John Coyle, Author at ScionLife.com - Page 5 of 6

Of all our Scion test cars, the iQ has probably generated the most excitement. All us editors were obviously super pumped about the FR-S, but this button-cute micro-mini had everyone at ScionLife HQ running to the windows to check it out. And the questions? The questions have been hilarious. “Do you fit in it?” “Can […] More »

The McLaren 12C and the GT86 probably don’t get cross shopped that often. You know, because one is a classic sports car that mortals can afford and the other is a combination of carbon fiber, horsepower and F1 witchcraft that starts north of 250k. But while there might be a continent-sized gap between the two […] More »

Somebody’s been hitting the gym. That’s what I thought when I started checking out the sheet metal for the redesigned 2014 tC. It’s like the sleek compact we first saw in 2004 went crazy on the cross-fit and lost its love handles, because while the second gen turned up the value on the little coupe’s […] More »

Check out the 2014 tC we just picked up from Scion HQ! This baby has just over 500 miles on the clock and is sporting the six-speed manual. After having our way with one of the tC’s upscale cousins recently, all the editors—myself included—have declared Bluetooth should be standard on everything, and fortunately, Scion agrees. All […] More »

Last week I went down to the Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit to do a media ride along in a Pirelli World Challenge car. It was a pretty hectic scene, but while I was there, I managed to get a few decent shots of the Formula D Scions getting in some practice runs before the season […] More »

This was my fourth time attending the L.A. Auto Show, and while I didn’t get as much free food or booze as I did last year, car-wise, it was my favorite. There was some seriously hot hardware there, and this is a list of what I liked best. Please keep in mind there were no […] More »