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This one has to work. As the opening shots for its new Scion brand, Toyota fired a hatchback and a four-wheeled shipping crate, otherwise known as xA and xB, at the teenage target. That's an odd move by anyone's call, but now Toyota is supplementing its duo with a type of car kids are actually known to desire: a sports coupe. Having landed alongside the xA and xB in June 2004, the new tC ("xC" would have invited a rumble with Volvo's lawyers) coincided with the national launch of the brand, having been confined to California the year prior.
Just as the tC's look and name differ from its showroom partners, so do its roots. Here you won't hear any echoes of the Echo, the Toyota econobox with barely enough power to get out of its own way. Instead, the sexiest of Scions is based on a car that Europeans call the Avensis, and to be honest, any car good enough for Europe is good enough for us. Next Page
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