Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Established 10 years ago to attract young, hip buyers, Toyota''s Scion brand hasn''t been attracting much of anyone lately. It''s not just buyers that are ignoring Scion. Its sales have remained low even as the new-car market has surged.

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

2013 Scion iQ EV. Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) USA announced the arrival of the 2013 Scion iQ EV in the United States. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) The iQ EV features a power consumption rate of 104 Wh/km.

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Scion unveiled the all-new 2011 iQ premium micro-subcompact as well as the second-generation 2011 tC sports coupe at the New York International Auto Show. The Scion iQ. Earlier post.) The iQ will go on sale in early 2011. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 23, 2014

We''ve also got a preview of the Scion iM concept car set to debut at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show next month, and details on a recently-enacted California requirement that new buildings be wired for electric-car charging. Today''s green-car news starts with Daimler''s sale of its Tesla Motors stock. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

After nearly 13 years, Toyota's Scion "youth brand" is dead. Conceived as an entry-level nameplate to slot below the main Toyota brand, and focused on small cars, Scion will cease to exist as an independent brand in August.

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MAY 9, 2012

Scion has revealed that as much as 60 percent of Scion iQ buyers are new to Toyota, fulfilling Scion's brief of drawing in younger buyers. With the cheap, entry-level iQ model in the Scion range, Toyota is hoping that buyers will move.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 13, 2014

Scion, the supposedly hip, youth-oriented brand established 10 years ago by Toyota, hasn''t had a new volume model in seven years. Its overall sales fell last year even as the new-car market surged. Now, apparently, it''s slated to get two new models--a subcompact hatchback based on the next-generation Mazda 2, and an additional compact.'

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

The 2016 Scion iA is a four-door subcompact sedan that's Scion's first new vehicle since the ill-fated and now departed iQ minicar. One of two new vehicles for what tends to be termed "Toyota's beleagured Scion brand," it's a fresh new entry with stellar fuel economy.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 20, 2014

The Scion iQ has not been a success story for Toyota''s youth-orientated brand. In 2013, just 4,406 iQs found homes in the U.S. That''s half as many as were sold in 2012, hardly a stellar year itself. By contrast, Toyota''s other small car had a bumper year in 2013.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

One week from today, Scion will take the wraps off a concept car that''s a thinly disguised version of its first new production car in several years. The Scion iM Concept, to be formally introduced at the Los Angeles Auto Show next week, is a compact five-door hatchback that''s clearly based on the European Toyota Auris model.

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MARCH 17, 2016

Toyota's Scion "youth" brand will be killed off in August, but most of its models will live on as Toyotas. The C-HR subcompact crossover concept—previously earmarked for Scion—will be displayed there as a Toyota too, as will the former Scion FR-S.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

The 2016 Scion iM compact hatchback is the second two of new Scion models for 2016, joining the iA subcompact sedan. It's part of a much-needed new lineup that takes Toyota's youth brand away from funky "tall box" cars or 10-foot-long urban cars and gives it a product that competes in the heart of the small-car market.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 30, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: Toyota demonstrates a new combustion engine that generates electricity directly, California and Maryland boost their electric-car incentive programs, and new Scion small cars are in the works. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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JUNE 11, 2012

trim, the 2012 Scion iQ is capable of delivering fuel economy as high as 36 mpg in the city and 37 mpg on the highway. Those numbers are based on the iQ’s 1.3-liter liter four-cylinder engine, which is the only option for U.S. European buyers can opt for a 1.0-liter, liter, three-cylinder version, rated at the equivalent of 54.7

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JULY 15, 2011

The small car Toyota and Scion fans have been eagerly awaiting for more than a year is just several months away from launch and in the lead up to that day we now have the all-important pricing information. We’re of course talking about the new 2012 Scion iQ, the U.S.-spec

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MARCH 17, 2016

Today, we have everything you need to know about the Volkswagen diesel scandal six months after it began, Scion models that will live on as Toyotas after the "youth brand" dies, and possible battery suppliers for the Porsche Mission E electric car. Toyota confirms plans to turn the Scion iA and iM small.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 21, 2011

If you're eagerly waiting for the first 2011 Scion iQ minicar to show up at your dealer, sit down and have a nice cup of tea. Scion's parent, Toyota, is delaying the U.S. You're going to have wait a bit longer. launch of the iQ, originally scheduled to happen by March of this year, to sometime this summer.

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MARCH 18, 2015

When the Scion iM concept debuted back in November at the Los Angeles Auto Show, its maker promised a production version for the 2015 New York Auto show--along with a second, all new model. It will be Scion''s first four-door model with a trunk. DON''T MISS: Scion iM. New York Auto Show Sedans'

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 29, 2013

Scion''s slow-selling iQ minicar might not be long for this world, and the news has come from an unusual source. Aston Martin chief Ulrich Bez has revealed to Autocar that the Cygnet was canned because Toyota itself is stopping production of the iQ--sold in most markets under the Toyota brand, but badged Scion in the U.S.

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APRIL 20, 2011

Scion unveiled the rear-wheel drive FR-S Concept sports coupe at the 2011 New York International Auto Show. The FR-S Concept, which stands for Front-engine, Rear-wheel drive, features a flat 2.0-liter liter boxer engine in a front-engine, rear-wheel drive configuration.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

That's the case with the 2012 Scion iQ. But today, with hybrids and clean diesels—of course, in addition to electric vehicles—that generalization doesn't always hold true. While it's one of smallest vehicles in the U.S.,

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JUNE 30, 2015

Toyota's Scion "youth" division has been somewhat neglected lately, but a pair of new models will arrive later this year to help reinvigorate the brand. The 2016 Scion iA sedan and iM hatchback were both unveiled back in April at the 2015 New York Auto Show. We now have pricing information for both models, which go on sale September 1.

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Take some time this Sunday and revisit the time when old friend and former TTAC contributor Tim Cain traded a Scion FR-S for something a bit less practical. Image: Toyota/Scion] Become a& TTAC& insider. I don't have much to add in the way of setup. Back at it tomorrow.

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

Case in point: the 2016 Scion iA. That's true, to a point, although minicars like the Smart ForTwo two-seater and the Fiat 500 tend to be rated lower than longer and more aerodynamic small sedans.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Today, Toyota kills off its Scion "youth brand," a look at how General Motors and LG collaborated on 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV development, and everything we know so far about the Tesla Model 3 electric car. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 29, 2013

liter EcoBoost is priced from $17,240, BYD is fined by the state of California for violating minimum-wage laws, and the Scion iQ may be discontinued after 2014. Today on Green Car Reports: The 2014 Ford Fiesta 1.0-liter All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2015

With its iA subcompact sedan and iM compact hatchback launched, Scion is now starting to reap the benefits of its first mainstream new models in several years.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

If the latter is a major factor, you may be interested to know that the cheapest car to run over five years is the 2013 Scion iQ, according to Kelley Blue Book. For others, it might be the technology. Some may simply want to save money.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Toyota has announced a voluntary recall of Scion iQ vehicles from the 2012 and 2013 model years. In all, some 11,200 vehicles are affected. The recall centers around the weight sensor cables located beneath the iQ's front passenger seat.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Today, we drive the 2016 Scion iM compact hatchback, Mercedes-Benz hints at a Tesla-rivaling electric car, and a new study finds that the majority of electric-car tax credits go to higher-income households. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The Tesla Roadster 3.0

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

Today, we drive the 2016 Scion iA subcompact sedan, Honda tests solar-powered electric-car charging in the Marshall Islands, and some digging reveals that Volkswagen thought electric cars were the future, back in 2007. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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JULY 21, 2011

The all-new 2012 Scion iQ minicar, for which we've just posted full driving impressions over at The Car Connection, starts at around $16K and earns an EPA-rated 36 mpg city, 37 highway, and a combined figure of 37 mpg.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

For now, we've got live photos of the Scion C-HR crossover concept, free charging for certain Ford C-Max Energi owners, and a report that the production version of the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV will. We're on the ground at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show, so stories are a little light today.

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MAY 11, 2012

Although a very small niche group might see minicars like the Scion iQ and Smart Fortwo as a fashion statement, or as a way to reap special parking or commuting benefits, for most Americans—and even a lot of green-car shoppers—it's quite frankly a little hard to see the point in getting a 2012 Scion iQ.

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

As well as the BR-Z sports car, Scion buyers in 2012 will be getting their hands on the 2012 Scion iQ, a funky minicar sold in other markets as the Toyota iQ. The iQ variations don't stop there, however.

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APRIL 9, 2015

Toyota’s Scion small-car brand has been called a laboratory; and it seems like the perfect testbed for new plug-in hybrid or full electric-car products. Yet you won’t see any of those from the brand—not even hybrids—in the lineup anytime soon. The reason why is that the brand is still maintaining its focus on.

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

It may not be going on sale, but Scion's iQ EV has now arrived in the U.S, following the first production cars leaving the line in September. Toyota killed plans to sell the iQ EV earlier this year, but promised a limited run of the four-seat, 50-mile electric car would still hit U.S. Around 90 cars will be made available for fleets.

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