Tag: SEMA

When I get to SEMA, one of the first places I’m going to stop will be the Scion Booth. The Scion Tuner Challenge always results in some awesome creations, and we now have a first look at what the competitors will be bringing to the show. Speedhunters—the team I’m unapologetically pulling for—is taking influence from […] More »

What do you picture of the clientele that usually buys Scion cars? Two ends of the spectrum right? Youthful and those elderly individuals that like the easy access that the xB offers right? It’s geriatrics and club rats, what I don’t picture though are fans of the thrash metal group Slayer, but for some reason […] More »

The 2013 SEMA Show has come and gone, and a Scion Tuner Challenge winner has been crowned. We didn’t expect Young Tea to win this one — our poll showed he was your least favorite with 24-percent popularity. Josh Croll from Pennsylvania got 33 percent, and your favorite Scion Tuner Challenge builder, Walter Franco, received […] More »

See, this is the kind of stuff I was expecting to see at SEMA last week. I mean the cars that were there were cool, but there was nothing that really approached this level of crazy. This truck surfaced on Scion’s blog a few weeks back but missed m radar. The truck was built by David Choe, […] More »

The three Scion Tuner Challenge builders are well on their way in customizing their 2014 Scion tCs for competition at this year’s SEMA show. The video below is the first of a multi-part documentary following these builders on their journey to SEMA, and a possible $10,000 grand-prize win. Which builder do you think will be […] More »

Scion’s FR-S was officially designated the Hottest Sport Compact at SEMA, and it. is. EVERYWHERE. Considering that the FR-S is one of the most exciting sports cars to come out in recent years, this shouldn’t be that surprising. That said, the floor was crawling with them. Luckily, we were all over it. Below is probably the […] More »