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Report: Toyota exec. thinks hybrids are too expensive for Scion, AWD possible

"Scion (is an) innovation laboratory and a chance to try new things," says Jack Hollis, vice president of Scion, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. What comes to mind when people think of Toyota and innovation? Hybrids, right? And, moving another step towards some sort of logical conclusion here, since Scion is Toyota's youth-oriented brand and the younger generation is supposed to be more in tune with the environment, hybrids would seemingly be a lock for the Scion brand. Not so, it seems, and the main stumbling block is a familiar one: cost. ... Read more →

Report: Scion considering entering compact pickup market Jeremy Korzeniewski

We know that Scion will launch a new tC coupe and a tiny little iQ minicar before the end of the year, but what comes after that? Yoshi Inaba, president of Toyota Motor North America, has admitted ...

Report: Toyota to offer hybrid Scion iQ in sedan, five-door Jonny Lieberman

You know that Toyota iQ your cousin's seen running around Europe and Japan? It's making its way Stateside, first to next week's Detroit Auto Show, then to a Scion dealer near you as a hybrid. This ...

Pulled Ahead? Scion dealers saying iQ headed for U.S. in 2010 Jeremy Korzeniewski

Last we heard, Toyota was planning to bring the diminutive iQ to the American market badged as a Scion in either late 2010 or early 2011 as a 2012 model. According to AutoWeek, that date may have ...

REPORT: Scion iQ headed for America by early 2011 with a few changes Jeremy Korzeniewski

As expected, Toyota's youthful Scion division will indeed get a version of the diminutive iQ for the North American market, possibly by either the end of 2010 as an '11 model or in early 2011 as ...

New York 2009: The Scion iQ goes Big Wheels! 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

To no one's surprise, Toyota unveiled the Scion iQ concept today at the New York Auto Show. Ever since the iQ debuted in Europe last year, the expectation has been that Toyota would sell the micro compact car as a Scion here in the U.S. to compete against the Smart ForTwo. What surprised us ...

Spy shot: Scion iQ already in New York? 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

In mid-March, Scion confirmed that a new concept car would be headed our way during the New York Auto Show. This "micro-subcompact" sounded like a Scion-badged iQ to us, and now we think we have the first spy shots of the car being unloaded in New York. Of course, this being April Fool's and all, ...

Scion confirms new concept car headed for New York, iQ on the way? 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Scion has decided to end speculation about whether a new concept vehicle will be unveiled at the New York Auto Show by issuing a press release confirming our suspicions. In the process, though, the automaker has stirred the pot back up regarding what type of vehicle will be on display. ...

Popular Mechanics compares fuel efficiency of Nissan Cube, Kia Soul and Scion xB 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

The latest generation of the Scion xB – the car that kicked off the currently popular "box-it-came-in" styling trend – may be a perfectly fine vehicle with a few welcome improvements over the first edition, but we still miss the size, shape and fuel economy that the old model was ...

Electric vehicle-to-grid network arrives in Newark, DE 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Newark, DE has gotten the green light for one of the first two-way Vehicle to Grid infrastructure. Sponsored by a $730,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, the project helps the state and the University of Delaware to purchase specially-equipped cars (retrofitted versions of the Scion xB) ...

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