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Most of these are dealer-installed, which makes it easier to outfit the car to suit your tastes.Ī new 180- horsepower, 2.5-liter four-cylinder teams with a six-speed manual or automatic transmission. The spoiler is worth getting the car’s stubby tail drops off abruptly without it.
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Form beats function, and saves some coin, too.Īs with all Scions, the full slate of available accessories includes fog lights, faux carbon-fiber B-pillars, additional Scion insignia, 19-inch wheels and a rear spoiler. There still isn’t a rear wiper, which a proper hatchback ought to have, but its absence makes for a cleaner rear deck.
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Mirror-integrated turn signals, something the prior tC featured, are still standard, and the standard wheels move to 18-inch alloys, up from last year’s 17-inchers. That’s not a bad car to emulate, given that some tC buyers likely see themselves in a 135i a few job promotions down the road. The taillights are straight off a BMW 1 Series. Length and wheelbase remain unchanged, so the new dimensions make for a more grounded look. With underpinnings from Europe’s third-generation Toyota Avensis - and its platform sibling sold on our shores, the Lexus HS 250h - the new tC is 1.6 inches wider than the 2010. (The helmets are marching: Several cars, from the Chevrolet Corvette to the 2011 Ford Explorer, also employ this visual trick.) The A-pillars are now black, creating the illusion of a wraparound windshield - a “helmet” look derived from Scion’s Fuse concept shown at the 2006 New York International Auto Show. The exterior is more mature, with an angular sweep to the taillights that emulates a lot of cars from Toyota’s Lexus luxury division.
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The new tC still looks like a tC, so much so that one journalist asked why Toyota didn’t update the styling more. I drove both versions at a media preview in California. The two-door 2011 Scion tC boasts a fresh look, generous room and an improved drivetrain, but cabin quality is just barely competitive - a few steps down from the class-leading original.Īvailable in one trim with most optional features installed as dealer accessories, the front-wheel-drive tC coupe comes with a four-cylinder engine and a manual or automatic transmission. With the redesigned tC set to hit dealerships this October, parent company Toyota traded much of that for a package that’s high on style and low on substance. Sometimes it takes a redesign to remind you just how good a car’s previous generation had been: the inaugural Ford Mustang, the E39 BMW 5 Series, the first Dodge SRT4.Īpropos of that, witness the passing of the original Scion tC, a car that brought premium features and unlikely cabin quality to a segment known for neither. To see what’s new for 2012, click here, or check out a side-by-side comparison of the two model years. Little of substance has changed with this year’s model. Editor’s note: This review was written in August 2010 about the 2011 Scion tC.