Test mules always look bad. Well most of the time. Car might not look anything close to this. Hopefully they won't go with the new Japan xB styling. I liked it initially but I'm going to pass.

 

lets just hope that the japanese Bb will hit our market instead of extended version of the xB. Thumbs down to this version. It makes me yak. The only time i would want to see the xB in a stretch mode is a well done modified limo... like the one they usually show in the scion.com gallery.

 

looks way too long, the length of the xb is what makes it so cool and neat.

 

^^^ That is the F3R Concept, One Mini-Van i wouldnt mind driving.

 

Good lord... I just bought an 06 xB... If this is what the future model is going to look like, im going to trade in mine 06 for the last year of the "current" body.... whihc i think is 07.... that thing is ugly as hell... one of the reasons i bought it was because of how short it is - i never have trouble finding parking in manhattan with it!

 

I think everyone is reading WAY to much into the styling aspect of the pic. Havent you guys ever seen a test mule before? I remember spy shots of the new Mustang that still had most of the 1994-1995 body panels on it.
As others have said, I also heard we will be seeing the 2.4 in the next generation xB.

 

selectable 2/4wd???? please!!!!

i wouldnt mind the longer xB, i have trouble hauling all my constructon stuff around in mine as it is,

plus with the longer front end i could finally reach my goal of stuffing that LT1 that i have sitting in my garage in it

 

poor lil box i realy hope they reconsider making it the same size and change the out side shape.
i hope they keep the same 1.5 engin in there cuz what s the point of making a bigger engin that eats more gas if you can only go 65 mph on the highway lol i never seemed 2 understand that
i guess some people just don t get it

 

Some of you guys are just looking at the picture and not reading anything else. This is a TEST MULE! This is the test mule for the EVO X.



All they do is chop up the current car to test out a new platform/engine. THIS IS NOT THE REDESIGNED xB!!!

 

on my first day working in the SM in Cal scion dealership - i saw the mule too while i was driving to the dmv to get my selling lisence.

its not that big...

 

Really? I thought it looked exactly like a stretched xB with disguise cladding. The doors, the fenders, the roof, etc. are all xB.

I'm able to do everything I want with the current engine. Of course, I don't try to race Corvettes. But I don't have any trouble driving or merging on the freeway. The little car does just fine when you mash the pedal to the floor. Now a sixth gear would be nice on the freeway. I'd be up for that.

 

Everything that mitsubishi does in the UK is then "copied" for the US market... that look (which is the current lancer body) has been in the UK for well over a year and is sold as the evo there. the evo there is much quicker though and i think costs almost double of an evo here... but i think they get 400 horse STOCK in the UK... those lucky !@#!@#!@!

 

I know theyve been selling that model...thats why I said its a MULE for the EVO X, which is not out yet. They took a Lancer cut it up to test out the new platform/engine for the new model EVO X.

 

Keep in mind that these are test shots of a TEST MULE. It appears to me that a current xB body has been modified to accomidate a longer chassis as well as to get an idea for interior lay out. I'd lay money down today that the final production vehicle looks significantly different than what we see in this one picture.

Reasons behind my comments:

Look at the wheel wells. It is obvious that this is no where near what the finished product will look like. They took and xB, tacked on the extra inches they needed based on engineers designs and slapped in the proposed drivetrain of the new vehicle.

Second look at the dash. If I am not mistaken, that is very similar to the new dash design of the bB in Japan. So it may just be that we are getting a similar interior, but a different body and drive train.

 

 

^^^ That vehicle is based on a Sienna platform and is much larger than it appears.....way bigger than our beloved Box.

Can you say 3.5L VVT-i V6 with 269hp?

I'd roll in one. :D

 

bigger =

the box should be the same way jsut a little remodeled but not made bigger...i like the box the way it is..!

 

I like it! IMAGINE all the more room and places to put stuff cause it is bigger!!!!! it could possibly be on the next generation Corolla/Matrix platform, I would buy it

 

Some of the suggestions here are puzzling:

1. Bigger engines, like the 2.4 L
2. Selectable 2WD / 4WD
3. more, more, more

How can the xB retain its market position if it becomes a Honda Element?! As soon as you're granted a 160HP engine and 4WD, you're talking about a car that starts at $18k and gets 20 mpg city, not to mention all the maintenance headaches due to the extra complication.

Keep the xB cheap, simple, and small - that's why I bought one!

 

but if selectable 2/4wd was an option, not a stanard feature, then the majority of people who wouldnt want that option wouldnt have that headache.... but yeah, if they send them out with 4wd, i will trade in, no questions asked...