#SCION TC TURBO HORSEPOWER SERIES#

+ While the taillights may not be to everyoneвЂ™s liking, the reshaped headlamps and LED accent lights look quite nice, especially duringВ night driving. The front fascia is also a strong point, and the tapered lower air dam is perfectly proportioned. + The continuously flowing sheet of tinted glass that rolls down the roof until it hits the trunk lid is pretty sharp-looking. + Stylish 18-inch alloy wheels are wrapped in performance rubber, with just enough sidewall to make the wheel wells not look completely forsaken. Micah Wright/Autos Cheat Sheet Exterior pros and cons The addition of fog lights alongside standard 18-inch alloy rollers improve things in the aesthetics departmentВ as well.

I personally like the refresh, as the jutting lower air dam, glass roof, and hooked lights all add a bit of flare that is not an eyesore. Long gone are the soft, bubbly headlamps and tail lights, the rounded lower motifsВ have been replaced by jagged edges, and although it still remains a coupe in essence, this final rendition is a far more angry-looking animal than its previous self. When Toyota decided to restyle the tC a few years back, it did away with a lot of the styling cues that made it so memorable. HereвЂ™s howВ it was able to fill a sizable gap in the Toyota lineup for a while, and whyВ its demise has beenВ warranted. The sporty coupe that was onceВ offered with an optional supercharger straight from the factory has been thoroughly redesigned since its inception, and in certain ways is better than ever. So inВ an effort to offer an homage to the ailing brand, and to better understand what all went wrong, I secured a one-week loan of the vehicleВ you see here. While cars like the sporty FR-S, the inexpensive iA, and the iMВ hatchback will all be absorbed by the Toyota brand and rebadged, both the xB and the tC are set to expire entirely.

#SCION TC TURBO HORSEPOWER SERIES#

But over the years, we began to lose interest in the youthful brand, and even after a series of new product launches, Scion still struggled to recapture our attention the way it once had back in 2003. So for ScionВ to suddenly go belly-up is a bit of a blow for those of us who recall its early years when the Toyota offshoot paraded across campuses with itsВ xB, xA, and tC trifecta of flashy, moderately priced options. Granted, I was never a huge fanboy of the brand or anything, but for many members of the millennial generation, this was the car brand of our people.

With Scion officially in the midst of its final death throes, thereвЂ™s a part of me that feels like itвЂ™s dying right along with it.

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