Scion News, Updates & Info

April 2, 2008 — Many college graduates find it necessary to purchase a new vehicle, but this process can be difficult with student loans and new bills that are acquired after graduation. To help college graduates afford the new car they need and deserve, BuyAToyota.com proudly announces that eligible college graduates buying or leasing a new, untitled Toyota or Scion vehicle through March 31, 2009 will receive a $400 incentive from Toyota to use towards their purchase or lease of a Scion or Toyota.

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On Saturday, April 5, the Feel Your Boobies Foundation, a breast cancer awareness non-profit organization that targets women under 40 about being breast aware, is bringing their Boobies BusSM to Ithaca. The Boobies BusSM, a custom wrapped Toyota Scion, will be making its first stop on The Commons from noon to 4 p.m. with the goal of reminding young women to “feel their boobies.” The Boobies celebration will then continue later Saturday night with a Boobies BashSM from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Second Floor Bar on The Commons.

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Congratulations to reader and USPS aficionado suzq044, for the commentariat have dubbed you the winner of the Scion Hako Redesign competition. We were pulling for the Hakominos and earlier the paper-and-tape Rothified Hako, but saying so may have steered voting so we decided not to. We have to say the entries were most impressive, ranging from incredible technical prowess to displays of absolute comic genius. To claim your prize suzq044, send an email to me and we’ll get those sweet, sweet Scion hats in the mail tout de suite. Thanks to all who entered and hopefully Toyota got the clue that we were none too thrilled with their latest box on wheels.

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April 3, 2008

BY IRV LEAVITT Staff Writer

What makes a best-selling car?

Think mashed potatoes beating out brown rice, Labrador retrievers over pit bulls, governors defeating senators as presidential candidates: bland but positive products with fewer obvious negatives than their competition.

Think the 1960s Chevy Impala, the 1980s Ford Taurus and the U.S. sales champ of recent years, the Toyota Camry.

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