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Old Jul 30, 2006 | 06:50 PM
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Default 08 xb, could it be........

I am wondering if this is the creature we are getting. Check it out and spill your guts:

http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/2787/050829ea.jpg
Old Jul 30, 2006 | 06:52 PM
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how bout a larger image...
Old Jul 30, 2006 | 11:30 PM
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It looks like the new bB with a front modified to look like an xB with an enlarged bumper. Personally I am not sure if the square face looks right with the round body.

Who knows where it came from, would be nice to read the small print.
Old Jul 31, 2006 | 01:20 AM
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what we are getting will be 85% t2b so this could be what we are getting. or it could be more t2b ish
Old Jul 31, 2006 | 01:34 AM
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^^ he knows his sh*t about the upcoming xB, so listen.
Old Jul 31, 2006 | 03:13 AM
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^^ he knows his sh*t about the upcoming xB, so listen.

If so, than what is his opinion on the new one? Will we be pleased? is it truely worth the wait?
Old Jul 31, 2006 | 03:21 AM
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That thumbnail looks more like the new bB than the t2B.
Old Jul 31, 2006 | 03:41 AM
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yeah.. i can't tell anything from such a small picture... the front emblem even looks Honda-ish...

but rumors from my guys says it will resemble alot to the t2B concept as hotbox mentioned.
Old Jul 31, 2006 | 04:19 AM
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that pic looks like bB mixed with t2b


the new one will have a 2.4 , be larger in every dimension , get worse gas mileage , be faster but not by a lot , no 07 and newer 2.4's will be supercharged ( supposedly )


it would be VERY unlikely that i would buy the new one. i don't want the 2.4 period but that's just me.
Old Jul 31, 2006 | 04:25 AM
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Tried to blow it up but looses definition. Looks like maybe Japanese writing below. Does not look like new bB....Interesting........
Old Jul 31, 2006 | 04:36 AM
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What part of it looks like the t2B? I don't see the resemblance.

Just looks like a new bB with a front end designed to look like the current xB, and oversized wheels.

Maybe the 2.4L rumor mill is being fed by the Calty team to build a buzz in hopes of getting their version chosen? It's happened before in other industries.
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the 2.4 is not a rumor mill. people want bigger and more power soo......

the wheels look t2b , the rear 3/4 of the car looks like the t2b but with four regular doors
Old Jul 31, 2006 | 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by hotbox05
the 2.4 is not a rumor mill. people want bigger and more power soo......

the wheels look t2b , the rear 3/4 of the car looks like the t2b but with four regular doors
The new bB has a "pinstripe" ridge that runs from the headlights to the rear, this thumbnail does too and the t2B doesn't. Also the bottom of the doors of the t2B are higher than the new bB and this thumbnail. Finally the hood of the t2B wraps into the fenders and the new bB and this thumbnail the hood is flat.

It's just a thumbail maybe from some JDM car tabloid so who knows.
Old Jul 31, 2006 | 08:51 PM
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i don't know what car that is but it looks much larger than the bB that's for damned sure. and that car doesnt have two hiplines like the bb
Old Jul 31, 2006 | 10:05 PM
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Yuck! I hope this isn't what we are waiting for. No thank you Scion.
Old Jul 31, 2006 | 10:07 PM
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It kinda looks like the new mazda suv
Old Aug 27, 2006 | 08:20 AM
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i kinda like it
Old Aug 29, 2006 | 12:50 AM
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I like this one too
Old Aug 30, 2006 | 02:37 PM
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Where did this picture come from?
Old Aug 30, 2006 | 02:43 PM
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Looks more like a mini van in that pick... soo umm No thank you I like my original Toaster



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