Stranger

My daughter and I were returning from her photo shoot in south L.A. and two 2008 xB's pulled in front of us. There was a burgundy and a silver one.

I was able to pull up beside both of them at a red light and we sat there looking at them for a few minutes.

They look nice, but my initial thought is that while they look ok, I'm not going to run out and trade my classic gen 1 for it.

Stranger

ajayaitch

Did they have any clue as to what you were driving, or what they were driving?

Stranger

Why was this moved to 2nd-Gen Rumors? This ISN'T a rumor and I was driving my 1st GEN xB!!

HawianstylexA

new body style calls for a new generation of xB???

Max

It was moved because you spotted 2008s on the road. That hasn't happened in a while, and the car you were driving had nothing to do with the fact that vehicles which have not been released were spotted by you on public roads.

Stranger

So this makes what my daughter and I saw a rumor? I don't think so. We know what we saw and they were 2008 xB's on public roads in L.A.

Max

No one said that or called you a liar. This is the forum for 2008+ xB discussion. It is due for a name change since their arrival date is nearing.

Andrew1782

C'mon let's hug it out, hug it out.

Anyway, that's weird....did you get a look at the drivers?

Everyday peeps or something ALIEN like form the secret facilities of TOYOTA??? Errr.. I mean SCION?

Stranger

It not a matter of hugging, etc. I just hate it when people automatically make it seem like we don't know what the heck we are talking about. That's EXACTLY how I felt in this case. . . . the fact that it is rare to see these at this point is the reason I posted it.

Regarding the people in each car, there were three in each. Two up front and one in the back. The burgundy one was in front followed closely by the silver one. Both tags had the exact same number, I believe it was 795 or 595 on each, but the tags were different colors.

Fortunately for us, we were on a road where they decided to make a left turn and there were two left-turn lanes and I was able to jump in the other one since I was initially behind them. This allowed us to pull right up beside the both of them.

Andrew1782

Pretty cool! You should have followed them to their secret lair.....was probably the pub down the road!




Thanks for sharing that is rather interesting!

Stranger

I actually have PROOF of my "rumor," but I don't know how to upload pics. I was able to snap three quick photos of the burgundy one with my cell phone.

If anyone is willing to upload them for me, I'll be more than happy to e-mail them to you for everyone to view.

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Max

Listen. I do not doubt you at all. Bottom line is this is the forum for 2008 xB discussion, which is what you saw. I will be happy to upload the pics for you. I am pming you now.

Rich_Manas

those are distributor plates also known as manufacturer.

Max

Here are the three pics from Stranger:

rsw1124

I like it Thanks so much for photos.

Nemesis_xD

Sweet! In that second pic, the driver is scuzzing you out! lol. Nice shots, Stranger!

toyotatodd

I tend to agree about the rumor definition. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumor
I started a discussion about that after the Chicago auto show

However, I now see why this whole forum won't be deleted until the release date ish.
I think the term rumor is expanded here so the new b peeps can drool with anticipation.

Great pics!!! Next ones we see should be 10 on a a truck from LA or Seattle.

Stranger

If you look closely in the first picture you can see the silver xB behind the burgundy one in the small circle mirror, or maybe I can make it out since I know what it is.

Yeah, you're right. They weren't very happy that I was taking the photos, but they didn't make any obscene jestures though.

I know exactly where they turned off at and may try to snoop around there a little this weekend when I'm back down that way.

Ez

The press preview vehicles are going out this weekend, and so a lot of the new xB and xDs are at Toyota HQ waiting to be delivered, so maybe a lucky employee got to take one out for a spin.

Ekolu2004

wow! must have been some big bosses for scion or some dealers in that car..cool pics!