Xb redesign brings 25% sales volume decline
#41
Originally Posted by midtowndesi
... the gen1 and gen2 are two completely different cars. you can't even compare them...
#42
Originally Posted by vintage42
Originally Posted by midtowndesi
... the gen1 and gen2 are two completely different cars. you can't even compare them...
#43
I personally really like how the 1st xBgeneration look. It was a bold move on Toyota's part to bring it over to the US and I think the 2nd generation, although it looks good, is a step backwards in design.
#44
Originally Posted by SpoonKiller
I personally really like how the 1st xBgeneration look. It was a bold move on Toyota's part to bring it over to the US and I think the 2nd generation, although it looks good, is a step backwards in design.
Gen2, time will tell. Different market segment now, with different buyer demographics.
#45
Originally Posted by boostedbox06
... Its funny that you think that about the gen 1's because for the most part that what the owner love about theirs, everything you said you disliked...
#46
Originally Posted by vintage42
Originally Posted by boostedbox06
... Its funny that you think that about the gen 1's because for the most part that what the owner love about theirs, everything you said you disliked...
#49
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Originally Posted by daneisthegreatest
I want to see scion do something like the xBT concept or something with an open deck because those bB OD's are gorgeous
#50
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Originally Posted by vintage42
I wanted something a little bigger, safer, more roadworthy for long trips.
It would be nice that maybe sometime in the future they could bring back the xB. Only slightly different and with more motor. That would be basically what the xB2 should have been if they were gonna keep the name going.
When people ask me what kind of Scion I have I always have to specify now, the real one. It's a shame that we have to do that now. Thanks a bunch Scion corp.!!!
#51
Originally Posted by bB2NER
Originally Posted by vintage42
I wanted something a little bigger, safer, more roadworthy for long trips.
But for traveling far and fast, the xB is low on power, buzzy and jiggly. On the Interstate, 80 mph at 4000 rpm does not feel like a relaxed, comfortable, long-legged cruising speed. On long steep grades on 2-lane mountain roads, it could not hold speed even downshifted into 4th gear. There are few safe opportunities on the rural 2-lane roads of the East to pass someone doing 60 mph. And in case of an accident, the xB is very light, has a short front end and no side airbags.
For our annual 900-mile dash to FL, my wife's Buick LeSabre is a better road car, floating over the road at 80 mph turning 2000 rpm with plenty of power still left in passing gear, getting 28 mpg. And on the tour that I am planning for the length of the Rockies, the Forester should be better than both the xB and the LeSabre.
#52
FYI, the new xB is doing it's job and everything is just fine here on Scion Island. Remember, Scion STOPPED producing xB's in Dec of 2006 and didn't START production until March of 2007. This means that as a dealer, I only had a few remaining cars in the 1st gen come January and by February I was SOLD OUT. I didn't receive my first 2nd gen until June. That's a full 5 months or so with ZERO inventory. With 50% of the year with no cars to sell and only dropping 25%, I call that and INCREASE in sales.
I'll get off my pedestal now. I just get tired of people tryinf so hard to make things seem like they are bad. Pessimism doesn't do much for me!
I'll get off my pedestal now. I just get tired of people tryinf so hard to make things seem like they are bad. Pessimism doesn't do much for me!
#53
Originally Posted by vintage42
On the Interstate, 80 mph at 4000 rpm does not feel like a relaxed, comfortable, long-legged cruising speed.
Originally Posted by vintage42
For our annual 900-mile dash to FL, my wife's Buick LeSabre is a better road car, floating over the road at 80 mph turning 2000 rpm with plenty of power still left in passing gear, getting 28 mpg.
All things considered-without having driven one-I feel that the Gen2 xB should excel when it comes to comfort, braking and power. Both generations are great for what they were designed to do!
#54
Originally Posted by vintage42
But for traveling far and fast, the xB is low on power, buzzy and jiggly. On the Interstate, 80 mph at 4000 rpm does not feel like a relaxed, comfortable, long-legged cruising speed. On long steep grades on 2-lane mountain roads, it could not hold speed even downshifted into 4th gear.
#55
Originally Posted by typhoonorchid
... How can you say it has no passing power at 4000k. ...
When I look at my post, I only see "There are few safe opportunities on the rural 2-lane roads of the East to pass someone doing 60 mph."
If that is not clear, what I meant is that the xB has less power than is desirable for passing a car (or truck) at 60 mph on the 2-lane rural roads in places like KY, PA, NY, and New England, where sight lines and passing distances can be short (nor are the roads always level). There are other cars that are better at passing, because they have more power.
#60
I always liked the 1st gen xb, but going from a tc to a 1st gen would have been downgrading in power/etc, which I was not going to do. When the 2nd gen came out, I test drove it and traded in the tc within a few weeks. I think it's way more comfortable, power is the same as the tc, handling is better, and with what I have done/will do I like the way it looks more then the tc. I can also actually fit things, including people, comfortably in it