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08-23-2010, 02:09 AM
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2011 Scion tC - Click above for high-res image gallery
Toyota's MC platform supports a range of the company's models from the Corolla to the Venza, and it also does duty under the Scion tC (http://www.autoblog.com/model/tc). With Scion having just introduced the new 2011 tC (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/06/2011-scion-tc-first-drive-road-test/), it looks like the company might also want to do more with it. Scion vice president Jack Hollis told Ward's Automotive (http://wardsauto.com/ar/scion_tc_derivatives_100820/) that a Tc with five doors is "possible."
It would make sense to provide a Tc with more doors. After all, Scion is designed to be a feeder brand that encourages owners to eventually move into Toyotas. The tC coupe is important, because it draws customers with Scion's youngest average age: 26. Giving them another point of entry into the brand, and offering those with bigger needs a sporty four-door (neither the xB nor xD fit that description) would not be a bad thing.
At this point it's all merely talk, but it's talk that makes sense. And if Scion isn't going to daringly style its way to a new customer base, more doors on a proven, flexible platform might be the next best thing.
Gallery: 2011 Scion tC: First Drive (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-scion-tc-first-drive-0)
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Photos copyright (C)2010 Jeremy Korzeniewski / AOL
[Source: Ward's Auto (http://wardsauto.com/ar/scion_tc_derivatives_100820/)]Ward's: Scion tC derivatives possible, including five-door (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/22/wards-scion-tc-derivatives-possible-including-five-do/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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2011 Scion tC - Click above for high-res image gallery
Toyota's MC platform supports a range of the company's models from the Corolla to the Venza, and it also does duty under the Scion tC (http://www.autoblog.com/model/tc). With Scion having just introduced the new 2011 tC (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/06/2011-scion-tc-first-drive-road-test/), it looks like the company might also want to do more with it. Scion vice president Jack Hollis told Ward's Automotive (http://wardsauto.com/ar/scion_tc_derivatives_100820/) that a Tc with five doors is "possible."
It would make sense to provide a Tc with more doors. After all, Scion is designed to be a feeder brand that encourages owners to eventually move into Toyotas. The tC coupe is important, because it draws customers with Scion's youngest average age: 26. Giving them another point of entry into the brand, and offering those with bigger needs a sporty four-door (neither the xB nor xD fit that description) would not be a bad thing.
At this point it's all merely talk, but it's talk that makes sense. And if Scion isn't going to daringly style its way to a new customer base, more doors on a proven, flexible platform might be the next best thing.
Gallery: 2011 Scion tC: First Drive (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-scion-tc-first-drive-0)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/08/01sciontcfd2011-1281073777_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-scion-tc-first-drive-0/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/08/02sciontcfd2011-1281073778_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-scion-tc-first-drive-0/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/08/03sciontcfd2011-1281073779_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-scion-tc-first-drive-0/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/08/04sciontcfd2011-1281073781_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-scion-tc-first-drive-0/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/08/05sciontcfd2011-1281073783_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-scion-tc-first-drive-0/)
Photos copyright (C)2010 Jeremy Korzeniewski / AOL
[Source: Ward's Auto (http://wardsauto.com/ar/scion_tc_derivatives_100820/)]Ward's: Scion tC derivatives possible, including five-door (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/22/wards-scion-tc-derivatives-possible-including-five-do/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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