Our local Toyota dearer also has a separate showroom for Scions, and a very very intelligent sales representative. I think Scions are wonderful. They’re affordable, and they don’t depreciate. The 4-cylinder we drive has so much pep. Look into one. They’re pretty great.

In response to landcrusher (who posted back in October and probably won’t read this!), why is Scion any different than other branching done by auto companies? Aren’t Ford & Mercury practically the same? (I’m not educated in this, so if I’m wrong, it’s okay to point and laugh)

for those who wanted scion to come to canada. it’s bring scion over in 2010.

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/20/scion-finally-coming-to-canada-in-2010/

I can’t stand Scion.

Are you complaining? Down here we get the honor (???) of buying a base Corolla for 35 000 US dollars. Yes 35 THOUSAND (working on a conservative 2 reais to 1 dollar ratio, before the current panic it was like 1,3 and last week the markets ballooned it up to 2.4). Me never, unlike you, if I’m gonna spend that kind of money on a compact (here in Brazil executive level car) I’m buying European and getting the most for my buck. Check out the recently released Fiat Linea, beautiful in a very classical way. And loaded with all the goodies I’d have to spend 45 ThOUSAND US dollars to pry an equivalent one from Toyota’s greedy fingers. Due to such greed I wish they’d go away aince here all they sell is the aforementioned Corolla at those ridiculous prices and have been generally responsible for pulling up and up and away prices in this market. For a very fugly car I might add. That puts one o sleep, too.

Back on subject, FORD, BRING THE KA TO THE US ALREADY!!! Kill this design monstruosity with your much more beautiful, much more fun to drive, just as reliable and frugal KA. C’mon, you know you can!

In America it’s a bit too small and quirky for the Toyota brand (as long as you have to share the road with so many large SUVs and pickup trucks).

So this way at least it will be available in the US.

Used gen 1 xB’s with 40K on them routinely go for as much used as they did brand-new. Literally. Dollar for dollar. Hideously ugly cars sell great, provided they have the utility to back it up.

LC: my scion dealer has a seperate showroom, sales team, and (coming soon) its own distinct service building. What exactly are you looking for?

Given the death-and-taxes nature of that 1.5L engine, we’re likely gonna see these suckers toodling around long after all the wheel covers have been curbed to oblivion, side mirrors are dangling by power cords, and AutoZone DOT-spec red tape has mended broken tail lamps.

On the upside, they’ll make good explosive targets in some new XBOX game.

If they really wanted to push the Scion thing, they should get some of the dealers to open up funky urban show rooms in old buildings in downtown areas like Lodo in Denver, or midtown Houston.

As it is, I think treating Scion like its a brand is really an error.

I would like to express my extreme disappointment at your decision not to market Scion in Canada. As you well know, Canadian buying patterns and demographics particularly suit the vehicles Scion offers: no doubt you noticed the quadrupling of sales of the Echo when the hatchback was brought over, or that Honda sells every Element it can build, or that grey-market xB imports flourish.

All I am able to surmise is that your refusal to offer Scion in Canada is being done to maintain the artificially high price and low feature content for your Canadian vehicles vis a vis the American market.

Failing to bring the iQ to Canada is, effectively, handing market leadership in this space to your more agile competitors. In addition, it’s an effective demonstration of how you, collectively, don’t even engage the Canadian customer in foreplay, let alone bother to buy him/her flowers and take it out for dinner beforehand.

Signed,

Someone who wasn’t about to pay thirty thousand for a grey-market xB, let alone twenty-five for a Corolla or Matrix with stability control.