it's been discussed before, but only rumor. This is the official word.

http://www.autonews.com/defaultRegister.cms?newsId=14006

Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. is tacking $150 onto the sticker price of the 2006 Scion xB for midyear production models that begin arriving in dealerships at month's end.

Vehicles equipped with a manual transmission will have a sticker price of $14,570, while xBs with an automatic transmission will be priced at $15,370. Prices include $540 shipping.

Toyota said the small boxy vehicles will get new seat fabric and a steering wheel with audio controls.

Here's the full text Press Release with a little more detail:

Scion Announces Mid-Year Price Adjustment for xB

TORRANCE, Calif., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Scion, from Toyota Motor Sales
(TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today announced mid-year price adjustments for the 2006
Scion xB, which receives an updated interior and new exterior colors.
The 2006 Scion xB urban utility vehicle will have new seat fabric and a
steering wheel with integrated audio controls. Two exterior colors,
Camouflage Green and Black Cherry Pearl, will be replaced with Salsa Red Pearl
and Shadow Mica. Shadow Mica is new to the Scion line-up.
With the additional standard equipment, prices for the xB increase only
$150 on both models. The MSRP for the Scion xB will be $14,030 with a manual
transmission and $14,830 with an automatic transmission, reflecting a 1.1 and
1.0 percent increase, respectively.
Production of mid-2006 xBs began earlier this week and vehicles will start
arriving at Scion dealerships on the West Coast at the end of the month.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-09-2005/0004231153&EDATE=

RPM

yay! I want the shadow mica.
Good news, glad to hear

I guess I got my Black Cherry just in time... though a bummer I couldn't get the audio controls on the steering wheel.

No mention in any of the articles what the fabric change is going to look like.

Yeah, I'm curious as to what those changes will be. maybe all the cars will have color keyed fabric like the RS cars, that'd be tight

What does Shadow Mica look like... :ponder:

[quote="curtydc"... color keyed fabric .../quote]

Forget that. It'll never happen. :no:

Anyone have any word on what the new interiors look like?

There are three pics along with the news at MPH magazine. not sure if one of the pics shows the actual new interior.
http://www.mph-online.com/web/prtranslated/00309

new colors
http://www.mph-online.com/web/news/00220

I wanted to see a lighter color come out...like a light blue...
plus it sucks that I got my 06 before the changes

it sucks that I got my 06 before the changes

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I can't wait to speak to some Scion southeast regional peeps at Exposed on the 21st of January. They are going to get an EAR FULL!!!!! :nope:

Someone on the boards said the BOP was going to be replaced by the new colors.... it looks like Camo and Black Cherry are the ones going away... thoughts?!?

oh poop im driving a 93 toyota pickup at this time, r22 chain drive nebody :clap: , but i wanted a camo xb to be my new car now i find itll be replaced... well i guess shodow mica is cool too tho the toyota dealers round irvine have been mensioning this color for a bit over half a year :blah: i hadnt seen the shadow mica on the site so i guess im excited i like dark colors but the camo was really cool maybe they should just add them to the list of color chips and be done with it :nope:

Someone on the boards said the BOP was going to be replaced by the new colors.... it looks like Camo and Black Cherry are the ones going away... thoughts?!?

Correct.

Also, the seat fabric will be the same as in the '06 xA. Not a big change, but different.

Steering Wheel Controls yay!!!!

OMG, bigger side bolsters! Finally!

There are three pics along with the news at MPH magazine. not sure if one of the pics shows the actual new interior.
http://www.mph-online.com/web/prtranslated/00309

new colors
http://www.mph-online.com/web/news/00220

Thanks for the links!

Is the fabric really that purplish/lavender color?

OMG, bigger side bolsters! Finally!

I think my eyes were deceiving me. . . is it just the angle, or do they look bigger.

And no, they aren't purple, but many shots make them appear so. I get the same effect with my '05 seats, depening on the angle/lighting.

my homeboy got the 06 white xB manual

no wonder his sticker price was a bit higher

-taek

I thought they werent out yet... well, the bolsters do look bigger...
but any news about the Cruise Control... is the xB getting it..? Im looking to selling my tC for the Box

Hard to believe my 04 is already trumped. I wish I had the iPod hookup and the steering wheel controls. Oh well, I'll wait for my next car I guess.

Just curious, what are side bolsters? I'm not sure what your takling about, but I dont notice anything bigger.
SpdLmtNA, most car dealers will add cruise control as an option that you can get, its not toyota or TRD, but you can still get good ones out there.
I wish Scion would update there website, I wonder when they plan on getting around to that. I hate it that you never hear news from the direct source, its always from someone else, therefore not perfectly reliable.

same here what are side bolsters?

Side bolsters are the what hold your torso in place... theyre the bulges on each side of the seat. They keep you held in place when you make sharp turns

20061/2 stuff for xB on Scion.com now

:tap: I have a 06 also "black cherry Pearl" :relief: I too i'm sad about the colar change. And Where are my controls?? :eyebrow: And word on free upgrades?? :cry:

Darn! Maybe the next box in '08?

Darn...as you can see I wanted a camo xB but my dad was in a bad accident in March, lost his leg, had to sell his old GMC truck and his Harley was totaled. When we go to court mid-next year, if we get the money (social security turned us down, but that's another story) we're going to get another car so he has a car when I'm at school and I have a car for when I'm not at school...and I've almost convinced him to agree on a Scion. He wants a Honda Ridgeline "in case we have to haul anything" but we never did in his old truck...no camo makes me sad :/ Oh well, I was going to paint it yellow and add a Charlie Brown stripe anyway.

Darn...as you can see I wanted a camo xB but my dad was in a bad accident in March, lost his leg, had to sell his old GMC truck and his Harley was totaled. When we go to court mid-next year, if we get the money (social security turned us down, but that's another story) we're going to get another car so he has a car when I'm at school and I have a car for when I'm not at school...and I've almost convinced him to agree on a Scion. He wants a Honda Ridgeline "in case we have to haul anything" but we never did in his old truck...no camo makes me sad :/ Oh well, I was going to paint it yellow and add a Charlie Brown stripe anyway.I like you Charlie Brown idea.

The license plate will be ARGHHH.

I have an idea of how you can make it look exactly like Charlie Brown. I am working on it now and I will post it on here.

Here is a roughy of how I think it could look. I used the 5Axis xB. I give credit to Five Axis for making a great xB Limo. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a45/xblover/CharliexB.jpg