Scion Is No More

EricTheCamaroGuy · 02-03-2016, 02:47 PM

I hope the title is not too gruesome, but I was looking on AutoGuide's website, and I found the article in the link, peeked at it with 3D Touch (and yes, I do have an iPhone 6S), and disregarded the other articles I was going to look at. The brand had bad sales, and now it's another brand going outside of business, just after Ford phased out Mercury.

Here is the article http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2...%20Subscribers

FenwickHockey65 · 02-03-2016, 03:04 PM

Aaaand nothing of value was lost.

FR-S should've been a Toyota in NA from the start. Everything else is disposable and utterly forgettable (like pretty much all of Toyota's lineup).

ZED SLED · 02-03-2016, 03:18 PM

Oh no! What will the Millennials do? Guess they'll all have to switch to Kia

Ragnar · 02-03-2016, 03:41 PM

Scion

EricTheCamaroGuy · 02-03-2016, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Ragnar

Scion

I could agree with that.

EricTheCamaroGuy · 02-03-2016, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

Aaaand nothing of value was lost.

FR-S should've been a Toyota in NA from the start. Everything else is disposable and utterly forgettable (like pretty much all of Toyota's lineup).

Agreed, because it is Toyota that is partnering with Subaru to make a sports car, not Scion's. And being that Toyota has had no sports car since they discontinued the Celica, all their cars are slow. I would just forget about the iA because it's just an Mazda that is incredibly ugly (it looks more like a Mazda3 than a Mazda2), and I would also forget about the iM because it is just a Corolla duplicate in hatchback form, and I would highly suggest comparing the interiors of the two vehicles.

Speaking if Toyota, Lexus and all their vehicles are pretty much unforgettable because now they're putting out new vehicles like crazy and putting grilles that look like an hourglasse, I like it, but I think it does look like an hourglass.

EricTheCamaroGuy · 02-03-2016, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ZED SLED

Oh no! What will the Millennials do? Guess they'll all have to switch to Kia

Or they'll keep their boring old Scions while Kia is putting more premium features in their vehicles which they started doing ever since the third gen Optima first hit the showrooms.

JLSuperfly · 02-03-2016, 05:33 PM

No love for Scion here.

EricTheCamaroGuy · 02-03-2016, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by JLSuperfly

No love for Scion here.

Yep

mt3130 · 02-03-2016, 07:11 PM

My wife has a Scion tC. The interior of that car is full of cheap parts that mark when touched, and has absolutely no sound dampening.

It is, however, ubelievable useful for a vehicle built on a Corolla platform. At various times, we have fit a 6 foot ladder with paint supplies, 25 bags of mulch, an office desk, a patio table and chairs, a high back leather chair (full assembled) and many other things in the car WHILE CLOSING THE HATCH.

At this point, I'm convinced that nearly anything that will fit in the back of a mid-size truck will fit in the tC. When we put the desk we bought in the car and closed the hatch, we actually watched someone try unsuccessfully to fit the same desk in a VW Touareg SUV.

Essentially, what I'm saying is that I love the car (its a 2 door coupe) as a truck, but think it fails miserably as a daily driver, which might be why Scion no longer exists.

motorhead · 02-03-2016, 07:16 PM

I guess I'll go kill myself. First Pontiac now Scion. I just can't go on.

Overflow · 02-03-2016, 08:01 PM

Explains why Toyota never brought the GT86 over.

EricTheCamaroGuy · 02-03-2016, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by motorhead

I guess I'll go kill myself. First Pontiac now Scion. I just can't go on.

Don't forget Saturn and Mercury

EricTheCamaroGuy · 02-03-2016, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Overflow

Explains why Toyota never brought the GT86 over.

The FR-S is going to be resurrected as a Toyota for the 2017 MY though

02-03-2016, 02:47 PM	#1
EricTheCamaroGuy Drives: 2016 Chevrolet Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Maryland Posts: 200 View My Garage	Scion Is No More I hope the title is not too gruesome, but I was looking on AutoGuide's website, and I found the article in the link, peeked at it with 3D Touch (and yes, I do have an iPhone 6S), and disregarded the other articles I was going to look at. The brand had bad sales, and now it's another brand going outside of business, just after Ford phased out Mercury. Here is the article http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2...%20Subscribers

02-03-2016, 03:04 PM	#2
FenwickHockey65 General Motors Aficionado Drives: 2023 GMC Canyon, 2023 Expedition Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 37,375 View My Garage	Aaaand nothing of value was lost. FR-S should've been a Toyota in NA from the start. Everything else is disposable and utterly forgettable (like pretty much all of Toyota's lineup). __________________ 2023 GMC Canyon Elevation 2023 Ford Expedition SSV (State-Issued)

02-03-2016, 03:18 PM	#3
ZED SLED Drives: 2017 Mosaic Bk ZL1 M6 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South of Raleigh, NC Posts: 9,617 View My Garage	Oh no! What will the Millennials do? Guess they'll all have to switch to Kia __________________

02-03-2016, 03:41 PM	#4
Ragnar Destroyed by flooding Drives: Wife's car Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Louisiana Posts: 4,672	Scion __________________

02-03-2016, 05:33 PM	#8
JLSuperfly Drives: 2014 Red Hot LS3 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Posts: 4,266	No love for Scion here.

02-03-2016, 07:11 PM	#10
mt3130 Drives: Coupeless :( Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: SWFL Posts: 980	My wife has a Scion tC. The interior of that car is full of cheap parts that mark when touched, and has absolutely no sound dampening. It is, however, ubelievable useful for a vehicle built on a Corolla platform. At various times, we have fit a 6 foot ladder with paint supplies, 25 bags of mulch, an office desk, a patio table and chairs, a high back leather chair (full assembled) and many other things in the car WHILE CLOSING THE HATCH. At this point, I'm convinced that nearly anything that will fit in the back of a mid-size truck will fit in the tC. When we put the desk we bought in the car and closed the hatch, we actually watched someone try unsuccessfully to fit the same desk in a VW Touareg SUV. Essentially, what I'm saying is that I love the car (its a 2 door coupe) as a truck, but think it fails miserably as a daily driver, which might be why Scion no longer exists.

02-03-2016, 07:16 PM	#11
motorhead Drives: Love the one you're with Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Downtown Charlie Brown Posts: 11,849	I guess I'll go kill myself. First Pontiac now Scion. I just can't go on.

02-03-2016, 08:01 PM	#12
Overflow Space Shuttle Aficionado Drives: 2016 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 30,897 View My Garage	Explains why Toyota never brought the GT86 over.