Toyota does the darndest things, about 7th gen Options

[Terzin1]

It seems to me that Toyota has it marketing strategy shoved so far up its ass that it is regurgitating it all up, but in a bad way. Why is it that Toyota invested so much in the 5th and 6th gen celicas and completely cut everything out of the 7th. the 5th and 6th had convertibles, all wheel drive, turbo, GT/ST models, liftbacks, hatchbacks, humpbacks, what have you. but the 7th gen they did nothing like this save a GT-s model. I have never seen a 7th gen ST before, always been GT's or GT-s. and now they are cutting them from production in North America. Why would Toyota be so naive? Perhaps if they didnt charge so damned much...

[snadman]

The Scion tC is actually made to replace the Celica. It is cheaper, has some power (160HP) and they will be releasing a supercharged version of this car. So people bashing the Scion line, but then complaining of Toyota's "jacked up prices" and lack of a turbo/supercharged sport compact car to compete with the rest of the competition...well shut up. The quote of Lexus/Toyota/Scion and who they are marketed towards is completely correct. If you want a Toyota sport compact car brand new, then buy the Scion tC. It's the best you'll get from toyota if that is what you are looking for. I think personally it's a valiant attempt at capturing the younger market that doesn't have the money to buy a WRX type vehicle or something similar of that standard and price. Also some of the younger market that is influenced a lot by their parents and also look for decent gas mileage and a reliable name. People know that Toyota owns Scion and they know that toyotas run well for a long time. If you haven't noticed, the past 7 years Toyota hasn't been concentrated on creating a sports car for enthusiasts because that's really not what they are known for. They are known for creating very efficient and reliable automobiles, but they do realize the need and desire of a small but noticeable percentage of people that want that extra bump in power along with the reliability and efficiency...so hence Scion tC and the soon to be tC supercharged.

Sorry if I dragged on, but this topic has been covered over and over and it gets so old. Not mad that it was brought up again, but more mad that no new opinions have been brought...same opinions over and over. toyota's solution the complaints you guys brought up is the Scion line...don't like it? Tough luck then. Either see the advantages of this new tC or if you don't like it, then go elsehwere. Pretty simple.

Just my .02

This post has been edited by snadman: Mar 3, 2005 - 10:52 PM