Posts from ‘Scion’
Test Drive: 2016 Scion FR-S
2016 Scion FR-S
2016 Scion FR-S Automatic
Class: Sporty/Performance Car
Dates tested: 9/09/2015 – 9/24/2015
Miles Driven: 419
Fuel Used: 16.2 gallons
2006 Scion xB
After 13 model years Toyota is pulling the plug on the Scion brand. Launched as a marketing ploy to lure young shoppers into new-car showrooms, Scion-brand vehicles were sold alongside Toyota cars and trucks at the same stores, but by staff trained to work with younger consumers.
Quick Spin: 2016 Scion iM (manual)
One of the Scion iM’s strengths is its value equation. Despite its lengthy list of standard features (plus a few minor options), our manual-transmission test car came in at less than 20 grand.
2016 Scion iM with manual transmission
Class: Compact Car
Dates tested: 12/28/2015 – 1/11/2016
Miles Driven: 448
Fuel Used: 15.2 gallons
Test Drive: 2016 Scion tC
Although the host of features found on its window sticker might make it seem dressed to the teeth, our test tC started — and ended — at $21,330 including destination, as all those niceties came standard.
2016 Scion tC 
Automatic
Class: Sporty/Performance Car
Dates tested: 12/7/2015 – 12/21/2015
Miles Driven: 429
Fuel Used: 17.1 gallons
2016 Scion iM
2016 Scion iM automatic
Class: Compact Car
Miles Driven: 158
Fuel Used: 5.1 gallons
Driving mix: 75% city, 25% highway
Test Drive: 2016 Scion iA
2016 Scion iA
2016 Scion iA Automatic
Class: Subcompact Car
Dates tested: 10/26/2015 – 11/09/2015
Miles Driven: 427
Fuel Used: 12.1 gallons
Scion C-HR Concept
Scion showed a concept version of one of its upcoming new models at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show. The C-HR Concept was previously shown as a Toyota at the Paris and Frankfort auto shows, but it’s wearing Scion badges for its U.S. debut.
3 Good Cars for Young Drivers
2015 Kia Soul
With a 15-year-old daughter having just completed driver’s education, I find myself in the unenviable position of shopping for a second car. That car, by the way, will spend most of its time in the service of the aforementioned daughter.
New for 2016: the Scion iA (left) and Scion iM
The 2016 Scion iA and the 2016 Scion iM began arriving in dealerships nationwide last week, ushering in an important new chapter in Scion history. The iA (a subcompact sedan) and iM (a compact hatchback) are really the first “mainstream” Scions aimed at addressing the shifting demographics of Scion’s target market (70 percent of which didn’t even have a driver’s license when the brand was introduced).
First Spin: 2016 Scion iM
Scion adds the iM compact hatchback to its lineup for 2016. It’s a stylish entry with one highly contented trim level and an “out the door” price of less than $20,000.
This fall, there will be some prominent comings and goings in Scion showrooms. Coming will be a new iA subcompact sedan (the first sedan in the company’s history) along with a compact 4-door hatchback called the iM (the subject of this report); going will be the tiny iQ and the “staple” xB compact wagon. The only carryovers are thus the front-wheel-drive tC and rear-wheel-drive FR-S sport coupes.
As such, the focus of the brand is shifting somewhat; away from the unique if limited-appeal cars that Scion has sold in the past, and toward more mainstream entries that should attract more interest – and more buyers.
