yeah i wouldn't bank on it. just be prepared to buy a used xB.

 

even if it continues the box theme some will love the current much better and others will love the new much better. with cars so wildly designed there will always be fans.

 

A wild design is key for me. Look at the Fuse concept, it's amazing. If they released that tomorrow I'd be the first in line and pay whatever they asked. i don't think I would be alone, either.

 

the doors on the fuse are horrendous. the headlights are horrendous , the gadgets inside are stupid. the good things are the actual shape of the car. too bad it isn't rwd. poo.

 

what i meant is if the released a realistic production version that used that body style. I disagree with you on the headlights, I love them.

 

I got some new info that seems to confirm the 2.4L engine in the xB. also has some info on the xA.

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...651916#1651916

 

Just confirmed!!!! The new xB will be a joint venture between Toyota and Honda. It will look like the xB now, but will be sized like the the Honda Element, and will have the Same engine as a CR-V!!!! Toyota is dropping it from the Scion line altogether. It will be sold thru Honda!!!

Screenshot from new marketing commercials to start airing soon:


"The all new Honda excrement!!!"

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

that's not confirmed......

 

i said it SEEMS to confirm.

 

Honda POO...err ......excreatment......
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When I was at the dealership in West Springfield, MA today the salesman told me XB '07's were on their way and the sticker price went up $100. Can anyone verify that? Maybe they're actually '06.75!

 

man this thing reminds me of that big shark from the movie Shark tale. this new bB is fugly.

 

Someone else was talking about delears calling them 07's. They're not.

 

The latest Car and Driver magazine has thumbnails and descriptions of all the 2007 cars. They show the 2007 xB as unchanged outwardly from 2006 and call it a "carryover" model.

 

This makes the most since in view of no word to the contrary from Toyota.........

 

It may be considered a "carryover" model but it's still not listed as an '07. Not on scion.com, not at any local dealerships, not anywhere. It's a 06.5...

 

Random thoughts...
If the cars being sold as 'current model' in early 2007 are not called 2007, the owners may be hurt down the line when they go to sell/trade the bought in 2007 xB as a year-older 2006 xB. In fact, if any are actually made in the new year, they may HAVE to be marketed as 2007's...

Keep in mind, too, that the 'hold-over' 2005s sold in early 2006 were marketed as 2006s, and when the REAL 2006s finally came out (new radios, new radio controls, new radio wiring, new air bags, etc.), they were just slipped in with no official model year change - they were just newer versions of the 2006 that WE called 2006.5 models.

I suspect the 2006 xB will quietly change to 2007 xB at some point and then be discontinued when the new "whatever" comes out.

We'll see...

Tom

 

Yeah, I suppose this may be true. If I decide to buy an xB(assuming the new models look like poop) I would sure like it to have the title of "07" but in the meantime I think they can still be considered 06's and the dealerships that are advertising them as 07's right now, imo, shouldn't without an official announcement from scion.

 

06 models stop being made at the end of the year. they will be sold till they're gone. the 08's will come out in late spring of 07.