The nice thing about security guards at auto shows is that they know very little about security and can't guard shit. As Justin and I were looking for the aforementioned free lunch (which indeed there is no such thing as), we headed into a conference room. "Are you with Toyota?" the guard demanded (in the sense of idly inquired). A simple "yes" and there it was: the new Scion Haku concept. The California sunset (TM) orange car looked like a chopped xB, with bells on. Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera with me. So… then I met Matt Hardigree of Jalopnik, who'd been given a magenta-colored press pass (PR) by mistake. I sent Matt back into the room to grab some shots of the top secret Scion, with the understanding that we'd post them simultaneously. Done. TTAC. Making friends wherever we go.
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WTF is up with that stupid a** single tail light?
Another day, another fugly scion.
You guys are truly kick ass. You subsequently make those deuschebags at C&D, Motor Trend, etc. look that much worse.
Toyota really managed to take a great brand and kill it fast!
I like the xA, i like both xBs, i love the xD, the tC is acceptably boring, but.. wtF is that?! Please let this be a prototype of a prototype, or something.
I wrote a haiku in honor of this Haku occasion.
I’m driving a box
The rear looks like it’s mad at you
Don’t think I’m a girl
It’s just a concept car. Autoblog has a better picture of it (when it was officially unveiled later, I think). It basically looks like a two door first gen xB. As for the single light, it’s probably a white back up light. The second gen xB has a single back up light in the same place. Yeah, weird.
I has decent rounded curves until they apparently fired the kindergartener designing it and hired another one who only wanted a sharp, square lines. Seriously, WTF? Did they decide to compromise and round out the body and square of the roof?
Aha, so they do.
And I didn’t think it would get much worse than the rear pic. That is one FUGLY car.
But, it would be nice to bring back the original (read: SMALL) xB in some fashion. I like the new xB, because us poor people deserve a nice wagon, too, but the whole Small-Car feel is great – I love my xA, especially around town.
Maybe instead of adding 300-400lbs (xD COUGH), Scion will go back to a lightweght subcompact. HOW they managed to get the xD to weigh so much is beyond me, but it’s definately no subcompact as far as weight/feel goes.
I think its kinda cool. Then again, I’m the type of guy that has always liked the Element.
Well…it does grab your attention.
I actually dig the color.
Cd of a brick. tuck in, fuel economyconsumption.