Rumor has it that xB go bye bye next year!

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Jan 26, 2004 | 07:00 PM

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cmanworkz

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what is the difference in the bB and the xB?

Sorry for asking, but im just curious.

Jan 26, 2004 | 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by cmanworkz

what is the difference in the bB and the xB?

Sorry for asking, but im just curious.

The Scion xB is the USA version of the Toyota bB.

Jan 26, 2004 | 07:34 PM

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cmanworkz

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Oh. and the bB is from japan i take it.

Jan 26, 2004 | 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by cmanworkz

Oh. and the bB is from japan i take it.

You answered your own question... Bb is the Japanese model and XB is the US. Only difference appears to be the badges and the side the steering wheel is on.

Jan 26, 2004 | 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by DonSwier

Let's see....

Take an xB, then add 4wd, another 20" in length, 5" in width, a V6, leather, a third seating row, dual moonroofs, Captain's Chairs, 20" rims, twin turbos, a DVD system for the back rows, lots of body cladding....

........On second thought, howzabout keeping it simple & pure like it is now. This is what I believe makes the xB such a revolution - it is the most "honest" design on the road. Not ONE ounce of fat or flab. No extraneous "styling" crud like even the Element succumbed to (an "almost" pure design gone astray)

BTW - Got my xB yesterday (Black 5spd) shipped up from Sac. We're the only Scion in the local area (makes it kinda fun... the licensing dep't here was confused about what it is

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Don't be too surprise, There is a 4x4 xB being built right now in Socal as we speak..don't know how they are gonna do it, but they are projected to be show it later this year. I'll be interested in see that, mini monster grave digger.

Jan 26, 2004 | 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Kikaida

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Originally Posted by cmanworkz

Oh. and the bB is from japan i take it.

You answered your own question... Bb is the Japanese model and XB is the US. Only difference appears to be the badges and the side the steering wheel is on.

As well as structural improvements for crashworthyness and adding a spare tire.

I don't doubt that the 2005 will be the last year for the current xB bodystyle, as the design was already out for two years in Japan before being introduced in the US. I doubt that they would change the Japanese model and keep the US model the same.

George

Jan 27, 2004 | 10:24 AM

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stoopid seats

and the seats shape... I wanna see if I could swap mine with some bB seats, I'd prefer the flat ones, people (including but not limited to me) are always trying to get some "sleep" in the car.. if you know what i mean wink wink... nudge nudge...

Jan 28, 2004 | 02:31 AM

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i doubt any scion will ever come with a v6, and they'll probably always be mini cars. i'm sure the toyota echo will disappear soon, and all of the "cheap" or inexpensive toyota cars will be sold under scion names. scions are supposed to be the inexpensive, "cool" alternative to toyota cars. what i hope they keep doing is bringing all of the japanese mini cars over here. i love 'em.

oh yeah, about the JDM seats. i don't like them at all. i already think my seats are a little too flat. those ones look like they belong in a '57 chevy or something.

Jan 28, 2004 | 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by DonSwier

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Congrats Don! It is cool to be amoung the few in your area.
Sean

Jan 28, 2004 | 07:37 PM

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seats

back to the seats though, the bench seats with armrest that go flat when you put them all down (instead of those freaking humps we got all over) in the bB are way more functional than ours...

Jan 28, 2004 | 09:24 PM

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Re: seats

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back to the seats though, the bench seats with armrest that go flat when you put them all down (instead of those freaking humps we got all over) in the bB are way more functional than ours...

Column shifters suck.....but I would definitely trade it for a full front pimp couch.

As for the extinction of the xB.....I heard from a top dawg to one of the divisions in Scion that the xB would be phased out and the xA was the main stay. I started laughing at him...couldn't help it.

IMO that xB is pretty hot but once people get tired of the bandwagon and the shock effect then they'll jump off leaving us few purist to have fun. Then that's when Toyota will yank the chain.