Hi,
Just went to a Toyota/Scion showroom today. And a salesman told
me that there will be no 2007 Scion xB. Have anyone heard about
that? I was utterly surprised, for, according to all the news I have
read in the past year, the sales of xB's has been strong.....I have
just bought one for my wife last month, and she just absolutely
loves it very much!! If there are few xB's on the street, I am
concerned about getting aftermarket parts. Will I be able to get
a Haynes or Chilton manual for it later??
Thanks for any scoop...
tcl wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi,
> Just went to a Toyota/Scion showroom today. And a salesman told
> me that there will be no 2007 Scion xB. Have anyone heard about
> that? I was utterly surprised, for, according to all the news I have
> read in the past year, the sales of xB's has been strong.....I have
> just bought one for my wife last month, and she just absolutely
> loves it very much!! If there are few xB's on the street, I am
> concerned about getting aftermarket parts. Will I be able to get
> a Haynes or Chilton manual for it later??
> Thanks for any scoop...[/color]
Here's "more" on the drop of the Scion xB; basically it'll be replaced
with a different model. It's possible that if the new cars are using
the same chassis with some modifications there'll be a Chilton/Haynes
manual though, it took almost 10 years for me to get one for the
Festiva I had (once the Aspire was discontinued..since it was the same
car the manual is for both). Maybe they don't want it to turn into the
PT Cruiser (of which there is a glut on car lots right now after the
initial infatuation):
<seerialmom@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1158365282.113667.107330@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
>
> tcl wrote:[color=green]
>> Hi,
>> Just went to a Toyota/Scion showroom today. And a salesman told
>> me that there will be no 2007 Scion xB. Have anyone heard about
>> that? I was utterly surprised, for, according to all the news I have
>> read in the past year, the sales of xB's has been strong.....I have
>> just bought one for my wife last month, and she just absolutely
>> loves it very much!! If there are few xB's on the street, I am
>> concerned about getting aftermarket parts. Will I be able to get
>> a Haynes or Chilton manual for it later??
>> Thanks for any scoop...[/color]
>
> Here's "more" on the drop of the Scion xB; basically it'll be replaced
> with a different model. It's possible that if the new cars are using
> the same chassis with some modifications there'll be a Chilton/Haynes
> manual though, it took almost 10 years for me to get one for the
> Festiva I had (once the Aspire was discontinued..since it was the same
> car the manual is for both). Maybe they don't want it to turn into the
> PT Cruiser (of which there is a glut on car lots right now after the
> initial infatuation):
>
> [url]http://jalopnik.com/cars/news/scion-to-launch-two-new-models-in-07-drop-xa-xb-200851.php[/url]
>[/color]
Typical Toyota move. They stopped making the Corolla FX 16, and the Tercel
wagon, despite how popular they were.
Go figure. By the sound of that article, the new ones sound really stupid.
Worse than the xBox.
On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:55:51 -0700, tcl wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi,
> Just went to a Toyota/Scion showroom today. And a salesman told
> me that there will be no 2007 Scion xB. Have anyone heard about
> that? I was utterly surprised, for, according to all the news I have
> read in the past year, the sales of xB's has been strong.....I have
> just bought one for my wife last month, and she just absolutely
> loves it very much!! If there are few xB's on the street, I am
> concerned about getting aftermarket parts. Will I be able to get
> a Haynes or Chilton manual for it later??
> Thanks for any scoop...[/color]
The 2007s are already out!
I just saw them last week at the dealer I bought my tC at.
On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:28:06 -0400, Wickeddoll® wrote:
[color=blue]
>
> <seerialmom@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1158365282.113667.107330@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...[color=green]
>>
>> tcl wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> Hi,
>>> Just went to a Toyota/Scion showroom today. And a salesman told
>>> me that there will be no 2007 Scion xB. Have anyone heard about
>>> that? I was utterly surprised, for, according to all the news I have
>>> read in the past year, the sales of xB's has been strong.....I have
>>> just bought one for my wife last month, and she just absolutely
>>> loves it very much!! If there are few xB's on the street, I am
>>> concerned about getting aftermarket parts. Will I be able to get
>>> a Haynes or Chilton manual for it later??
>>> Thanks for any scoop...[/color]
>>
>> Here's "more" on the drop of the Scion xB; basically it'll be replaced
>> with a different model. It's possible that if the new cars are using
>> the same chassis with some modifications there'll be a Chilton/Haynes
>> manual though, it took almost 10 years for me to get one for the
>> Festiva I had (once the Aspire was discontinued..since it was the same
>> car the manual is for both). Maybe they don't want it to turn into the
>> PT Cruiser (of which there is a glut on car lots right now after the
>> initial infatuation):
>>
>> [url]http://jalopnik.com/cars/news/scion-to-launch-two-new-models-in-07-drop-xa-xb-200851.php[/url]
>>[/color]
>
> Typical Toyota move. They stopped making the Corolla FX 16, and the Tercel
> wagon, despite how popular they were.
>
> Go figure. By the sound of that article, the new ones sound really stupid.
> Worse than the xBox.
>
> Natalie[/color]
I saw an absolutely MINT!!!!!!!!! FX-16 today!!! I was in a hurry so I
couldn't ask her if she wanted to sell it...
On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:08:02 -0700, seerialmom wrote:
[color=blue]
>
> tcl wrote:[color=green]
>> Hi,
>> Just went to a Toyota/Scion showroom today. And a salesman told
>> me that there will be no 2007 Scion xB. Have anyone heard about
>> that? I was utterly surprised, for, according to all the news I have
>> read in the past year, the sales of xB's has been strong.....I have
>> just bought one for my wife last month, and she just absolutely
>> loves it very much!! If there are few xB's on the street, I am
>> concerned about getting aftermarket parts. Will I be able to get
>> a Haynes or Chilton manual for it later??
>> Thanks for any scoop...[/color]
>
> Here's "more" on the drop of the Scion xB; basically it'll be replaced
> with a different model. It's possible that if the new cars are using
> the same chassis with some modifications there'll be a Chilton/Haynes
> manual though, it took almost 10 years for me to get one for the
> Festiva I had (once the Aspire was discontinued..since it was the same
> car the manual is for both). Maybe they don't want it to turn into the
> PT Cruiser (of which there is a glut on car lots right now after the
> initial infatuation):
>
> [url]http://jalopnik.com/cars/news/scion-to-launch-two-new-models-in-07-drop-xa-xb-200851.php[/url][/color]
Interesting, since I went to my dealer today and there were two BRAND NEW
2007 xBoxes sitting on the lot.
Mid-year they will be replaced with a 'rounder' version based on the same
platform. the xA *may* be phased out in the US if sales don't increase;
Toyota was betting on the price of fuel to drive sales.
The tC will be rebadged the "Fuse" and will come with a 'stripper' version
for people that prefer to build their own, starting at ~$15,000: 16" steel
wheels, simple AM-FM-CD with no MP3 playback, etc.
"Hachiroku" <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote in message
news:yK%Og.1526$o1.367@trndny04...[color=blue]
> On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:08:02 -0700, seerialmom wrote:
>[color=green]
>>
>> tcl wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> Hi,
>>> Just went to a Toyota/Scion showroom today. And a salesman told
>>> me that there will be no 2007 Scion xB. Have anyone heard about
>>> that? I was utterly surprised, for, according to all the news I have
>>> read in the past year, the sales of xB's has been strong.....I have
>>> just bought one for my wife last month, and she just absolutely
>>> loves it very much!! If there are few xB's on the street, I am
>>> concerned about getting aftermarket parts. Will I be able to get
>>> a Haynes or Chilton manual for it later??
>>> Thanks for any scoop...[/color]
>>
>> Here's "more" on the drop of the Scion xB; basically it'll be replaced
>> with a different model. It's possible that if the new cars are using
>> the same chassis with some modifications there'll be a Chilton/Haynes
>> manual though, it took almost 10 years for me to get one for the
>> Festiva I had (once the Aspire was discontinued..since it was the same
>> car the manual is for both). Maybe they don't want it to turn into the
>> PT Cruiser (of which there is a glut on car lots right now after the
>> initial infatuation):
>>
>> [url]http://jalopnik.com/cars/news/scion-to-launch-two-new-models-in-07-drop-xa-xb-200851.php[/url][/color]
>
>
> Interesting, since I went to my dealer today and there were two BRAND NEW
> 2007 xBoxes sitting on the lot.[/color]
LOL you're calling them that too. Fugly things.[color=blue]
>
> Mid-year they will be replaced with a 'rounder' version based on the same
> platform. the xA *may* be phased out in the US if sales don't increase;
> Toyota was betting on the price of fuel to drive sales.[/color]
Leave it to my oddball hubby to choose the least popular model of a car...[color=blue]
>
> The tC will be rebadged the "Fuse" and will come with a 'stripper' version
> for people that prefer to build their own, starting at ~$15,000: 16" steel
> wheels, simple AM-FM-CD with no MP3 playback, etc.
>
>[/color]
My son wants one of those, and came really close to buying one. He's not
exactly financially stable enough (yet) for a brand new car. I convinced
him of that *this* time.
The '08 models to replace the xA and xB will be coming sometime in
'07.
That was Toyota's plan all along; to not have any of the Scion models
last longer than three years. It keeps the excitement up (and makes my
xB hold its value even BETTER.)
-Don
--
"What do *you* care what other people think?" --Arline Feynman
"Don Fearn" <pooder@charter.net> wrote in message
news:oadpg2ptdakg0v3o30kuu4kaomotonk8i8@4ax.com...[color=blue]
>I think it was Hachiroku <Trueno@ae86.gts> who stated:
>
>[color=green]
>>Interesting, since I went to my dealer today and there were two BRAND NEW
>>2007 xBoxes sitting on the lot.[/color]
>
> I bed they're not '07 models. Check again; they're '06 xB models.
>
> [url]http://www.duemotori.com/news/auto_news/8013_Scion_To_Launch_Two_New_Models_In_The_Spring_of_2007.php[/url]
>
> The '08 models to replace the xA and xB will be coming sometime in
> '07.
>
> That was Toyota's plan all along; to not have any of the Scion models
> last longer than three years. It keeps the excitement up (and makes my
> xB hold its value even BETTER.)
>
> -Don[/color]
But sometimes that makes parts a nightmare. Especially body parts.
On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 20:11:25 -0400, Wickeddoll® wrote:
[color=blue]
>
> "Hachiroku" <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote in message
> news:yK%Og.1526$o1.367@trndny04...[color=green]
>> On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:08:02 -0700, seerialmom wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> tcl wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> Just went to a Toyota/Scion showroom today. And a salesman told
>>>> me that there will be no 2007 Scion xB. Have anyone heard about
>>>> that? I was utterly surprised, for, according to all the news I have
>>>> read in the past year, the sales of xB's has been strong.....I have
>>>> just bought one for my wife last month, and she just absolutely
>>>> loves it very much!! If there are few xB's on the street, I am
>>>> concerned about getting aftermarket parts. Will I be able to get
>>>> a Haynes or Chilton manual for it later??
>>>> Thanks for any scoop...
>>>
>>> Here's "more" on the drop of the Scion xB; basically it'll be replaced
>>> with a different model. It's possible that if the new cars are using
>>> the same chassis with some modifications there'll be a Chilton/Haynes
>>> manual though, it took almost 10 years for me to get one for the
>>> Festiva I had (once the Aspire was discontinued..since it was the same
>>> car the manual is for both). Maybe they don't want it to turn into the
>>> PT Cruiser (of which there is a glut on car lots right now after the
>>> initial infatuation):
>>>
>>> [url]http://jalopnik.com/cars/news/scion-to-launch-two-new-models-in-07-drop-xa-xb-200851.php[/url][/color]
>>
>>
>> Interesting, since I went to my dealer today and there were two BRAND NEW
>> 2007 xBoxes sitting on the lot.[/color]
>
> LOL you're calling them that too. Fugly things.[/color]
I cannot tell a lie...I stole it from you!
It sure fits! (No, that's a Honda...)
[color=blue][color=green]
>>
>> Mid-year they will be replaced with a 'rounder' version based on the same
>> platform. the xA *may* be phased out in the US if sales don't increase;
>> Toyota was betting on the price of fuel to drive sales.[/color]
>
> Leave it to my oddball hubby to choose the least popular model of a car...[color=green]
>>
>> The tC will be rebadged the "Fuse" and will come with a 'stripper' version
>> for people that prefer to build their own, starting at ~$15,000: 16" steel
>> wheels, simple AM-FM-CD with no MP3 playback, etc.
>>
>>[/color]
>
> My son wants one of those, and came really close to buying one. He's not
> exactly financially stable enough (yet) for a brand new car. I convinced
> him of that *this* time.
>
> Natalie[/color]
I think it was "Wickeddoll®" <wickeddoll1958diespammersdie@yahoo.com>
who stated:
[color=blue]
>
>"Don Fearn" <pooder@charter.net> wrote in message
>news:oadpg2ptdakg0v3o30kuu4kaomotonk8i8@4ax.com...[color=green]
>>I think it was Hachiroku <Trueno@ae86.gts> who stated:
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>>>Interesting, since I went to my dealer today and there were two BRAND NEW
>>>2007 xBoxes sitting on the lot.[/color]
>>
>> I bed they're not '07 models. Check again; they're '06 xB models.
>>
>> [url]http://www.duemotori.com/news/auto_news/8013_Scion_To_Launch_Two_New_Models_In_The_Spring_of_2007.php[/url]
>>
>> The '08 models to replace the xA and xB will be coming sometime in
>> '07.
>>
>> That was Toyota's plan all along; to not have any of the Scion models
>> last longer than three years. It keeps the excitement up (and makes my
>> xB hold its value even BETTER.)
>>
>> -Don[/color]
>
>But sometimes that makes parts a nightmare. Especially body parts.[/color]
I suppose it could. But I doubt Toyota would leave thousands of its
best[*] customers stranded.
There's also a large aftermarket that caters to Scion owners. There is
a large group of them who like to modify, modify, modify their Scions.
In fact, my xB is somewhat rare already . . . because it's STOCK.
I hope that parts availability won't be a problem 'cause I plan to
keep driving my little box until its wheels fall off -- which should
be years and years 'cause it's a TOYOTA . . . .
[*] Those of us who recognize what a brilliant car the xB is!
"Don Fearn" <pooder@charter.net> wrote in message
news:dstqg2d5actmfhod7bs0mj7qv755tensm3@4ax.com...[color=blue]
>I think it was "Wickeddoll®" <wickeddoll1958diespammersdie@yahoo.com>
> who stated:
>[color=green]
>>
>>"Don Fearn" <pooder@charter.net> wrote in message
>>news:oadpg2ptdakg0v3o30kuu4kaomotonk8i8@4ax.com...[color=darkred]
>>>I think it was Hachiroku <Trueno@ae86.gts> who stated:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Interesting, since I went to my dealer today and there were two BRAND
>>>>NEW
>>>>2007 xBoxes sitting on the lot.
>>>
>>> I bed they're not '07 models. Check again; they're '06 xB models.
>>>
>>> [url]http://www.duemotori.com/news/auto_news/8013_Scion_To_Launch_Two_New_Models_In_The_Spring_of_2007.php[/url]
>>>
>>> The '08 models to replace the xA and xB will be coming sometime in
>>> '07.
>>>
>>> That was Toyota's plan all along; to not have any of the Scion models
>>> last longer than three years. It keeps the excitement up (and makes my
>>> xB hold its value even BETTER.)
>>>
>>> -Don[/color]
>>
>>But sometimes that makes parts a nightmare. Especially body parts.[/color]
>
> I suppose it could. But I doubt Toyota would leave thousands of its
> best[*] customers stranded.[/color]
Tell that to my mom and her FX 16...[color=blue]
>
> There's also a large aftermarket that caters to Scion owners. There is
> a large group of them who like to modify, modify, modify their Scions.
> In fact, my xB is somewhat rare already . . . because it's STOCK.[/color]
But...but...it's an xBox.[color=blue]
>
> I hope that parts availability won't be a problem 'cause I plan to
> keep driving my little box until its wheels fall off -- which should
> be years and years 'cause it's a TOYOTA . . . .
>
>[*] Those of us who recognize what a brilliant car the xB is!
>
> -Don
> --[/color]
I think of *you* every time I see that hideous thing. I keep trying to
figure out what you see in it.
[color=blue]
> Pooder approved this post . . . .[/color]
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 14:32:26 -0400, Wickeddoll® wrote:
[color=blue]
>
> "Don Fearn" <pooder@charter.net> wrote in message
> news:dstqg2d5actmfhod7bs0mj7qv755tensm3@4ax.com...[color=green]
>>I think it was "Wickeddoll®" <wickeddoll1958diespammersdie@yahoo.com>
>> who stated:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>
>>>"Don Fearn" <pooder@charter.net> wrote in message
>>>news:oadpg2ptdakg0v3o30kuu4kaomotonk8i8@4ax.com...
>>>>I think it was Hachiroku <Trueno@ae86.gts> who stated:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Interesting, since I went to my dealer today and there were two BRAND
>>>>>NEW
>>>>>2007 xBoxes sitting on the lot.
>>>>
>>>> I bed they're not '07 models. Check again; they're '06 xB models.
>>>>
>>>> [url]http://www.duemotori.com/news/auto_news/8013_Scion_To_Launch_Two_New_Models_In_The_Spring_of_2007.php[/url]
>>>>
>>>> The '08 models to replace the xA and xB will be coming sometime in
>>>> '07.
>>>>
>>>> That was Toyota's plan all along; to not have any of the Scion models
>>>> last longer than three years. It keeps the excitement up (and makes my
>>>> xB hold its value even BETTER.)
>>>>
>>>> -Don
>>>
>>>But sometimes that makes parts a nightmare. Especially body parts.[/color]
>>
>> I suppose it could. But I doubt Toyota would leave thousands of its
>> best[*] customers stranded.[/color]
>
> Tell that to my mom and her FX 16...[color=green]
>>
>> There's also a large aftermarket that caters to Scion owners. There is
>> a large group of them who like to modify, modify, modify their Scions.
>> In fact, my xB is somewhat rare already . . . because it's STOCK.[/color]
>
> But...but...it's an xBox.[color=green]
>>
>> I hope that parts availability won't be a problem 'cause I plan to
>> keep driving my little box until its wheels fall off -- which should
>> be years and years 'cause it's a TOYOTA . . . .
>>
>>[*] Those of us who recognize what a brilliant car the xB is!
>>
>> -Don
>> --[/color]
>
> I think of *you* every time I see that hideous thing. I keep trying to
> figure out what you see in it.
>[color=green]
>> Pooder approved this post . . . .[/color]
>
> I don't even wanna know.
>
> Natalie[/color]
Any manufacturer selling cars in the US is required by Federal law to
maintain a parts supply for a minimum of seven years.
My Supra was built in '88 and parts are just beginning to become scarce
now. There were 16,700 built in 87, 16,400 built in 88, 15,850 built in
89, 15,000 built in 90. I think Scion has already exceeded those numbers.
Since the Scions are all based on other cars in the Toyota stable, some
sold here and some not, I don't think parts will be a problem for a LONG
time!
I think it was "Wickeddoll®" <wickeddoll1958diespammersdie@yahoo.com>
who stated in reference to my beloved xB:
[color=blue]
>I think of *you* every time I see that hideous thing.[/color]
Why THANK you! It's nice to be thought of!!
[color=blue]
>I keep trying to figure out what you see in it.[/color]
OK, there are a couple of approaches I could take:
1) To paraphrase Louis Armstrong, if you have to ask what I see in it
you'll never know.
2) It's CUTE . . . in a homely (not "ugly" and there is a difference)
sort of way.
But those aren't really good answers.
I didn't actually think too much of the xB until I sat in one and took
it for a test drive. Then I was hooked, in spite of how it looks,
'cause it's so PRACTICAL. It's tiny on the outside and HUGE on the
inside and it was CHEAP; only 15K bux, and it gets pretty good gas
mileage, and it's a HOOT to drive. The last car that I had that could
claim that was my '76 VW Rabbit, but the xB has it ALL OVER the Rabbit
in reliability -- it IS a Toyota, after all . . . !
I have NO regrets about buying this car, and it's extremely rare for
me to say something like that about a car.
[color=blue][color=green]
>> Pooder approved this post . . . .[/color]
>
>I don't even wanna know.[/color]
Politics, of course! Aren't you following the ads on TV?? It's, like,
something you HAVE to say!!
"Don Fearn" <pooder@charter.net> wrote in message
news:uderg2ttdheu38u347dc9g9qmbgqf3e2u4@4ax.com...[color=blue]
>I think it was "Wickeddoll®" <wickeddoll1958diespammersdie@yahoo.com>
> who stated in reference to my beloved xB:
>
>[color=green]
>>I think of *you* every time I see that hideous thing.[/color]
>
> Why THANK you! It's nice to be thought of!![/color]
LOL you nut.[color=blue]
>[color=green]
>>I keep trying to figure out what you see in it.[/color]
>
> OK, there are a couple of approaches I could take:[/color]
Do tell...[color=blue]
>
> 1) To paraphrase Louis Armstrong, if you have to ask what I see in it
> you'll never know.
>[/color]
That's what Gord used to say about my Echo
[color=blue]
> 2) It's CUTE . . . in a homely (not "ugly" and there is a difference)
> sort of way.[/color]
Again, what some say about my Echo.[color=blue]
>
> But those aren't really good answers.
>
> I didn't actually think too much of the xB until I sat in one and took
> it for a test drive. Then I was hooked, in spite of how it looks,
> 'cause it's so PRACTICAL. It's tiny on the outside and HUGE on the
> inside and it was CHEAP; only 15K bux, and it gets pretty good gas
> mileage, and it's a HOOT to drive. The last car that I had that could
> claim that was my '76 VW Rabbit, but the xB has it ALL OVER the Rabbit
> in reliability -- it IS a Toyota, after all . . . ![/color]
Ah - that actually sounds like my attitude about my Echo. I didn't care
much for its looks, but I liked how it was to drive. Still do.[color=blue]
>
> I have NO regrets about buying this car, and it's extremely rare for
> me to say something like that about a car.[/color]
I don't regret *any* Toyota we've ever bought.[color=blue]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>> Pooder approved this post . . . .[/color]
>>
>>I don't even wanna know.[/color]
>
> Politics, of course! Aren't you following the ads on TV?? It's, like,
> something you HAVE to say!!
>
> -Don
> --
> Pooder approved this post . . . .[/color]
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