Automobile Scion Articles

Box Car Comparison: 2009 Scion xB, 2009 Kia Soul, 2009 Nissan Cube

The Scion xB, Kia Soul, and Nissan Cube have very different personalities: one is practical, one is value-minded, and the other is just plain cool. more

Review: 2009 Scion xB

The success of the original Scion xB was, quite frankly, a bit surprising. Looking back to 2004, there wasn't a huge demand for small cars in the U.S., let alone funky, rolling boxes honed for Japanese tastes. more

2009 January Auto Sales

After a disastrous October, November, and December, January 2009 clocked in as the worst month yet for auto sales (the worst since 1982). more

Car Sharing - Don't Buy, Borrow

With car sharing, you can reserve a car online, pick it up locally, access it by waving a smart card across the windshield, and pay by the hour (rather than by the day or the week). more

City Car Comparison

Low-buck satisfaction in the most expensive city in the country. (We didn't think it was possible, either.) more

Noise, Vibration & Harshness: Scion at Five

Scion at five: lost so soon? Toyota's "cool" brand is already becoming normal. more

2008 Scion xB

If you're an automaker and you're planning the successor to the iconic vehicle that all but singlehandedly created your new youth division, there are a couple of different routes you can take. For its second-generation Scion xB, Toyota could have ditched the b more

Review: 2005 Scion tC

Toyota launched the youth-targeted Scion brand with two distinctive vehicles transplanted from Japan, the xA and xB, but the range gains depth for 2005 with the exclusive tC sport coupe. more

Review: 2006 Scion xB

While its iconoclastic appearance and youthful option set clearly skew the xB toward Gen Y consumers, Scion's outstanding total value story resonates with buyers of all ages. more

2004 Scion xB Four Seasons Test

We've all voted," announced Lovely Rita, Queen of the Fourth Avenue and William Street parking garage. "It looks awful." Yvonne of the night shift was nicer. "So you got the Vault today, eh?" she wisecracked. more

2005 Scion tC

Scion offers a more conventional compact with their all-new tC. more

The Rise of the Scion Nation

The drumbeat of the Scion counter-culture now can be heard from coast to coast. Our West Coast Bureau Chief, Michael Jordan, reports. more

Scion Xa & Xb

For Toyota dealers, trying to attract America's hip young crowd must feel like fishing without bait. more