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08 xb, could it be........

Old 07-30-2006, 06:50 PM
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Default 08 xb, could it be........

I am wondering if this is the creature we are getting. Check it out and spill your guts:

http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/2787/050829ea.jpg
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Old 07-30-2006, 06:52 PM
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how bout a larger image...
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Old 07-30-2006, 11:30 PM
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It looks like the new bB with a front modified to look like an xB with an enlarged bumper. Personally I am not sure if the square face looks right with the round body.

Who knows where it came from, would be nice to read the small print.
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Old 07-31-2006, 01:20 AM
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what we are getting will be 85% t2b so this could be what we are getting. or it could be more t2b ish
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Old 07-31-2006, 01:34 AM
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^^ he knows his sh*t about the upcoming xB, so listen.
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Old 07-31-2006, 03:13 AM
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Originally Posted by hayalex6
^^ he knows his sh*t about the upcoming xB, so listen.

If so, than what is his opinion on the new one? Will we be pleased? is it truely worth the wait?
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Old 07-31-2006, 03:21 AM
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That thumbnail looks more like the new bB than the t2B.
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Old 07-31-2006, 03:41 AM
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yeah.. i can't tell anything from such a small picture... the front emblem even looks Honda-ish...

but rumors from my guys says it will resemble alot to the t2B concept as hotbox mentioned.
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that pic looks like bB mixed with t2b


the new one will have a 2.4 , be larger in every dimension , get worse gas mileage , be faster but not by a lot , no 07 and newer 2.4's will be supercharged ( supposedly )


it would be VERY unlikely that i would buy the new one. i don't want the 2.4 period but that's just me.
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Tried to blow it up but looses definition. Looks like maybe Japanese writing below. Does not look like new bB....Interesting........
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Old 07-31-2006, 04:36 AM
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What part of it looks like the t2B? I don't see the resemblance.

Just looks like a new bB with a front end designed to look like the current xB, and oversized wheels.

Maybe the 2.4L rumor mill is being fed by the Calty team to build a buzz in hopes of getting their version chosen? It's happened before in other industries.
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the 2.4 is not a rumor mill. people want bigger and more power soo......

the wheels look t2b , the rear 3/4 of the car looks like the t2b but with four regular doors
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Originally Posted by hotbox05
the 2.4 is not a rumor mill. people want bigger and more power soo......

the wheels look t2b , the rear 3/4 of the car looks like the t2b but with four regular doors
The new bB has a "pinstripe" ridge that runs from the headlights to the rear, this thumbnail does too and the t2B doesn't. Also the bottom of the doors of the t2B are higher than the new bB and this thumbnail. Finally the hood of the t2B wraps into the fenders and the new bB and this thumbnail the hood is flat.

It's just a thumbail maybe from some JDM car tabloid so who knows.
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i don't know what car that is but it looks much larger than the bB that's for damned sure. and that car doesnt have two hiplines like the bb
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Yuck! I hope this isn't what we are waiting for. No thank you Scion.
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It kinda looks like the new mazda suv
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Old 08-27-2006, 08:20 AM
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i kinda like it
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Old 08-29-2006, 12:50 AM
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I like this one too
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Old 08-30-2006, 02:37 PM
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Where did this picture come from?
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Looks more like a mini van in that pick... soo umm No thank you I like my original Toaster
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