What does bB and ist mean?

 

By meen do you meen do they stand for anything, cause if that's your queston then no. bB is what the xB is called in Japan, ist is what the xA is called in Japan.

 

bB is the Japanese market vehicle from which the xB was developed. ist is the Japanese market vehicle from which the xA was developed.

 

bB in Japan = Bumble Bumble

Ist = I have no idea, but the website is pretty awesome

http://toyota.jp/sp/ist/

 

Wow, you're right, that website is truly AWESOME!!! Man, everybody should go there NOW!

Thanks for the heads up.

-Alex

 

thanks guys...learn something new every day

 

Actually...

The name "ist" came from wanting to imply that the xA was a "do-anything " type of car.

Like the words Machine"ist", Chem"ist", etc..

Get it?

 

I thought that Bb in japan was for Black Box? At least thats what i heard.

 

nope, nonsense.

 

You don't really want someone to answer that seriously do you?

 

Retarded - someone who doesn't know what's going on

Noob - Someone who doesn't know what's going on but has an excuse

No, please don't answer that

 

I think I found that stuff out within the first month of owning a Scion. Just reading through the modded threads you find links and people talking up their badges.
Simply put; They're versions of are cars in other countries.

 

I actually get this. Very Japanese way of thinking.

 

bB does stand for "Black Box." I've read it on several occasions, and even in an official Scion press release, if I remember correctly.

ist, I have no clue of. I've heard the same thing as BeQuietAndDrive mentioned, being a jack-of-all-trades—"machinist," "chemist," etc. And Geotpf is right, it's a very Japanese thing to do. Although, I always wondered if, instead, it was the German second-person "is" (er ist, sie ist, es ist), just giving a weird name.