Scion's latest limited-edition xB is the DAMDest thing...
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Rolls-Royce to Volvo
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Better, but Not As Exceptional
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The Scion xB, Kia Soul, and Nissan Cube have very different personalities: one is practical, one is value-minded, and the other is just plain cool.
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Taking The Cube Route: We Go Back to School to Find Out if Kids are Hip to Being Square
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The success of the original Scion xB was, quite frankly, a bit surprising. Looking back to 2004, there wasn't a huge demand for small cars in the U.S., let alone funky, rolling boxes honed for Japanese tastes.
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Boost Your Game As An Automotive Authority
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The Scion xB's iPod setup is a great feature to have on a long drive, with one exception -- you have to be stopped to make any changes.
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With car sharing, you can reserve a car online, pick it up locally, access it by waving a smart card across the windshield, and pay by the hour (rather than by the day or the week).
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The xB is still frugal at the pump, delivering about 23 mpg over its nearly 16,000-mile tenure.
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Associate editor Allyson Harwood is beginning to warm up to our long-term Scion xB.
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The aggressive restyle, combined with increased power delivery, edges the xB into a more sporting niche.
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"Quirky raised to a new art form." That's how technical editor Kim Reynolds praised the new, second-generation 2008 Scion xB.
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If you're an automaker and you're planning the successor to the iconic vehicle that all but singlehandedly created your new youth division, there are a couple of different routes you can take. For its second-generation Scion xB, Toyota could have ditched the b
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Though all-new and substantially upgraded, the surprise is that the new 2008 Scion xB is nowhere near as groundbreaking as the old one.
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Seeking to lure younger, hipper buyers into its future owners group, Toyota launched its free-thinking Scion sub-brand in 2004 with the xA and xB. Although both high-value, high-utility offerings share key powertrain and chassis elements with the recently gone and easily forgotten Toyota Echo, the
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While its iconoclastic appearance and youthful option set clearly skew the xB toward Gen Y consumers, Scion's outstanding total value story resonates with buyers of all ages.
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We've all voted," announced Lovely Rita, Queen of the Fourth Avenue and William Street parking garage. "It looks awful." Yvonne of the night shift was nicer. "So you got the Vault today, eh?" she wisecracked.
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How dare we compare the Pontiac GTO, BMW 5 Series, Acura TL and TSX, Nissan Quest and Toyota Sienna minivans, the premium-luxury Jaguar XJ8, Audi A8 L, and Volkswagen Phaeton, Chevy's Aveo and Malibu, the Suzuki Verona, and the Toyota Prius, all in the same race for the Golden Calipers? We do it bec
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Photos and specifications on all the cars considered for the 2004 Motor Trend Car of the Year Award.
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Ask any parent to describe what's going on in the mind of a teenager (besides one ever-constant thing), and he'll likely scratch his head. Ditto for the marketing corps of the major automakers.
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Ask any parent to describe what's going on in the mind of a teenager (besides one ever-constant thing), and he'll likely scratch his head. Ditto for the marketing corps of the major automakers.
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Talk to anyone within the halls of Toyota, and he'll tell you Toyota wants a customer for life, cradle to grave. The automaker's upstart Scion division has its sights fixed on first-time car buyers with its xA (a sporty five-door subcompact) and xB (a boxed shape with sharp edges).
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Local high schoolers help judge eight new youth-targeted vehicles.
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Local high schoolers help judge eight new youth-targeted vehicles.
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