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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 03:40 AM
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that front clip looks like it came from a "Mad Max" film
Old Nov 1, 2006 | 04:31 AM
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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 04:49 AM
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That looks a LOT like the current xB... just longer. Maybe the test mule we saw before is what it's going to be?
Old Nov 1, 2006 | 11:45 AM
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nice find tomas, still looks like a chevy...Looks like the xR is going to be the seller this next round. I like the 1.8l better anyway.
Old Nov 1, 2006 | 11:45 AM
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Tomas you still amaze me with the things you get even after two years on the site.
Old Nov 1, 2006 | 02:02 PM
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hmmmmm...

i think ill have to see the finished product to truly know if i like it or not. but from the spy pix, i think ill keep my RS3
Old Nov 1, 2006 | 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by JoeBus
Looks like the xR is going to be the seller this next round.
Que?
Old Nov 1, 2006 | 03:33 PM
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Wow looks like a commercial van from that cardboard taped over it. Hopefully looks better when that stuff is stripped.
Old Nov 1, 2006 | 07:06 PM
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i just got this spy shot of the new xB, looks like enterprise got their hands on one to test drive for a while. those sneaky bastards!

Old Nov 1, 2006 | 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by CatalepsicFox
Wow looks like a commercial van from that cardboard taped over it. Hopefully looks better when that stuff is stripped.
That's one of the things that worries me about the newer "longer, wider, lower, more powerful" Scion xB replacement we keep hearing about: It keeps sounding more and more like a soccer mom mini-van, and less and less like a lovable, idiosyncratic, honest little mini-car with amazing amounts of room inside compared to it's tiny footprint.

Sounds like all the new one needs is a sliding door.

Hope I'm wrong.

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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Tomas
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Sounds like all the new one needs is a sliding door.

/snip
my thoughts exactly.
Old Nov 1, 2006 | 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by backseatchris
i just got this spy shot of the new xB, looks like enterprise got their hands on one to test drive for a while. those sneaky bastards!

Bwaaaaahahahaha

-THE DON
Old Nov 1, 2006 | 08:24 PM
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OMFG mini cooper!
Old Nov 1, 2006 | 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by XD40tC
OMFG mini cooper!


Not quite.

The new Mini Cooper wagon is a two door...



Even the original Mini Cooper wagon was a two door...



I'm just afraid that what was a "small box" (xB) will become a "large box" (van).

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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 10:15 PM
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Updated Toyota Voxy?
Old Nov 1, 2006 | 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Tomas
I'm just afraid that what was a "small box" (xB) will become a "large box" (van).
All that will mean is the xB will truly be an iconic car. The next gen ( xX, what ever letter is going to be caps) will not be nearly as special.

Again, I am perfectly ok with that.
Old Nov 1, 2006 | 10:36 PM
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Those are differant vehicles, one has a taller roofline and more slanted hood. They have differant camo also. I think trying to make it look boxy like the current xB is a bad idea, it needs to grow up a bit, gain some curves like the t2B concept.
Old Nov 1, 2006 | 10:42 PM
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Yes, those are different vehicles - the lower pic is from Japan and is wrong-side-drive (but it does appear to be longer, and has five lug wheels). The top pic appears to have been stretched horizontally, giving more windshield slant, etc. (Also, the Japanese one doesn't appear to have the plastic bumper cover over the actual metal bumper on the front.)

There ARE folks who know what "The Replacements" look like, and even the specs, but they aren't talking.

Wait 'til December.

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Old Nov 2, 2006 | 03:30 AM
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and they said my '05 was ugly!!
Old Nov 2, 2006 | 04:15 AM
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anything other than the new jdm bb is just plain old U G L Y. the new bb needs to be released here in the states, it will sell soooooo fast.



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