http://www.caranddriver.com/article....&page_number=1

 

nice article....car & driver articles always make good points about new vehicles...

 

haha, according to Car and Driver.. maybe 'tC' means 'Toyota Corolla'!!
j/k

-K

 

a lot of the articles i've read all seem to say somthing similar to what caranddriver wrote.

i know the cars they were targeting in terms of ride and handling was the 3 series, A4 and IS300. those cars exhibit the perfect balance of sport and luxury, where the driver doesn't have to compromise one over the other.

great review!

 

Sounds like C&D liked it a lot. They sometimes nitpick, but their biggest complaint was the weight, and even they had to admit it didn't have a detrimental effect on the handling of the tC.

Their review makes me think I'm making an excellent decision. I was afraid I'd given into the hype, and possibly overlooked some major flaw while test driving the car (since I can't really remember any flaws) but it sounds like they like the car as much as I do.

 

they mention the legendary AE86, now i wish the tC is FR. man, guess i watch too much initial D. :?

 

pocketbook? are they suggesting the Tc is a girl car?

 

No, I don't think so... They probably mean checkbook and since they said pocket rocket they were going along with the analogy.

 

A female pockebook would be a purse

 

Are there extra colors for the tc that aren't listed at scion.com? Here are two pics from that article. This can't be the same color, can it? One looks purple and the other looks blue.

 

that's lighting problem, I got the IIP tC too, it look like different color when there aren't that much light around.

 

I'll have to see the color in person. Its either Indigo, black, or flint mica for me. I saw the flint mica in person and it looked great. I prefer the darker blue color. I wasn't digging the indigo pic in sunlight. Too blue for me.

Anways, thanks for the review link. I found some more links to pics of the indigo car for those interested:

http://www.cardomain.com/id/indigotc
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17224

 

Well, I guess the pocket rocket could be for us guys and the pocketbook mention for the women.

I don't mind the extra car weight since it was put in for structual reasons and thus extra security.....

Kevin

 

thats a great review thanx 4 the link.

 

Great article. Besides the fact that our car is "a portly lad" and needs to go on the Subway diet (lol), I think it's a great car all around.

I just got back from a Scion Dealer, looking at an automatic Indigo Ink Pearl. I have one on order (5-speed), but I had never seen the color in person. I must say that I am very impressed and am positive I made the right color choice for me. *whew!* It feels like a giant weight has been lifted, since I was worrying about not liking the color in person. I'm very happy with my decision, and can't wait to get my tC!

- Desi

 

That's whats prety cool about the color, dark blue, to bright blue to kinda of purple at times and all shades in between. It's default color is much darker than on the Scion site. or that first picture.

 

hee hee, same here. I too wish it was a FR and i also watch too much initial D.

 

Yeah, I guess you're right. I think this indigo is still my first color choice. It will be like having two different cars I suppose :D Chicago has a nice mix of weather/sunlight.

How long do you have to wait for the car to come in? Would love to hear your personal impressions of the car and color when you get it.

 

a nice and honest review.. balances both worlds of performance and practicality

 

ahh i saw this article in the magazine... the magazine also show a couple bar graphs comparing the tC to other cars (civic si,mini cooper, Triburuon<--whatever that cars called by Hyundai, and some other car....).

on the chart it says the tC accelerates faster than all those cars and braking from 70-0 the tC is second best but mini cooper came first. then i forgot the rest.... i think the other charts are about the handling etc.