Used Car of the Day: 2007 Scion Tc

by Tim Healey

Published: March 6th, 2023

This may be a bit of bias on my part, as part of my dealer-world past involves working with Scion, but I always found the Tc to be an underrated FWD sports coupe.

Not a true performance car, mind you, but sporty enough to satisfy the buyer on a budget.

Speaking of budget, this one is available for just $4,500, in part because the mileage is close to 160K.

This one has a manual transmission and a TRD body kit and exhaust and has been lowered 2 inches. The seller claims that the car has been well-maintained and hasn't been involved in any accidents.

It's based in Kentucky if you're so inclined to check it out.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Fred on Mar 07, 2023

I almost bought one new but I didn't like the interior and I liked the hatch, but it seemed to squeeze the trunk a bit much. Then I found an Audi A3 and that was that. Still I'd probably have a few thousand more dollars in my retirement account and I might still have it as I sold the Audi because it had over 100k miles

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Arthur Dailey on Mar 07, 2023

Tim, You want to feature an entirely different type of Used Car of the Day? Here it is, The Beast. Powered by a RR Merlin V-12 airplane engine. Listed in the 1970s as the most powerful car in the world. And up for auction this week. https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/1972-john-dodds-the-beast-8bEqL4

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- Irvingklaws on Mar 07, 2023
  
  That thing looks straight outta Captain Scarlet or Thunderbirds!
  
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