TORRANCE, Calif., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Scion will stage the world
premiere of the second-generation xB and the all-new xD at the 2007 Chicago
Auto Show.
The Scion press conference will take place on Thursday, February 8 at
9:00 A.M. CT in the Grand Ballroom in McCormick Place, with a live
simulcast to the Scion display area at the show.
Scion will also stage a simultaneous press conference in Scion City, in
the virtual world "Second Life," to introduce the computer-simulated
versions of the two all-new 2008 vehicles. The virtual presentation will
run parallel to the live press conference at McCormick Place. To
participate in the virtual press conference, media must be a member of the
Second Life community and register at http://www.scion.com/secondlifemedia by 5:00
P.M. CT on Friday, Feb. 2.
Registration for the virtual press conference will begin on Thursday,
Jan. 25 and is limited to the first 500 media. Second Life registration is
free and can be done at http://www.secondlife.com. Scion City was launched in
November 2006 and allows the Second Life community to test drive and
purchase Scion vehicles, learn about the brand, and participate in
lifestyle and owner events.
A video clip of the Chicago press conference will be available for
viewing the following day on the Scion.com website.

Well, at least it is official now.

I'll be there on the 10th. Can't wait. I hope they have real models and not the 5Axis ones this time.

A February unveiling may be too soon....both our Scion dealers are "overflowing" with xB's.

more info on autoblog.

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/01/20/redesigned-scion-xb-and-new-xd-set-to-debut-in-chicago

A February unveiling may be too soon....both our Scion dealers are "overflowing" with xB's.

i don't think it will be problem in terms of inventory since we probably won't see full production till the end of june. plus there are still a lot of people that want the 1st gen because of mpg and it's size.

also, if you look at allocation its getting smaller and smaller for both the a's and b's. we're used to getting 12 to 15 xB's every allocation and we got 4 on the last one.

Are dealers still getting xB shipments? The Seattle area dealers claimed their last one ever came in a couple of weeks ago.

Chris

I hope they have real models and not the 5Axis ones this time.

Ditto.

I hope they have real models and not the 5Axis ones this time.

Ditto.

I would be willing to bet that both the 5Axis cars and the production models will be on display. It would be a very Scion thing to do.

BTW, haven't I been saying Chicago Auto Show for about 6 months now? Oh well.

-Alex

Are dealers still getting xB shipments? The Seattle area dealers claimed their last one ever came in a couple of weeks ago.

Chris

I still have 2 or 3 that should be arriving at my dealership within the next few weeks.

instead of starting a new topic I'm just gonna show it here. I was browsing IGN and I ran into this picture,
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/lufox/2007-tokyo-auto-salon-part-x-200701.jpg
Now, it sounds odd but it does meet the requirements with slightly bigger, to rear window, antenna on the top, fog lights on the bumper but in the front, tC style handles, the only discrepency is that the lights don't have the turn signal.

You just discovered the Nissan Cube - congratulations.

You just discovered the Nissan Cube - congratulations.

WHOOOHOOO! so what do I win?

the " I Should Have Done My Research Before Posting" award

congrats again

look on the bright side, I didn't create a new post, or post the bB again, or the daihatsu. :lalala: :P

isn't the cube supposed to be sent state-side for the 08 model year to give xB the run for its money.

don't get me wrong, i like the xB, but if the cube was available i'd most likely get a cube.

I think they gave up on bringing that over...

look on the bright side, I didn't create a new post, or post the bB again, or the daihatsu. :lalala: :P

True that..............LOL

I think they gave up on bringing that over...
from what I read (after I put that handy dandy post and was corrected), the nissan cube was supposed to come over, but since it was in the middle of it's life, nissan was gonna do it during the cube's refresh, most likely in '08 or '09

I think they gave up on bringing that over...
from what I read (after I put that handy dandy post and was corrected), the nissan cube was supposed to come over, but since it was in the middle of it's life, nissan was gonna do it during the cube's refresh, most likely in '08 or '09

Exactly - it would have cost too must to make the car US legal - might as well engineer the next generation from the start to meet US requirements. I have a feeling it will compete very well with the next generation xB.

Alright. I'm going to the Chicago auto show. And I have a dilemna.

Do I:
a) attempt to hold out until the 14th, when I'm actually going to see them in person, or
b) surf on over to scion.com and click "refresh" every 90 seconds until the video is uploaded, like everybody here?

Think of it like a birthday, would you like a virtual tour of your b-day presents?
Now that I think of it, I would. This is a big ticket item though so, I feel your pain.
I'll be there on opening day like a Walmart shopper the day after thanksgiving. Shopping cart and 6 crazy kids hanging on me as I fly through McCormick center with an evil wide open mouth half full of teeth.
Now I am waiting

F that Im a pleasure delayer, but in this case I will be refreshing like every 29 seconds.

I hope they have real models and not the 5Axis ones this time.

Ditto.

I would be willing to bet that both the 5Axis cars and the production models will be on display. It would be a very Scion thing to do.

BTW, haven't I been saying Chicago Auto Show for about 6 months now? Oh well.

-Alex

from what i was told it will be pretty close to stock and won't be the vehicles at the miami event.

I'm sure you could find out exactly what they are gonna have if you dug deep...

They'll most likely get leaked a day early to either Autoweek, Autoblog, C&D or Winding Road.

after seeing the leaked pics, I'm more looking forward to seeing the xD.....as the new xB just looks off. Kinda like a mini Jeep in my eyes.

perhaps for the first time in scion's short history the xB won't be the best selling non-tC model.