http://t.wieck.com/PV/2003/12/01/TYT2003120133345_PV.jpg

I didn't find this a corolla owner did.

I would bet this IS the real tC.

:shock:
do you really think this is it?

Where did he find it?

thats exactly what i want to know

damn, we want more :wink:

hrm, k, I look into things way too much, but it has a pseudo california style plate on, or at least west coast. As far as I recall Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas all have 6 character plates..

soo what you tryin to say is that it is here...in cali right? ummmm...every interesting...i want more pics...i want to see more...w1ngzer0 what corrola user found this? ask him/her to find more...http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/23/23_2_51.gif

it kinda has a maxima rear...look at those rear lights...kinda reminds me of a maxima...you know? anyone else see that?

The "Corolla Owner" would be me. Found it on Toyota Pressroom. Only photo released so far. Along with a new press release today.

"Scion, the new marque from Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., will stage the world premier of the Scion tC sports coupe at a press conference at the 2004 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.


Sales of the tC, designed specifically for the U.S. market, will begin in June 2004 and will coincide with the national launch of the Scion brand. The reveal will be held on Monday, Jan. 5 at the Riverfront Ballroom in COBO Center."

thanks for the info...now i cant wait until Jan 5...i love that tease picture...great find...http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_1_2.gifhttp://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_1_114.gif

Hey, I just noticed something. Didn't they plan to keep that funky giant sunroof/moonroof design found on the ccx concept? Judging from this picture it seems to be either gone or an option. Hmm, just something to think about. Personally I think I'd like it as an option, because I woulnd't like it on MY car. Sounds like it would cost an arm and a leg to fix if/when it ever went wrong or someone threw a rock at it.

it kinda has a maxima rear...look at those rear lights...kinda reminds me of a maxima...you know? anyone else see that?

agreed

yah i see the maxima factor too but certainly less bloaty. the car has a baby lexus look to me as well.

it could be a fake.

baby lexus... :) true...i see that...i would have to agree...tC, i deem thee...tC-Baby Lexus http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_1_105.gif

that is no fake...that pic is comin straight from Toyota's PressRoom press release info...

http://t.wieck.com/PV/2003/12/01/TYT2003120133345_PV.jpg

I didn't find this a corolla owner did.

1) Yes, the rear does resemble a maxima...but it may be due to the design of the rear lights...

2) The all glass roof will probably be not an option but standard. And if u see closely at the picture along the roof line and rear glass...the glass seems to continue forward in one seam ...the frame may be metal..but the rear glass seem to reflect a continuou flow onto the rooftop and possibly to the front windshield...i doubt it will be one-piece..but section glass (maybe a 3 piece) rear/top/front windshield.

3) Since the TC is based on the Toyota Avensis, i see the resemblence.

4) atleast we know it's not a hatchback or is it? can't tell from the pix

5) i can't wait to see it at the L.A. autoshow next month!

It's based on the avensis?! I thought it was gonna be a 100% totally new Scion product.

I just checked out the Avensis and that sh** is tight! It's what a Toyota Jetta would look like :D

avensis...yes very nice car...cant wait...http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_6_109.gif...

Oh yeah! that looks sweet. I can't wait to see the side and front profiles!!

well..here's an excerpt from car connection article posted today...dec 01,03 about the new TC being based on the Toyota Avensis.

"Farley also fit in a quick outline of the upcoming tC coupe, Scion's third product, which will debut at Detroit and go on sale nearly a year later. Based on the Japan-market Toyota Avensis, he said that the tC would be especially distinctive as the only car on the market with a fully glass roof, an engineering feat to maintain the stiffness of a normal roof. The four-cylinder tC will offer a supercharger kit shortly after launch. Although price-wise it looks like people might cross-shop the tC with the Celica, he asserted that "꿻he Celica is more of a boy-racer; the tC is more of a 3-Series Coupe. We're not going to be in the same market."

so...we shall all find out soon.

i think this car will kill the celica hands down.

That car looks niiiiiiiice! I can't wait for to see it next month.

It does look like a maxima and maybe a saturn. :? I need to seee the front but I don't like the rear.

So far the rear end is pretty boring....or average looking at the very best.

So far the rear end is pretty boring....or average looking at the very best.

yeah..it is boring...totally reminds me of maxima or altima...u can totally picture the rear with NISSAN emblem...

i hope the car isn't a disappointment...but one thing for sure..the full glasstop will be coo.

what is it that makes it look like a saturn to you? I don't see any resemblance.

http://motorshow.toyota-europe.com/applications/mm/multimediaIndex.asp?mediatype=360&modelID=126&mediaID=3&disptype=1

the avensis..reminds me of an audi or volkswagen...

http://t.wieck.com/PV/2003/12/01/TYT2003120133345_PV.jpg
http://us.autos1.yimg.com/img.autos.yahoo.com/i/ag/6/13166/exrrhead.jpg

The top picture is the scion tC. The bottom pic is the 2004 Saturn Ion coupe. It kinda does look similar I think. I still like the tC rear though. You all are saying it looks too "normal and boring". Sometimes that can be a good thing. If you think about it, the whole Toyota and Lexus line looks "normal", and thats not bad. It's when you start trying to hard (the whole damn saturn line) that you mess up. Just my thought :D [/img]

maybe someone that has seen pictures of the car can expand on what has been released

I want one :)

Bigger Pic.
http://www.canadiandriver.com/news/03images/sciontc.jpg

is it me or does the trim above the license plate area look like LED - third brake light?

hmm...

could be- good eye!! I think that would look pretty good.

Ok, so even if the tC does have an all glass roof, atleast it doens't have the "Good but not very practical" one that the ccx had. You know, the one with like 25 pieces of glass that folded up... yeah just wait till it rains! :shock:

ok, so I was driving home from work and I remembered something! :shock:

Do you guys think (or know) the tC will have the "not very atractive" interior that the ccx concept had?

http://www.edmunds.com/media/2002/naias/toyota.ccx.int.500.jpg

I imagine that the interior will be toned down a little for production models. It's already pretty obvious Scion changed the sheetmetal quite a bit from ccx to the tc. So I think we can expect a little more conventional interior too.

...I think the tC has already killed the celica... word I'm getting is that after 2005 the celica will be no more... hmmm?? a point to ponder....

I'm with you Verone I want one bad from everything I seen and heard all I can is I'm in. Also from what Farly says (Scion Vice pres I think that's his title) I don't know if toyota will stop production of the celica. Toyota trying hard to sell that the celica and the Tc will be tottaly different. In fact he calls the celica a "boy racer" and the Tc a "3 seris coupe" personally I think the Tc will have more in common with people who want an Is 300 but don't have 30 grand to spend than the celica buyers. Cause I think it will cost almost as much as a Gt maybe more. Myself that's why I'm onboard I still want a Is 300 but I don't quite have enough cake for that(hopefully soon) actually anyone who was at sema saw the Is 430 at the TRD booth. Now let me tell you I might actually comit murder to own that car. Glad there is only one, because if I saw one of those driving down the street... there might be so live action GTA going on :lol: no just kidding but I might do just about anything else to have one of those I wish they would of let us drive that car

Also looks to me like someone chopped a couple inches off each side of a Honda Accord.

http://www.hondacars.com/images/banners/2004/accord_coupe/exterior_gallery/photo_09_large.jpg

The problem I see is.......every car that anyone has mentioned so far shares a resemblance to this tC pic. I don't think that a car should be so unique it alienates the entire human population........but at the same time not so mundane that it blends in with every other car on the road. That's why I like the xB. It's "weird" enough that people look at it and go "ooh".......but not so weird they look at it and go "eew"............though I'm sure some people have said "eew". :wink:

KiL

hmm...that honda looks so familiar...

http://autozine.kyul.net/Car_Photo/Mercedes/CLK_bk.jpg

http://www.hondacars.com/images/banners/2004/accord_coupe/exterior_gallery/photo_09_large.jpg