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Toyota discontinues Scion after years of slumping sales
Associated Press ^ | Feb 3, 2016 11:32 AM EST | Dee-Ann Durbin

Posted on 02/03/2016 10:19:03 AM PST by Olog-hai

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To: struggle

I own a 1st gen xB and an Frs. Love em both.


21 posted on 02/03/2016 10:52:58 AM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: cuban leaf

I think the styling of the 2nd generation of the Scion products was not good. Most folks realized they could get the same Toyota drivetrain in a Toyota branded vehicle for less money. And if the Scion wasn’t appealing styling-wise, they just walked to the Toyota store usually about 100 feet away.


22 posted on 02/03/2016 10:55:49 AM PST by nascarnation
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To: Olog-hai

I and my wife shopped for a SUV about 7 or 8 years ago. We were predisposed toward Honda, but we test drove everything sold my Toyota and Honda. We bought a Toyota RAV4 - it was inexpensive, had good styling and had more headroom, particularly in the backseat, than the others. Toyota still had a good reputation then. It has held up good so far, but we sure miss the superior Honda dealer service.


23 posted on 02/03/2016 11:28:40 AM PST by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: nascarnation

Yep. The second generation xB ruined what people liked about it. Ford had this problem With the second generation Thunderbird.


24 posted on 02/03/2016 11:34:37 AM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: Olog-hai

Dumb little things anyway.


25 posted on 02/03/2016 12:02:21 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Olog-hai

Dumb little things anyway.


26 posted on 02/03/2016 12:02:31 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Olog-hai

Dumb little things anyway.


27 posted on 02/03/2016 12:02:32 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Olog-hai

After years of slumping sales, Toyota suddenly realizes Scions are as ugly as baboon butts.

In related news, Nissan still holds out hope that their Cube car will appeal to the niche market of legally blind drivers.


28 posted on 02/03/2016 12:46:09 PM PST by LexBaird (Tyrannosaurus Lex, unapologetic carnivore)
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To: Olog-hai

Those Cubes are too gay.

Got stuck in a Cube (Budget called it a mid-size) when they didn’t manage the reservation on an Altima for us. The gay piece of crap had less room than our ‘93 Corolla.

Not to mention just how gay it is.


29 posted on 02/03/2016 12:59:02 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (Ready for Teddy, Cruz that is.)
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To: Olog-hai
Instead of that new car smell, new ones smell like a wet hamster.

Could be part of the problem.

30 posted on 02/03/2016 1:05:54 PM PST by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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To: TexasRepublic

Scions are popular in So Calif and I am surprised that Toyota wishes to cancel the brand. My brother has a 1998 Rav 4 that still runs smoothly. Amazing vehicle.


31 posted on 02/03/2016 4:25:23 PM PST by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94))
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To: Kirkwood

. . . as we’re most Persians who built one of the greatest civilizations in the world before being forcibly converted to Mohammedism.


32 posted on 02/03/2016 4:49:58 PM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Olog-hai

Kia Soul is similar but much better looking. Great little car for college kids and older folks that have trouble getting in and out of low slung econo boxes.


33 posted on 02/03/2016 6:45:08 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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