ok is it true scion is only sold in america? i know u couldnt consider it american made but it would be considered a american car

 

sold only in the us and now recently in canada. the tc is a us exclusive. the xa and xb are toyota echos with soul and flavor. but they are built in japan.

the xb is sold in asia as the 'bb' or something like that.

since the tc is only sold in the us, don't get fooled into buying "jdm" stuff for it off ebay because if there isn't a jdm tc, there can't be authentic jdm parts for it.

 

Built 100% in Japan, for the US. The Accord and the Camry are American cars. The Fusion is a Mexican car while the Impala and most Chyslers now are Canadian cars.

Hm, what's so weird about Toyota in NASCAR? The Camry is the only American built car that's "competing."

 

interesting...

 

I hope there are kids in japan that are drooling over tC's like we would drool over skylines, altezzas, SR20s, RB26s, and evos(at least up until '03)

Screw you japanese kids! You can build it but you CAN'T HAVE IT!

</High Five>

 

there is japaneese lettering in my engine so im going to asume it is japaneese.

 

for some reason I really doubt they are....lol

 

The Camry isnt truly american either, it is assembled in the US. Design still resides in Japan as far as I know. That is the only leg the anti toyota nascar guys really have to stand on. And going by the actual rules, there is good reason to question whether they should be allowed. I dont care anything about nascar, and think that under the circumstances toyota should be allowed in.. but rules are rules so they have to make sure everyone is following them.

 

i understand that there isnt a jdm scion which really bums me out, so i am building one, ive got the yello fog lights shining through the bottom grill, HKS exahust and the tien s techs and i dont kno wut else i can do to make it more jdm, oh yea carbon fiber hatch

 

i know everyone likes them but i cant stand yellow lights.

 

You cant make it "more jdm". JDM is just a market, just like USDM. I still think the whole jdm worshiping thing is hilarious. Maybe you like some of the styles over there, but JDM is just.... JDM.

 

I thought Toyota had a R&D department in the US? Maybe in Seattle or over that way? I remember seeing it advertised in a magazine because I was considering it as a profession when I graduated...

 

I believe there is a SCION plant being built in the US, so it might be US built and US bought, but still by the Jap company toyota..

I mean it might be US in the future, but right now its like 95% made in Japan..

 

Its 100% designed and built in Japan.

 

well I know a few Canadian guys who LOVE the tCs but are really bummed they can't ever get one

well that will change though so good for them

 

yea jdm is a market but it can also be a lifestyle, jdm is all about clean, no wings, no stupid body kits, no "ricer" it can be possible to turn my tc into the jdm look

 

i was explained that the vin num is what signifies it by where it comes from if it starts with a J its japanese K korea and if it jus starts with nums its american soo on maybe that ansersd any quests

 

only the 05s were made in japan...i think toyota built a factory somewhere in the US around late 05 early 06 and they started making the tc's there. so 05 is built in japan...06-present built in US of A

 

That's almost true, except not at all true. My 07, as well as all those before, were built in Japan.

 

*sigh* ALL Scion's are built in Japan, simple as that.
Yes, they do have a plant for the Camry and the 2AZ is probably assembled there as well.