Archive for the ‘Scion’ Category

2009 Long Beach Grand Prix Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race

Monday, April 20th, 2009
2009 Long Beach Grand Prix Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race

One of our favorite events at the annual Long Beach Grand Prix is the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race. The slash in its name lets you know that this event features celebrities racing against real pro drivers, as well as a few buy-in drivers. In this case, each entrant gets the chance to pilot an identically prepped [...]

Toyota A-BAT will remain a concept… for now

Monday, April 13th, 2009
Toyota A-BAT will remain a concept… for now

Bob Carter, Toyota Motor Sales USA’s vice president and general manager, told our man Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com that the Toyota A-BAT is on indefinite hold. According to Carter, “We have a lot of top priorities right now, and A-BAT isn’t one of them.”
Although news of the A-BAT’s imminent arrival was circulating as early as [...]

Tanner Foust’s V8 RWD Scion tC Formula Drift car unveiled

Monday, April 13th, 2009
Tanner Foust’s V8 RWD Scion tC Formula Drift car unveiled

While all eyes were on Scion unveiling its take on the Toyota iQ city car at the New York Auto Show, the youth-oriented Toyota division quietly let slip a batch of photos of its latest challenger for the Formula Drift championship. But if these photos are any indication, it’ll be the last time this insanely [...]

New York 2009: The Scion iQ goes Big Wheels!

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
New York 2009: The Scion iQ goes Big Wheels!

To no ones surprise, Toyota unveiled the Scion iQ concept today at the New York Auto Show. Ever since the iQ debuted in Europe last year, the expectation has been that Toyota would sell the micro compact car as a Scion here in the U.S. to compete against the Smart ForTwo. What surprised us were [...]

Rockstar/ AEM’s NASCAR V8-powered Scion tC drift car gets unboxed

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
Rockstar/ AEM’s NASCAR V8-powered Scion tC drift car gets unboxed

Here are two things that don’t come to mind when you think of Scion: rear-wheel drive and V8 power. But that’s exactly what the Rockstar/AEM crew have created with the Formula D-bound Scion tC. Joe Gibbs, TRD and Papadakis Racing put in the wrench time on the new racer and underhood is a V8 pulled [...]

Scion iQ concept caught before New York unveiling

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Scion iQ concept caught before New York unveiling

With the April Fools jokes flying, we’re having a hard time taking anything seriously, and the newest source of our skepticism comes in the form of a singular spy shot showing the Scion iQ concept ahead of its official unveiling at next week’s New York Auto Show. The head-on pic gives us a glimpse of [...]

Scion confirms new concept car headed for New York

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
Scion confirms new concept car headed for New York

Scion has decided to end speculation about whether a new concept vehicle will be unveiled at the New York Auto Show by issuing a press release confirming our suspicions. In the process, though, the automaker has stirred the pot, yet again, about what type of vehicle will be on display. According to the super short [...]

Is Scion planning to introduce a tC successor in New York… dubbed tD?

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
Is Scion planning to introduce a tC successor in New York… dubbed tD?

Scion has just about exhausted the mileage it can get from itsvarious and sundry “Release Series” editions of the tC, and the front-drive coupe is the oldest thing in Scion’s lineup. There is, though, on the New York International Auto Show schedule, a Scion press conference. What would Scion have in store that would justify [...]