JDM Toyota bB Released
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JDM Toyota bB Released
It's like the concept 
The US may not even get this version though. We might get a watered down or not even the bB. We might get a behemoth replacement tsk tsk tsk
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I like the center armrest.
http://toyota.jp/bb/
NEW ENGINE!
1.5L 3SZ-VE 107bHP/103lb/ft
1.3L K3-VE 91bHP/ 90lb/ft
Are these HIDS?
The US may not even get this version though. We might get a watered down or not even the bB. We might get a behemoth replacement tsk tsk tsk
.I like the center armrest.
http://toyota.jp/bb/
NEW ENGINE!
1.5L 3SZ-VE 107bHP/103lb/ft
1.3L K3-VE 91bHP/ 90lb/ft
Are these HIDS?
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I think the new bB is too Japanese/Euro for most people but not for me. Check out the mini site. Optional 9-speaker system. 3-stage speaker illumination in blue (totally illegal in the US). Is it me or is the new bB smaller than the former bB/current xB?
BTW, the higher end 1.5L 2WD version (Z"Q" Version) will only cost Atsuko-kun and Takumi-san 1,701,000 YEN or about $14,616.00 USD at current rates for Jennifer and Billy Bob Joe.
Original Accessories
http://toyota.jp/bb/dop/index.html
Side Air Bags
What's with the flames...DC called they want their PTC back
BTW, the higher end 1.5L 2WD version (Z"Q" Version) will only cost Atsuko-kun and Takumi-san 1,701,000 YEN or about $14,616.00 USD at current rates for Jennifer and Billy Bob Joe.
Original Accessories
http://toyota.jp/bb/dop/index.html
Side Air Bags
What's with the flames...DC called they want their PTC back
That's all I have to say! 
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Good job with the interior. . .
. . . not diggin the exterior. . .
But that's how I felt about the FIRST xB.
Maybe they'll make body kits to make 'em look like the OLD bB
. . . not diggin the exterior. . .
But that's how I felt about the FIRST xB.
Maybe they'll make body kits to make 'em look like the OLD bB
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That front end can't quite figure out what it wants to be. The lower part is Pontiac Firebird, while the upper part is some sort of PT-cruiser/VW New Microbus concept.
Sorry, but I prefer the cleaner look of the current bB/xB. This one's too busy.
Sorry, but I prefer the cleaner look of the current bB/xB. This one's too busy.
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according to thehollywoodextra.blogspot.com customers will have the opportunity to choose different front end designs. though, no pics were provided.
http://thehollywoodextra.blogspot.co....html#comments
http://thehollywoodextra.blogspot.co....html#comments
bad Toytoa 
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huge mistake. Jeri Yoshizu, if you're reading this, keep that redicuous beast out of the lineup.
some may like it, and I say that's GREAT. sell the darn thing as a toyota, and let people have the option, but this is just not cool.
Plain and simple, the xB does not have nearly enough market penetration in the US to pull a stunt like this and survive. People still stop me and ask me what I drive. Now, when I say market saturation, think PT cruiser - now there's a model at the end of it's lifespan, ready for a facelift, but they missed the cue and are going to get stepped on. Imagine where google would have ended up if they would have kept 'reinventing' themselves before they became a verb.
Also, one of the biggest benefits IMO, is the fact that a huge aftermarket industry has sprung up around the xB, and all model years' parts are nearly interchangeable. Similar in ways to the old veedub bug - easy to work on, easy to mod, and huge selection of aftermarket parts. That's the draw to the younger segment.
There are just too many things that this marketing team has done correctly to forgive a mistake of this magnitude, but it would be a surefire way to go from hero to zero.
- Chapter 64 of the Tao Te Ching
http://www.nokama.com/tao/index.cfm?...=chapter&ch=64
some may like it, and I say that's GREAT. sell the darn thing as a toyota, and let people have the option, but this is just not cool.
Plain and simple, the xB does not have nearly enough market penetration in the US to pull a stunt like this and survive. People still stop me and ask me what I drive. Now, when I say market saturation, think PT cruiser - now there's a model at the end of it's lifespan, ready for a facelift, but they missed the cue and are going to get stepped on. Imagine where google would have ended up if they would have kept 'reinventing' themselves before they became a verb.
Also, one of the biggest benefits IMO, is the fact that a huge aftermarket industry has sprung up around the xB, and all model years' parts are nearly interchangeable. Similar in ways to the old veedub bug - easy to work on, easy to mod, and huge selection of aftermarket parts. That's the draw to the younger segment.
There are just too many things that this marketing team has done correctly to forgive a mistake of this magnitude, but it would be a surefire way to go from hero to zero.
Deal with it before it happens.
Set things in order before there is confusion.
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People usually fail when they are on the verge of success.
Set things in order before there is confusion.
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People usually fail when they are on the verge of success.
http://www.nokama.com/tao/index.cfm?...=chapter&ch=64
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interior is sweet! as far as the exterior goes I like the rake on the side windows and the tailights are kinda cool. but that grill? wtf? it looks like a mistubishi and a honda had a bastard child!
Lets face it though, NONE of this matters as the nexB(hah!) for us. As we are going to get a practicalized t2b.
Lets face it though, NONE of this matters as the nexB(hah!) for us. As we are going to get a practicalized t2b.