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TORRANCE, Calif., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Scion will stage the world
premiere of the second-generation xB and the all-new xD at the 2007 Chicago
Auto Show.
The Scion press conference will take place on Thursday, February 8 at
9:00 A.M. CT in the Grand Ballroom in McCormick Place, with a live
simulcast to the Scion display area at the show.
Scion will also stage a simultaneous press conference in Scion City, in
the virtual world "Second Life," to introduce the computer-simulated
versions of the two all-new 2008 vehicles. The virtual presentation will
run parallel to the live press conference at McCormick Place. To
participate in the virtual press conference, media must be a member of the
Second Life community and register at http://www.scion.com/secondlifemedia by 5:00
P.M. CT on Friday, Feb. 2.
Registration for the virtual press conference will begin on Thursday,
Jan. 25 and is limited to the first 500 media. Second Life registration is
free and can be done at http://www.secondlife.com. Scion City was launched in
November 2006 and allows the Second Life community to test drive and
purchase Scion vehicles, learn about the brand, and participate in
lifestyle and owner events.
A video clip of the Chicago press conference will be available for
viewing the following day on the Scion.com website.

RTon20s

Well, at least it is official now.

Max

I'll be there on the 10th. Can't wait. I hope they have real models and not the 5Axis ones this time.

woof

A February unveiling may be too soon....both our Scion dealers are "overflowing" with xB's.

Rich_Manas

more info on autoblog.

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/01/20/r...but-in-chicago

Rich_Manas

i don't think it will be problem in terms of inventory since we probably won't see full production till the end of june. plus there are still a lot of people that want the 1st gen because of mpg and it's size.

also, if you look at allocation its getting smaller and smaller for both the a's and b's. we're used to getting 12 to 15 xB's every allocation and we got 4 on the last one.

cdt9c1

Are dealers still getting xB shipments? The Seattle area dealers claimed their last one ever came in a couple of weeks ago.

Chris

RBasil

Ditto.

grizzly_choppers

I would be willing to bet that both the 5Axis cars and the production models will be on display. It would be a very Scion thing to do.

BTW, haven't I been saying Chicago Auto Show for about 6 months now? Oh well.

-Alex

Pay2Play

I still have 2 or 3 that should be arriving at my dealership within the next few weeks.

lufoxe

instead of starting a new topic I'm just gonna show it here. I was browsing IGN and I ran into this picture,

Now, it sounds odd but it does meet the requirements with slightly bigger, to rear window, antenna on the top, fog lights on the bumper but in the front, tC style handles, the only discrepency is that the lights don't have the turn signal.

rbloedow

You just discovered the Nissan Cube - congratulations.

lufoxe

WHOOOHOOO! so what do I win?

TXboxdriver

the " I Should Have Done My Research Before Posting" award

congrats again

lufoxe

look on the bright side, I didn't create a new post, or post the bB again, or the daihatsu.

munkymonkjr

isn't the cube supposed to be sent state-side for the 08 model year to give xB the run for its money.

don't get me wrong, i like the xB, but if the cube was available i'd most likely get a cube.

ScionXBrent

I think they gave up on bringing that over...

OldYeller

True that..............LOL

lufoxe

from what I read (after I put that handy dandy post and was corrected), the nissan cube was supposed to come over, but since it was in the middle of it's life, nissan was gonna do it during the cube's refresh, most likely in '08 or '09

rbloedow

Exactly - it would have cost too must to make the car US legal - might as well engineer the next generation from the start to meet US requirements. I have a feeling it will compete very well with the next generation xB.