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Bob: Hi Davo345
Bob: How may I help you today?
davo345: Hello. I was wondering whether or not the official release date for the supercharged tC is April 1st as the rumours dictate?
Bob: We do apologize but the estimated release date for the supercharger for the tC by TRD by the end of the year.. Right now it has been submitted for CARB approval..
davo345: End of the year?! What happened to spring summer? Around what time at the end of the year do you suspect?
Bob: It is before the end of 2005.
Bob: It is currently has been submitted for CARB approval.
davo345: I see. Are the horsepower numbers going to be around 200bhp as suspected?
Bob: Yes it is estimated that the Supercharger for the tC will be around 200 hp.
davo345: Ok, thank you. Hopefully this is the last rescheduling of its release...
Bob: No problem =).... Sorry for the delays..

 

I'm done with the SC concept. This is FAR beyond C.A.R.B approval. There is more to this story than they are saying.

 

Is this serious i thought were were expecting 240hp now and its going to take the better part of a year to get CARB approved.....grrr maybe the Blitz will come out b 4 then ...i really dont care about the CARB approval...there are ways around that...but paying that kind of money for 40 horses is not going to cut it....

 

this should give everyone plenty of time to save up the money for it

just tring to look at the bright side...lol

 

damn you scion......

 

Im thinking of a trade-in

 

TRD is the ones that supplied the xA and xB with the toyota branded turbo too!

"What TRD turbo?" you might be asking yourself. And my answer is, "BINGO".

I'm starting to think this, like their EPA MPG sticker, is just a big fat lie to get us to buy the car. "you'll sip gas and have more power sooon, really.. just buy now"

 

This is really starting to get rediculous! TRD what the heck is going on?! First it was going to be available at release, then February, then April and now the freakin' end of the year! TRD needs to come out with an official press statement and stop yanking everyone's chains. For God's sake, stop advertising the damn thing until you have an official release date.

The car didn't spend this much time in development.

 

I just talked with moe at scion.com and he told me the same thing by the end of this year. Then I asked about the april 1st date and he responded with we have not issued a release date at this time.

 

ok thats it im done waiting, this made up my mind now going turbo, the greddy kit should be out soon im using my discount and hopefully will have the car done by summer,

 

___ is all i can say. does anyone know when the blitz SC is comming out for the TC?

 

Wow this wait really sucks. I'm afraid we'll wait all this time and then just get 40 hp for a $4,000 price tag. Really doesn't seem worth it for a car that only costs $16,500. But who knows all the details seem to be up in the air. Those are my two cents.

 

turboCharged

nuff said

 

Oh yea, are the TYC taillights going through CARB approval too?!

 

Blitz has said they have no parts in the works right now for the tC. I am a direct distributor for their parts, and I offered my tC as a test car if need be, but they have nothing planned right now. No Super, No Turbo. Not even exhaust yet.

 

I dont have much faith in the people that answer questions on Scion.com I wouldnt give up on a April/May release just yet.

 

no i think they noticed there ugly as hell so there not going to sell them (atlease i hope them i dont want them to have ugly tc's rolling around)

 

Over the past few weeks I have visited them and asked the same question just to make sure their information was the same each time...and it was.

I think they are serious.

Why the hell would Scion jerk their customer's chains like this? Don't they realize they are loosing oodles of cash? Tsk tsk. I personally am not even sure if I can wait that long for the SC.

 

well i am kinda glad they are holding out until its perfect
rather than just put out some POS S/C just b/c people want it now.

 

Brilliant business move - drag people out for 6 months, then tell them another 8 to 10 months on a vehicle they promote as a tuner

Yea, blow the spring-summer-fall months when people that would look to do this mod would BUY IT and instead roll it to winter....near christmas.....when everyone is going BROKE and won't fully enjoy a SC in SNOW-Ice-Rain

Guess I should get the TRD radiator cap....it's available for $49 and I hear it adds 8-10hp.