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When the Scion iM makes its way over to our shores in 2015, it will ditch the aggro-blue paint job and the import tuner bodykit. How do we know this? Logic dictates that a mainstream car would look, well, mainstream. Oh, and spy photos.
Our friends at AutoGuide got their hands on spy photos of the Scion iM, which shows the car looking identical to an Auris. Personally, I don’t think it’s such a bad thing, but I’m past my tuner years. Fans of the Toyota Matrix will probably concur.
21 Comments on “Surprise, Surprise, The Scion iM Looks Just Like An Auris...”
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The shortest ethnic group in America are the Hmong.
Each new car introduction for the USDM inflicts upon us a more angled A-pillar and lower roofline.
I don’t believe in coincidence; they’re behind all this.
Shorter then the Inuit?
OK, smart guy, CONUS.
Oh, now you qualify it
Wait, is Scion bringing over the wagon version of the Auris? Because if so, I’m suddenly much more interested.
Not sure why Derek went with that picture, but no, we are getting the 5-door hatch version.
I sat in the wagon and I have to say it was perfectly sized. If they brought that, I’m certain there would be some buyers, especially if they priced it as a Scion.
So they are taking their youth brand and mainstreaming it? Lexus seems so on-track over all nowadays, and Toyota keeps plugging along – but Scion is just a disaster.
I thought Scion was just for cars not bland enough to be sold under the Toyota brand in the US.
What kind of “youth” can afford a new car anyway?
Where were all the idiots who were crying about the concept car’s chin spoiler and ride height? This thing looks like a Prius V.
I think it looks like a stanced Mitsubishi Outlander
http://max.leftlanenews.com/photos/content/june2013/thumbnails5.0/outlander-ri_653.jpg
That didn’t quite beat the overhead door closing.
Mitsubishis never do
Heh.. excellent.
It looks like the drunken hookup of a Matrix and a Venza.
I bought a minivan because this wagon wasn’t available.
Condoms prevent minivans.
This looks enormous.
Compared to any other Scion it is, but in the general scheme of things, it ain’t.
This should just be sold as a Corolla hatchback, just as Mazda sells the hatchback 3 as a 3. At least then it will have some name recognition and Toyota won’t have to pretend that this car is any more sporty, any more youthful, any more cool-hip-trendy-whatever than a simple Corolla. That there is a sensible conservative wagon, not surprise cult hit like the first xB.
Not seeing how placing Scion badges on it will make it move off lots faster. Not seeing how a rebadged corolla will save Scion.
It’s got to be an experiment to see what the American market will do with a wagon, without gambling Toyota’s precious reputation for blandly marketed and conservatively engineered vehicles.
Though, if the vehicle itself is high quality, I don’t see how a marketing flop would hurt their reputation. I get how it would hurt the personal reputation of the marketing chief within the company, though….
I guess they’re finally going to axe the xB since it would make absolutely no sense to keep on both the xB and this thing which looks to be a largish hatchback. It’s kinda sad, I was always kind of hoping they’d update the xB into something truly great again. Update the styling and put in a new powertrain and it’d still be a very competitive vehicle.
Can you please stop posting picture of Auris Wagon when talking about Auris Hatchback? You are respected car site, you should know the huge difference between the two. AG shows Auris Hatchback, so show that!