Scion News, Updates & Info

Don Ringler Scion, located in Temple, Texas, is a having a contest to re-wrap their 2008 Scion xB. The person who creates the winning design will receive a check for $100. Apparently, management has decided that the current vinyl wrap is hideous and is turning to Scion enthusiasts to come up with a much better design.

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Jacob Quesenberry stayed at Palma High School’s sober grad party all night and won a car for his efforts.

The 18-year-old Quesenberry was one of 10 new graduates representing 10 high schools from King City High to North Monterey County High in Castroville who came to Salinas Toyota-Scion in the Salinas Auto Mall on Sunday afternoon with a chance to win.

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Product Segment: Small Wagon

Starting Price: $15,650

Why it’s a good choice in a recession: Cheap to buy and to operate, distinctive styling

Marketers say that under stress, consumers default to safe choices such as Toyota, with its reputation for quality. The xB from Scion, Toyota’s youthful sub-brand, shows safe isn’t always boring. Scion is the youngest brand in the industry, with a median-buyer age of 40, according to the Power Information Network. The xB’s biggest single age group is 25 to 30. After that, xB buyers are distributed almost evenly through age 50, according to PIN data. That probably includes some who buy the xB for someone else to drive, said Tom Libby, senior director, industry analysis for PIN.

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Kia Motors has confirmed its all-new segment-busting car will retain the name and spirit of the concept from which it evolved – Soul.

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What if you’re interested in a new or recently redesigned car model like the 2008 Cadillac STS, Honda Accord, Mercedes C-Class, Nissan Rogue, Saturn VUE, or Scion xB? Should you follow the conventional wisdom that a new car design should be avoided in its first year, and wait for the 2009? Or should you take a chance so you can own the new design while it’s still new?

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Bug fatalities: The number we hit was exactly one butt-load.

Miles driven: 7,008

Cops seen: 90

Gas mileage: 7,008/224.15 = 31.26 mpg

Pull overs: 0 (on the trip)

Average speed: 65.69 mph

Gas prices, high:$4.15, low:$3.45 (we bought 87 octane)

Girls phone numbers received: 3

Continents our site was seen on: 6 of 7

Number of times our web site crashed: 2 (sorry)

Number of white dotted lines on highway seen: 1,743,576

Weather: Sun, rain, snow, lightning, freezing, roasting, does smell in the car count?

Showers taken: zero

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Three guys who set out from New England this week in a car and on a mission to visit all Lower 48 states as quickly as legally possible ticked off their final states in a flash this evening, arriving where four of them meet at the same point on the map.

“The Great American Road Trip” began Sunday in Vermont and in an unofficial record wound its way through all four dozen states, with the briefest of stops Wednesday in Minnesota.

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Three guys are in a car traveling this week to all 48 states in the continental U.S. They’re not traveling through each state, but are at least crossing borders to say they’ve been in each one.

Here’s the route they’re taking.

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Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., announced new manufacturer’s suggested retail prices (MSRP) today for certain Toyota and Lexus vehicles, effective mid- to late May 2008.

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Scion recently announced price adjustments for 2009 model year xB and tC on April 11, 2008. Additional pricing information on 2009 Scion xD will be announced in summer 2008.

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The expert editors at Kelley Blue Book’s kbb.com (http://www.kbb.com), the leading provider of new- and used-vehicle information, today announce their picks for the Top 10 Coolest New Cars Under $18,000. The vehicles that made Kelley Blue Book’s 2008 list of Top 10 Coolest New Cars Under $18,000 — typically a gas-sipping bunch — arguably are cooler than they have ever been. More fun, more practical and more amenity-laden than ever before, today’s entry-level vehicles deliver more than simply affordable and efficient transportation.

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