe I'd feel bettter about the styling tradeoff.
Fujiz_xb 11-01-2004, 03:03 PM dont like..its not as sexy as the xB
XBman 11-01-2004, 03:08 PM are those van doors i see?
Fujiz_xb 11-01-2004, 03:10 PM are those van doors i see?
yep...their new market is the soccer mom generation.
Good call. The xB is a MINI-Van, the porte is a Minivan.
Hoffa916 11-01-2004, 03:36 PM looks cool, but it looks similar to the smart car (UK only)
:lol: Or maybe we will get this one as the replacement for the xb. Looks like a futuristic scooby shaggin wagon if u ask me.
http://toyota.jp/Showroom/customize/regiusace/custom/modellista/image/1.jpg
Fujiz_xb 11-01-2004, 03:44 PM :lol: Or maybe we will get this one as the replacement for the xb. Looks like a futuristic scooby shaggin wagon if u ask me.
http://toyota.jp/Showroom/customize/regiusace/custom/modellista/image/1.jpg
ewwww..
looks like a a greyhound bus for the "special" people.
Munch 11-01-2004, 03:45 PM It's different.........................but that's Scion I guess 8)
tjdxscion 11-01-2004, 03:55 PM I also like the porte but I think the DL will be somenthing else.....I guess we will just have to wait and see...plus if the porte is going to replace the XB would it not be too early for them to even starti talking about the DL as the Xb's replacement...I dont know... :roll: :lol: :D
yes i thought the same thing too
but toyota jp sells the Bb and the Porte 2005 models right now in the car class 2box!
besides I use the word replacement loosly. There will never be a 2nd gen xB!
So love the one you have right now! Scion is just going to make new models not 2nd gens. At least thats the theory. mabey that 2nd gen xA meet i went to was just a cover to find out what model small hatch they will bring out next and there will be no 2nd gens period!
LucidBD 11-01-2004, 03:55 PM i think the Porte looks like the xA got it on with the xB and out came the offspring
Fujiz_xb 11-01-2004, 04:03 PM i think the Porte looks like the xA got it on with the xB and out came the offspring
<---your avatar says it all..
j/k
i agree..its like hatch box
nairod 11-01-2004, 06:26 PM maybe this will be the 2nd gen xa?
http://toyota.jp/Showroom/customize/ist/custom/parts/modellista2/image/p_eu2.jpg
ikhonlord 11-01-2004, 06:29 PM maybe this will be the 2nd gen xa?
http://toyota.jp/Showroom/customize/ist/custom/parts/modellista2/image/p_eu2.jpg
Thats a regular Ist (xa) just with the Modellista Bodykit and rims...am I right?? :roll:
BlueBox 11-01-2004, 06:31 PM maybe this will be the 2nd gen xa?
http://toyota.jp/Showroom/customize/ist/custom/parts/modellista2/image/p_eu2.jpg
that's just the first generation xA with a lip kit. nothing different about it...
fearturtle44 11-01-2004, 07:16 PM I have heard the FOURTH Scion vehicle will be a TRUCK..........
Kevin
yes that is an ist with a modellista kit, but it sure does look pretty. Maybe they will grace us with the presence of the vitz trd turbo.
http://n-d-s.ctech.ca/Vitz/rs_f.jpg
http://n-d-s.ctech.ca/Vitz/Vitz-back.jpg :twisted: :twisted:
BlueBox 11-01-2004, 07:29 PM I have heard the FOURTH Scion vehicle will be a TRUCK..........
Kevin
u know wat..i heard similar thing from japanese engineer from toyota. It won't be a full truck...rather a mini truck with passenger cabin. a crossover type...
Placebo 11-01-2004, 07:33 PM porte is one of those cars that needs a bodykit it looks ugly stocked.
But me likes!
When the design team came around to get info for the new xA from xA owners they let a few secrets out on the table!
1. the xB will be discontinued in 2007
2. the xA will have 2nd gen in 2007
3. the "Porte" will be the replacement for the xb
So i dont know if they are going to release the "Porte" now under the dL badge or if scion has something completly new!
This is the "Porte" http://toyota.jp/Showroom/customize/porte_c.html
peace tjd!
i like the porte! too bad it didn't come out earlier. hopefully though it will have more hp.
i wish all those cars would come to america. I love those tiny powered cars! YAY!
Placebo 11-01-2004, 08:16 PM the 2nd gen xA will be the aygo I belive http://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=31354&highlight=aygo
hotbox05 11-01-2004, 08:43 PM all i know is that that damned porte is hideous and they would sell very little of those in the us of a
I guess the aygo doesn't look that bad.
http://www.4troxoi.gr/news/images/upload_images/1096285911.jpg
nairod 11-01-2004, 10:10 PM or maybe it will be a bit more scion ratical like this
http://astudios.org/fcc/trepiuno_faked.jpg
Hoffa916 11-02-2004, 12:43 AM Or they might surprise us all and just make a cardboard box wit wheels
nairod 11-02-2004, 02:02 AM Yeah hoffa916 that might just happen.
http://www.scionlife.com/forums/images/avatars/54507386741705d84e1593.jpgtotal credit for this pic (which I could not resist to use because of hoffa916's comment ) goes to scion admin. I love the pic and knew it was the best one to use for an answer to haffas comment. :wink:
Hoffa916 11-02-2004, 01:27 PM thanks nairod :P
KingofScion 11-02-2004, 05:40 PM Again: According to Jim Farley
Scion life cycles will last only 3 years. Which mean in 2007 there will be a new/rediesgned xA and xB.
The xB name is too successful. i doubt they'd rename it.
The xB HAS to be replaced/redesinged because it doesn't offer side air bags
The xA doesn't HAVE to be replaced because they CAN offer side airbgs in these cars.
Supposedly there is that new brand called VECTOR (i have no been able to confirm that rumor at all, but vector.com is taken so I doubt it).
If Vector does come out you know they'll make sure the nxt generation of Scion will have to be better then vector.
Use some logic people.
ikhonlord 11-02-2004, 06:06 PM Use some logic people.
Once again you managed to say something that dosen't make sense...."Use some logic people"??? One question I have for you...where did you hear about the Vector thing? Was it here in ScionLife...because remember the information in here is not very credible as per your other post.
As far as the cars gettind re-designed, it could happen but they could also come up with a new design..the fact that the xb is so popular is because Scion is pushing the envelope and being different...why could they not be different and completely take the car out of the market...u follow me?? Like I said before...we are just going to have to wait and see....
TheDanger 11-02-2004, 07:34 PM This guy is a idiot...Farley had a article where he said they will have a different name and will kill them. Scion isn't about keeping the xB for 2 decades or longer like the Camry or 4Runner. Also you say SL isn't a credible source...even though there has been interviews with Farley. Also this was the first place where I learned about everything. I asked the dealer about the RS xA when I heard about it on here. They said "We haven't heard about it." Also a 300 HP RWD in a Scion name would break everything Scion is about which is affordable cars. Hell Supras go for more then we pay for our new cars so I think you need to rethink your sources because you are sounding like a dumbass. Plus ikhonlord is busting your balls :lol:
Placebo 11-02-2004, 07:37 PM there is already a company called Vector and it is not honda :wink:
and there may be a second gen xA because I posted something that I found in a magazine that said 2008 next xA will come out
nairod 11-02-2004, 08:35 PM :roll: :roll: :roll: Can't you just feel the love in the air. *he sniffs* The dandylions smell soooooo good. The good news is that scion will continue to evolve. The fun part of it all is trying to figure out what those evolutions will look like. Just have fun with it. The funnest part is reading what others think the next model will look like. I love it :evil: III J u s t cccaaaannnttt get enough oooffff iiiitttttt!!!!!!!! I neeed mooorree!!!!! FFFEEEDDD MMMEEEE!!!!!!! :twisted: :twisted: AAAAHHH!!!!!!!
Overload!!!!!!!!
KingofScion 11-02-2004, 09:28 PM another paraphrase from jim Farley.
All BMW's and Audi's have the same styling cues.
All the future Scion's will have the sme styling cues as the Scion tC
i think the Porte looks like the xA got it on with the xB and out came the offspring I agree with you . I would never drive a frikin Porte it looks like ___. I f Scion does that I will get a tC for that matter. Or even say screw Scion with their ugly Porte. And get a Chevy Cobalt SS Supercharged Coupe :twisted: I hope Scion has another box like the xB. Or I won't even get a frikin Scion period.
eugovector 11-03-2004, 12:04 AM i think the Porte looks like the xA got it on with the xB and out came the offspring I agree with you . I would never drive a frikin Porte it looks like ___. I f Scion does that I will get a tC for that matter. Or even say screw Scion with their ugly Porte. And get a Chevy Cobalt SS Supercharged Coupe :twisted: I hope Scion has another box like the xB. Or I won't even get a frikin Scion period.
Thanks for that rant, random dude! Enjoy your Chevy.
empleh 11-03-2004, 12:28 AM i'd rock a porte.....
Boxed_In 11-03-2004, 12:46 AM The Porte looks Ok but needs a 4 door option. Hopefully something cool will come along in 07-08 'ause I'll be in the market to replace my xB by then.
fr130 11-03-2004, 01:01 AM Well, the NSLV Concept has been on TOyota USA's website for about a year:
http://www.toyota.com/vehicles/future/nlsv.html
Looks rather similar to the Porte. I think that the Scion Porte version must have some decent factory bodykit installed before it is sold to us "youngin's." An optional DVD Nav w/MP3 system would be nice too. :D
http://www.toyota.com/images/vehicles/future/nlsv/photo_1.jpg
nairod 11-03-2004, 02:01 AM That would be like sooooooo coool!!!!!!!
http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:t7uufjA5ixkJ:www.carbuys.com.tw/PHOTO_Article/10200/200310/0000017226.jpg
i like the porte, i think it looks different. and i think it would sort of embody the scion idea, in a way, like the xb does. its non conventional design would bea great addtion to the line up, i think and id look at one to buy, im sure it owuld be built well, and prolly have a fun to drive motor. and comon, cant knock minivan doors if they are the ONLY doors on the car, thats way cool, its like a car from the future or somthin, anyone feel what im sayin'? i mean it would be a trip to be cruizing around in somthin like that, the sliding doors, the funky style. yeah i can dig it, bring on the porte :D
Chikubi 11-03-2004, 06:21 AM The Porte also has a cool, modernistic interior too. Plus lots of space to stash stuff.
http://toyota.jp/Showroom/All_toyota_lineup/porte/interior/images/int01_vga.jpg
http://toyota.jp/Showroom/All_toyota_lineup/porte/interior/images/int02_vga.jpg
http://toyota.jp/Showroom/All_toyota_lineup/porte/interior/images/int03_vga.jpg
Personally, as much as I love my xB, the design is old-hat. I've seen it for almost 4 yrs. now and it's time to move on. In Japan, bB's aren't particularly radical anymore, which was the its main point when it came out, so I can't imagine it going on much longer here either.
The_Rupp 11-03-2004, 02:35 PM Hmm... that IS very Scion looking, especially with the center-mount gauges.
nairod 11-03-2004, 02:36 PM :shock: :shock: :shock: OMG I found it!!!! The new xB-----NOT!!!!!!!!
http://vodila.net/sketch_images/321.jpg
Undecided_Fate 11-05-2004, 02:42 PM from what i understand... the xB is going to be done. there will only be 1 gen box. How can you enhance or create a better box? make it more boxy? its like trying to redesign the pt cruiser or the current beetle. its just not gonna evolve any more.
the next car to come out will also most likely not be a wagon or hatch of any type. why? cuz scion already has 1 lift back and 2 wagons. the most likely choices for scion would be either a truck(hopefully not. ew) or a sedan hopefully similar to the purple one posted in another thread.
its unlikely that the car will be anywhere over 225HP simply because its unlikely to build a car more powerful than that under $25,000. a roadster would be possible but entirely unlikely and a reincarnation of the Supra???? keep dreamin folks.
there is a chance the car could be over 225hp but thats if scion decides to do something similar to the eclipse concept with a regular gas motor up front and an electric motor in the back.
i hope nobody takes this the wrong way but when scion says its aim is toward the youth... i dont think they mean high school kids with minimum wage jobs. i think they mean college students/college grads which would put their demographic in the 19-25 range.
as for myself... im stuck having to wait for a new car anyways so this "dL" real or not, should be interesting to track as well as the 06 eclipse, 06 celica(if it's getting redesigned) and whatever honda decides to do to the civic. Hopefully Honda will join the trend and create something faster to keep up with the tC and the mazda 3.
just my $1.75
all i know is that that damned porte is hideous and they would sell very little of those in the us of a
A whole LOTof ppl I know were saying the exact same thing about the xA and xB back before the launch...
I 'd rock a Porte even if it looks like and xB with the corners softened. I don't know how I feel about the van doors though. I hope to god the interior comes in a darker color...
hotbox05 11-05-2004, 11:03 PM or maybe it will be a bit more scion ratical like this
http://astudios.org/fcc/trepiuno_faked.jpg
change up the color and graphics and i would definately rock it
Pulse 11-10-2004, 06:42 PM Problem with the Porte is it would need some major tool changes. The xB kept as much of the japanese product as they could while changing what they had to to get it into the american market.
The Porte has 1 sliding door, and it's on the pass. side of the car. If they want to keep the same setup they would have to completly re-tool the car to get that door to the other side, or the driver-side is going to end up with a slider here (which wouldn't make much sense with the folding seat and stuff).
It's an interesting design, and I think it would be cool if both sides had the slider (no swinging doors mean no hitting them on other cars), but it wouldn't be as easy as it was with the xB.
tjdxscion 11-11-2004, 01:21 AM yeah i thought the porte had two sliding doors not just one!
it would seem lame with only one unless the made the driver side with a lambo door :D now that would be tight! raze one to the sky and slide one back!
peace tjd!
fluxmr2spyder 11-11-2004, 02:55 AM gimme the porte or vitz any day...woot woot
Macster 11-11-2004, 04:36 AM I'd totally rock the Vitz Hatch or the Porte. Both are nice cars, but I agree with one thing; the Porte should have 2 sliders. 8)
my_box 11-11-2004, 10:39 PM i dont like it at all and i wish they would keep the xb out and make a second gen. i think that theres lots of improvements they can make that would make the car alot better
Skeeterflea 11-11-2004, 11:32 PM Two thumbs up for the Porte, 8)
wonderworm 11-12-2004, 02:22 AM The Porte looks like an xB that actually went through a wind tunnel.
Very nice if I say so myself. It's a shame they don't plan on making it a hybrid.
KevinxB 11-12-2004, 02:39 AM Put me on the list for a Porte/NLSV, too.
kaypee 11-12-2004, 02:42 AM Also a 300 HP RWD in a Scion name would break everything Scion is about which is affordable cars.
Nah. Scion is about getting Gen Y's into Toyota in general. A 300 HP car would be excellent as a halo car and would counter the idea that Scion is Toyota's economy division, not youth division.
KAuss 11-17-2004, 10:42 PM I thought more xBs sold than xA, why would they sell the car that started the whole Scion phase? The tC might be the backbone, but if you talk Scion, you have to be talking xB...
Whatever the dL is going to be, I just hope it isn't a full size Camry but not a Corolla... I just don't find sedans sexy anymore...
I'm waiting for a truck idea from Scion... Toyota already toss their only mini truck Tacoma out the window with the 2005 line, so I guess they're making room for Scion to release a smaller truck to take the Tacoma's customers... A lot of Tacoma fans got upset when the bigger truck got released...
I have no idea what kind of audience they're trying to pull in with a sedan tho... Pregnant teens with an early family? Thats just a very horrible crowd to touch on...
I'm waiting for a truck idea from Scion... Toyota already toss their only mini truck Tacoma out the window with the 2005 line, so I guess they're making room for Scion to release a smaller truck to take the Tacoma's customers... A lot of Tacoma fans got upset when the bigger truck got released...
i kinda agree with the whole truck thing. the tacoma is no longer a compact truck, yet not a full size truck either. i wouldn't be surprised if there was a truck released as a scion.
hotbox05 11-19-2004, 05:53 PM yeah mini truckin.
Magnus 11-19-2004, 08:45 PM :lol: Or maybe we will get this one as the replacement for the xb. Looks like a futuristic scooby shaggin wagon if u ask me.
http://toyota.jp/Showroom/customize/regiusace/custom/modellista/image/1.jpg
ewwww..
looks like a a greyhound bus for the "special" people.
Wow That is BAD ___ I wish Scion wouldmake one. And keep it under $20K!
Magnus 11-19-2004, 08:54 PM http://www.mzspeed.co.jp/ZEUS2002_2/images/03-03_HiaceVan_01.jpg
is cool!
http://www.mzspeed.co.jp/ZEUS2002_2/images/03-03_HiaceVan_02.jpg
8)
Milhamscion 11-19-2004, 08:57 PM I hope they dont bring anything like that van over here :x
Magnus 11-19-2004, 10:03 PM Man that would so ROCK! I could haul my bike in that thing. Way cooler than a Tacoma. Why not sell one? Exspecially if there is a market for it? Not everyone wants to drive a carvavan. Scion make a van but make it cool. No one wants Mom's mini van but the VW microbus was awesome! Also make it so morocycles can tie down and boxes can be loaded up for moving. Removeable seets that stand on their own and are weather proof would be cool too for camping trips. Make the floor rubber too so we don't have to worry about ruining the carpet when we throw a deer in the back or when we load up a 4 wheeler. A roof rack would be a must but safari style or even a pop up rack would be cool. Another neat thing would be tent attachement ala element and aztek. 2 rows of seats are fine. No one needs 3 unless they are a mom. a low deck height is cool so its easy to load. I would like it to ride low also. Why do all mini vans ride so high? There is no "COOL" mini vans and thats a shame. They have SO much rom and generally are pretty economical to drive compared to a truck. I love my xB but it won't haul items like my truck. I HATE my truck but it hauls what I need.
Slammin_Sammy 11-24-2004, 12:43 AM When the design team came around to get info for the new xA from xA owners they let a few secrets out on the table!
1. the xB will be discontinued in 2007
2. the xA will have 2nd gen in 2007
3. the "Porte" will be the replacement for the xb
So i dont know if they are going to release the "Porte" now under the dL badge or if scion has something completly new!
This is the "Porte" http://toyota.jp/Showroom/customize/porte_c.html
peace tjd!
I dont know where you got your info from but here is some from a car source saying different Quote"Toyota expects to sell 4000 units per month, with no intention to sell it outside its home market of Japan" see link below...
http://www.carbc.com/Car-News-867.html
Streeter 11-29-2004, 07:16 PM Whoever wrote "It looks like a Greyhound bus for 'special people'"... you win the thread. And owe me a new keyboard.
The Porte would never survive in Duluth, MN -- some hills are so steep I think it you would start to go down and it would tip forward and roll over down the hill.
In any case, if that's what we have to look forward to, I'm happy with my tC which is, IMHO, the best of the brand. Don't get me wrong, I'd introduce my mom to an xB any time, and an xA to my brother, just because I don't like him.
chewd0g 12-02-2004, 09:14 PM :lol: Or maybe we will get this one as the replacement for the xb. Looks like a futuristic scooby shaggin wagon if u ask me.
http://toyota.jp/Showroom/customize/regiusace/custom/modellista/image/1.jpg
You know...
I think I would actually buy something like that. It would depend on mileage and so forth.
If the "Porte" is the replacement for the xB, they should have a 4-door model of it.
Mista3 02-07-2005, 09:11 PM :nails: I seriously hope that none of these Japanese cars make it over into the U.S. market. The Tc is the first original design from the Scion brand. I hope that Scion continues to develop other "original" designs for the American market using their extensive parts base.
nataku009 02-10-2005, 08:03 AM i'm sorry but since i saw my first bb in japan i have wanted one i finally get one and with in two years of my model they are going to kill it for that it is a travisty and it's not a damn mini van is is the vision of the perfect commuter car in japan and if your issurance agent tag you xb as a mini van you need to go back and kick them in the head it is according to the us department of transportation as a five door wagon and yes the other car is a nice looking vehicle i just don't want it to be like what volkswagon has and is proceeding to do to the jetta case in point the new one they are going to make looks like a focus , or what i have watched honda nissan and mazda(aka ford) do to the models that customizer and people who like improve there cars got into it for in the first place the list of cars modern marketing and whacked out designers have destroyed by pure stupidity the rx series the skyline the civic si the new supra when it is realesed in japan and the mazda three series hatch( which if they made a new 323 gtx i would be happy ) cars that inspire the driving and ability to customize there cars that made japanese cars the inexspensive little rockets that gave birth to the american import scene to begin with
aireck 02-10-2005, 09:09 AM i feel like street racing.....anyone??
j/k
sweets7pinoy 02-11-2005, 09:01 PM On the topic of Scion introducing a mini-truck, I would like to introduce to you the Toyota bB opendeck from Japan. The xA is the U.S. version of the regular bB.
http://www.geocities.com/sweets7pinoy/bb_opendeck.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/sweets7pinoy/bb_opendeck2.jpg[/img]
Ashe_WCM 02-11-2005, 09:52 PM ^^^^ Are you on crack?
sweets7pinoy 02-14-2005, 06:55 PM Hey I didn't design it, I just know about...and found the pictures...and put them up. :P
jimmy5411 02-16-2005, 11:38 PM This is the next scion the DL, I promise you
http://a904.g.akamai.net/7/904/506/v0003/www.autobytel.com/images/carpics/Concept/ccx-400.jpg
bBTOY 02-17-2005, 09:37 AM Those are just the JP modz and model and name are just what they are called in JAPAN, so those are just xA`s Japan style .
I can totally see the xB turning sort of into the porte or also there is the NLSV ( New Life Support Vehicle ) from the 2003 37th TOKYO Motorshow .
http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/event/auto_shows/
Look for the NLSV
Both the Porte and NLSV have the familiar Front Fascia and BIG inside and SMALL LOOK Outside . The NLSV has the MOONROOFS from the tc .
Both these are Smaller than the xB , so a much bigger engine might not be needed . Just like how Light the xB is . The WIDE sliding doors of the Porte and NLSV are cool and give easy access . Check out the configs on the NLSV site .
Milhamscion 02-17-2005, 12:15 PM This is the next scion the DL, I promise you
http://a904.g.akamai.net/7/904/506/v0003/www.autobytel.com/images/carpics/Concept/ccx-400.jpg
I hope this is a joke... :blah:
Ashe_WCM 02-17-2005, 02:31 PM This is the next scion the DL, I promise you
http://a904.g.akamai.net/7/904/506/v0003/www.autobytel.com/images/carpics/Concept/ccx-400.jpg
I hope this is a joke... :blah:
Seeing as how thats a Pic of the CCX I would think so.
jimmy5411 02-17-2005, 11:18 PM http://a904.g.akamai.net/7/904/506/v0003/www.autobytel.com/images/carpics/Concept/ccx-400.jpg
I also hope that this is not the vehicle, but all indications point to it. I can’t see them making a 4 door sedan because that would take away from Corolla sales, I doubt it could be a pickup because that would take away from Tacoma sales, but I would really like to see what Scion would do with a truck, might be cool. This strange and I think ugly contraption seems like their only choice unless scion is willing to take away market share from already existing Toyota models.
Ashe_WCM 02-18-2005, 12:19 PM http://a904.g.akamai.net/7/904/506/v0003/www.autobytel.com/images/carpics/Concept/ccx-400.jpg
I also hope that this is not the vehicle, but all indications point to it. I can’t see them making a 4 door sedan because that would take away from Corolla sales, I doubt it could be a pickup because that would take away from Tacoma sales, but I would really like to see what Scion would do with a truck, might be cool. This strange and I think ugly contraption seems like their only choice unless scion is willing to take away market share from already existing Toyota models.I see you have a tC... you do know that the CCX was the original tC concept do you not?
Once again people talking out thier hats.
jimmy5411 02-18-2005, 04:03 PM " see you have a tC... you do know that the CCX was the original tC concept do you not?
Once again people talking out thier hats."
Yes I know Scion floated the CCX around and was saying it was going to be the TC, and during that whole time they had the TC as we know it today and were testing it. Scion has been hinting for a while that they would be coming out with a car/truck thingy. Well guess what, the CCX is a car/truck thingy. Another person had a post where they were in a Scion focus group and Toyota engineers were asking them how they would like a car/truck thingy, sounds suspicious to me. I can’t see them really coming out with anything else because everything else is all ready out between the Scion and Toyota line up. I personally don’t like the CCX and hope that it is not the next model but I am fairly sure it will be some sort of truck/car thing, hopefully better looking then the CCX.
Ashe_WCM 02-18-2005, 05:41 PM CCX isn't a "Car/truck thingy" its a coupe with a crappy rear end. something they fixed on the tC.
I think an "El Camino-esque" car would rock but I don't design carrs.
jimmy5411 02-18-2005, 11:32 PM CCX isn't a "Car/truck thingy" its a coupe with a crappy rear end. something they fixed on the tC.
I think an "El Camino-esque" car would rock but I don't design carrs.
If you had taken the time to actually check out the CCX before writing your post you would have noticed that the rear glass moves forward, like in the GMC Envoy, creating a “pickup like space” in the rear of the vehicle. Call it what you like but I think it is a car/pickup thingy. No body will know for sure until the DL comes out, hummmm, well no one except the people that work at Toyota. I too think a El Camino-esque car could look cool judging on what Scion has put out already.
PandaIst 02-18-2005, 11:48 PM The porte looks hot...i like it.
bBTOY 02-19-2005, 11:32 PM The porte looks hot...i like it.
How about the NLSV ? Once you hit the site, hit TOYOTA , then hit the car that looks like a Little SCION bB, on the Carousel of cars.
http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/event/auto_shows/
i'd rock a porte.....
Totally. I don't see why people don't like it.
Its a bit more modern and aerodynamic than the bB and it gets rid of one of the main things I don't like--- the tinny rear doors.
One big sliding door makes way more sense and its unique. A sliding door isn't going to tink and twang when you shut it with a micron too much force like the back xB doors do, you can get out of a car in a super tight spot without hitting your door on anything. It's brilliant.
Have you guys seen the inside of the Porte, before you knocked it?
Way nicer and more modern than xB and the rear seats are just as huge and even easier to get in and out of.
I'd trade my xB for a Porte in a second.
katch 03-03-2005, 08:32 PM thanks for the info
Yng_Lrd 03-25-2005, 09:12 PM I would have bought an xA.
...Waits for the T2B...
SOILWORK_tC 03-26-2005, 10:08 AM all i know is that that damned porte is hideous and they would sell very little of those in the us of a
all i know is that the porte looks way better than the xB
Yng_Lrd 03-26-2005, 03:37 PM all i know is that that damned porte is hideous and they would sell very little of those in the us of a
all i know is that the porte looks way better than the xB
It's a different type of vehicle my friend. Tis somewhat reminiscent of a Suzuki, Areo I believe. Not really my style, but the sharp curvieness is a bit sexy. Think it would make a nice toy for the gradeschool group.
T2B up next...
bBTOY 03-30-2005, 09:10 AM Just go take a LOOK at Current Model AZN cars in Singapore and Japan , I dont know the names but there are a couple of them that LOOK very Porte-ish NOW. For now I really like the BOX-Yness of the xB . Its Slightly ODD , like ME :crazy: The xB size is Good for me , I was next to an Excursion and could Not believe HOW SMALL the box is, I like it.
blackporte 05-14-2006, 05:30 AM Heres a pic of my Porte.
bBTOY 05-24-2006, 10:15 AM You say that your going to get a Chrome Grill - Where is the grill ? :eyes:
Is yours a 2 Door , Isnt that how many are there ?
Is it any Bigger / wider / taller / shorter than an xB ?
blackporte 05-30-2006, 01:50 PM The grill is in the front, between the lights.
The porte is a 2 door hatch back.
The passenger side door is a power sliding door and it can be opened by remote.
The porte is the same size as the xb on the outside, but way way roomier on the inside.
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