Celica Forums General Discussion General New Scion tC revealed...

ah the rx8 is rotary, i really am not a fan of rotary engines, you can produce much more power with normal engines, thats why everyone else uses them, but i do like the rx7 and the rx8 is a nice car, a little pricey. I dont like miatas, i personally think they have a gay vibe, but a new one might be cool. I do like the specs of the 3 tho, a very decent car. Still for the price of a rx8 you could get a good 350z which is, well, better

might be a nice car with some good mods. by far the nicest scion I've seen yet.

Perhaps this with a 2zz or 3sgte would be a more than worthy car, but only with 5 speed so far.

Keep working on it toyota. maybe you'll get a cool scion out there eventually

Well it's a good step for the "scion" models, but as far as a replacement for the Celica, that's a big NO. I want Toyota to suceed, but then there's a part of me that wants them to realize what a mistake it is that they are not bringing the 8th gen Celica to the U.S., and how they are not coming back with the Supra. Hopefully someone will realize it eventually.

i know a lot of you guys dislike the TC. But i kinda like it. I agree it is no celica replacement. But if it has a cheap retail. Then i might consider buying it

blah... the tC looks like so much other crap that's out there. n: Sure, I suppose it could be modded with a body kit and the other typical import ricer crap, but that's still weak compared to the Celica.

I don't know about everyone else, but I like (and bought) my celica mainly because of it's exotic "LOOK AT ME!" design. ...and that's stock. A modded celica is just about enough to get me hard.

Toyota discontinuing the Celica helped me make a very critical decision. You see, I am currently leasing my Celica and have been debating as to whether or not to spend money on all the mods and buy it when my lease is up, or to save my money and buy a next gen Celica instead.
Well... looks like I'm keeping my car.

Scion=

Could someone post the pics of the scion on here...I am at work and can't download the plug in they require. I wanna see this thing! Please?

agree with every word

I agree Scion is making a effort but I totally agree with the text I bolded, just the other day a bunch of kids were skate boarding in my neighborhood and as I drove by they yelled out "Dude we like your car!", and I constanly get compliments on my car from complete strangers, and its cool to see people turn their heads and check out your ride because it looks like nothing else on the road. There isn't car on the market (comparable to the Celica price and attributes) that can even pull that much attention

ugh. talk about a pieced together mish mash of cars.
accord rear. tiburon side windows. rsx front with bmw headlights.

i like the xA more than this thing. at least it was semi-original. i HATE chrome wheels. why would you make them stock?! sigh. i didnt see the price anywhere. but i know i could spend my money in better places than that.

[quote=Snake03GT]ugh. talk about a pieced together mish mash of cars.
accord rear. tiburon side windows. rsx front with bmw headlights.

I agree. But, it still looks pretty nice.

1. side view

rear

interior

^^interior looks like a honda civic if you ask me...can we say 'economy'??

...or retarded

not a replacement for the Celica, check my post in this forum!

Celica always exists man

nothing can replace it

2.4 liter only produces 159hp?

that is the gayest shit ever

i dont know what Toyota is thinking

i am a bit of disappointed

Scion spells LowHP

Aren't the other ones like 110hp?

Talk about a slow moving brick.

yeah, it was good info. haha and for someone who doesnt trust mags...j/k.

It's not from a magazine, it's from a press release for the Detriot Autoshow

...I still hate it...

no one ever said it was...except stupid people

I hope this comes to europe

I really like the looks, don't really care about performance.

i dont think scion make this car for races. they made it for looks and economy with a little power. this car is really nice for someone at age 18-21 who cant afford a g35 IMO. remember its around 20,000$ or less. you get what you pay for.
but if this car was 220hp+ and had a better interior with good aftermarket support, i wouoldnt mind buying it.
dont compare it with a celica cz its nothing like it

lol...duh


Toyota introduced this for Gen Y buyers...meaning me, not to take it and race and stuff...they put stuff on it that kids like me would want that they can AFFORD.

so according to microsoft's NAIAS 04 coverage, the TC is gonna have a dealer installed supercharger option which they say would bring it up to 200hp



and for the new eclipse... there will be a hybrid package that runs the front wheels with a v6 300+ hp engine and the rear wheels with an electric engine. pretty wierd eh?

here's the link http://autoshow.msn.com/as/autoshow2004/article.aspx?xml=Mitsubishi&src=autoshow2004

Na, from what I see Toyota has no plans of replacing the Celica with this. Stop the rumors! haha

^^they NEVER had plans

oh yeah

the new eclipse will never be built.

how much?
not bad for a winter car...
will they have a 4wd option?

It's nice to see that toyota is taking styling ques from Hyundai and Kia...because this pos looks like a mix of sephia and an accent to me. To think I was actually excited to see this thing. Scion needs to stfu and stfd.



I hope the Tc can handle this Kia...



The competition will be fierce...


All that anticipation for a non-sporty poop wagon.

...i think the tC looks pretty nice...

anyone seen the new cobra ford built? that car looks nice too!

too retro in my opinion.

same, it's cool and all...but idk, it's just gay how they went to that styling. I like seeing new designs that look awesome.

ditto. i like new stuff

the Tc looks nice with decent power, very similar w/the lancer ralliart. something good to haul the kids around, but then again, i rather get the 05' VVTL-I corolla w/180hp...

its not like youre goign to hit 6000 rpms while hauling the kids around to get to that 180 hp. it basically has 140 hp until then.

and


...I still hate it...

You have to remember that the whole youth orientation of the Scion hits more with the older generation than the young. Cheap reliable car + Toyota quality + hip youth image = many over 30 buyers. Toyota never made much money off of sports cars. Exibit the Supras and MR-2's (the real ones not this spyder crap), both were made with little profit margin. Toyota is the mega motor company it is because of practical cars not fast ones. It really doesnt surprise me at all that they are stopping the current celica.

um...they aren't stopping the celica.

in response to dmax03...many car companies do not make big profit margins on sportscars (one huge exception is the mustang). the sportscar market is very overcrowded and extremely competitive. many companies use sportscars more as an advertisement of their brands and what they are capable of doing..not so much to make a notable profit margin off of them.

that said, they do make a profit..it's just not as great as lets say..the truck market...which is almost totally owned by domestic manufacturers and is less competitive in respect to models available.

you never know...

sports/sporty cars are normally image for auto makers, that is true...