With that front end, it really should come out with a 20k price tag, Its really a disgrace because the toyota concepts that were floating around auto shows were sick, turbo flat 4 and rwd on top of that, if this thing IS rwd its going to be NA and slow fo sho!!

IMO the toyota concept had some very nice lines to it, and the headlight scheme looked great, same with the rear valance!

scion is cool and all, it just sucks that toyota wont put a car out there to compete with nissan. toyotas last cars that held there own was the MR2 turbo, turbo alltac, supra of course.


WTF happened !

 

I own a 92 MR2 (:

 

I almost bought a 1991 Turbo MR2 back in 2004 w/131K on the odometer. I'm glad I didn't buy that car.. it would have been a sweet ride for a while, but I probably would have totaled it (since my driving style at the time was still a bit out-a-control).

if it truely is RWD, then yes I could see $23-25K. The initial $20K estimate, was obviously some kind of ploy by Toyota (marketing dept.) to get consumers yolked-up over , OHHHH - Snap, a RWD Toyota for like $20K (about $3K more then a tC) ... awesome. This rig looks slightly smaller then that Supra concept car that debuted about 2 years ago ( its like a next gen. Lexus sports car). Toyota isn't bringing over the Supra now due to the economy. Once the economy gets to the point where Toy. thinks they can squeeze $35-45K out of a consumer for a Supra (V6 or V, then it will come over(2012 or 2013 model probably).

but not so!

I lost my erection with "flashy" ... wanna-be fast (under 200hp) a long time ago.
Efficency is where its at. If I could go all electric (or plug in hybrid) right now, I would. Good-bye.

 

What happened was the California mandate for cars to be more efficent (in 1995-96). At that time Toyota started to develop the RAV4-EV and Prius, Honda had a EV, Chevy EV, etc. This timeline coinsides with certain true Japanese sports cars making an exidous (Supra in 1998, MR2 in 1995, 300Z (1996 or 1997), didn't really phase Honda.. they still had the NSX.

Did you ever see the movie: "Who killed the Electric Car" ? Check it out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Kil...lectric_Car%3F

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...35633598627078#

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489037/

 

lol scion is gonna die...

 

I actually have that movie on DVD. Shame on what happened to those cars. I remember reading about the GM EV1 in Motor Trend when it was coming out but never seen one on the road, now I know. Even then I think leasing was limited to CA, if these could have been bought they'd never would have been able to do what they did. It was crazy seeing Honda's EV get crushed in a national televised show.

 

i wonder if its gonna be a two door or a four door

 

^...or even a wagon, like Protege5-ish.

 

http://www.motortrend.com/features/a...witter+Traffic

 

That would be sweet. But at what cost?

 

Y should it? GM got a bailout....

 

yea but that was GM in general....scion is just a branch off of toyota sort of like lexus is.....

 

Yeah, kinda like playing poker with most of your money in your back pocket. I see way too many Scions on the road to think Toyota will fold that hand.