why not just get the tC to stay in scion life. and for performance things buy yourself a nice R6 or Hayabusa?

best of both worlds, performance and style. and i wouldn't bother with domestics...there is a reason why the bottom ten vehicle residual values were american.

 

I ONLY put premium in my WS6. The car becomes too sluggish if you put regular. You can get away with regular in a tc, but not a wise choice in a 5.7 liter beast. If you are worried about gas with a car like this, you should not even take it into consideration. My tc's strictly for commuting to college. My beautiful WS6 is for everything else.

However, they do get a descent amount of mpg's ... depending on how you drive them

 

Personally, I'd get a Tacoma with the TRD package.

I was driving my buddy's Taco around last week... boy that thing is fun.

But then again, I live in the Desert and the roads here aren't exactly friendly to my ground-hugging tC.