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 RWD Scion tC coming to Formula Drift |
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Apr 08, 2008 - 6:15 PM - by Administrator
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We've enjoyed our fair share of front-wheel-drive hijinks in empty parking lots with our right hand firmly grasping the e-brake, but in the end, tail-out antics are always more enjoyable behind the wheel of something with the proper wheels driven. "Proper," however, isn't the way we'd describe how Scion decided to go about campaigning a tC in this year's Formula Drift series.
With backing from Toyota, the aftermarket firm RS*R converted a run-of-the-mill tC into a rear-wheel-drive monster utilizing a BEAMS-built 3S-GE engine and taking advantage of the Toyota Avensis/Caldina all-wheel-drive chassis on which the tC is built. RS*R ripped out the abysmal 2AZ-FE 2.4-liter four-pot from the stock car, fabbed up a series of new mounts to facilitate the transverse to longitudinal conversion and dropped in the 3S-GE after fitting the four-cylinder with an HKS GT3037 turbo, intercooler, Blitz dual SBC boost controller and an AEM EMS engine management system. Approximately 400 hp is now routed to the rear wheels through a Tilton triple carbon clutch and a G-Force, five-speed sequential gearbox. RS-R coilovers keep things suspended on all four corners, and are hidden by the custom wide-body kit and Enkei RPF1 wheels wrapped in Toyo Proxes R1R rubber.
The RS*R tC will be piloted by Ken Gushi, the youngest... [Read More]
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Create your own family crest courtesy of Scion |
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Apr 06, 2008 - 8:46 PM - by Administrator
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Scion keeps coming up with all kinds of ways to let owners customize their owner's club credentials. The latest is Scion Speak, which gives users the power to create a custom coat-of-arms to show their love for Scion Nation. When you've got your family shield -- or Scion gang affiliation -- properly gussied up, you can have it turned into a window sticker, or, get this: have it painted on your car. We'd recommend starting with a sticker. As with a tattoo, there's nothing like trying to explain that pink shield emblazoned with the middle finger and Team Hamster underneath when your situation changes. And those are all real options. There is quite the range of icons, from a toilet to sperm to a teddy bear, to... nun chucks. But don't use those... And to the xB owner in Oklahoma City, nice work!
[Source: Scion Speak via Carscoop]
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/25/c...tesy-of-scion/
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New York 2008: Scion unveils odd-looking Hako Concept |
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Apr 06, 2008 - 8:40 PM - by Administrator
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Any hope that Scion would be revealing the next iteration of the tC, or a clean-sheet sports coupe with which to replace it, were dashed this afternoon in New York when the wraps were pulled off the Hako Coupe Concept. The Hako is essentially a Scion xB that's lost a couple of doors and gained a massive schnoz, a seriously upright windshield and some highly stylized accents. Scion's PR people insist that the coupe's design is inspired by the "emergence of American vintage style among young Tokyo trendsetters," which may be true, but Scion's veep, Jack Hollis' remark that the Hako "is the sporty version of a box." Oxymoronic? We think so.
As with most of Scion's concepts, the Hako is a combination of form and functionality, with an emphasis on living the Scion life that the brand has fought hard to establish. As such, there's a focus on lifestyle elements that find their way inside, with storage crevices for magazines and mobile phones, flat-screen monitors and a videogame-inspired dash that would be all the rage if you were eight and it were 1992.
While the Hako is technically a coupe, it's not what we were hoping for, especially considering that Scion insists that the brand has its finger on... [Read More]
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Chicago 2008: Scion tC Release 4.0 in the flesh |
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Apr 06, 2008 - 8:33 PM - by Administrator
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If you saw our preview of the Scion tC Release 4.0 and want more, you're in luck 'cause we've spotted it here in Chicago. We already knew pretty much all there was to know about the machine, including the DAMD body kit and Galactic Gray Mica paint. As is often the case, though, live photos seem to show more detail than official pics from the manufacturer, so be sure to check out our live photos in the gallery below. If you like what you see, perhaps you should act fast, only 2,300 of the 4.0s are going to be built. We're sure that Scion will sell all of them, but we think the tC is in need of a bit more freshening than this version 4.0 offers.
Chicago 2008: Scion tC Release 4.0 in the flesh - Autoblog
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