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It remains one of the worst vehicles Consumer Reports has ever tested. [40] The publication noted that the car took 37.5 seconds to go from 0–60 MPH, it was dangerously structurally deficient in a 30MPH crash test with a standard car, and its bumpers were "virtually useless against anything more formidable than a watermelon ", all of which ...
Scion, a former marque of the automotive conglomerate Toyota, sold eight different small car models during its thirteen year existence in the North American market. All of its vehicles were mechanically related to or outright rebadgings of other cars sold under the Toyota brand.
The compact SUV Suzuki Samurai gained a reputation in the U.S. market of being an unsafe car and prone to a rollover after Consumer Reports, the magazine arm of Consumers Union, reported that during a 1988 test on the short course avoidance maneuver (Consumer Union Short Course Double Lane Change, or CUSC for short), the Samurai experienced what they deemed as an unacceptable amount of tipover ...
Scion was a marque of Toyota that debuted in 2003 and was available only in the United States and Canada. The marque was intended to appeal to younger customers: the Scion brand emphasized inexpensive, stylish, and distinctive sport compact vehicles, and used a simplified "pure price" sales concept that eschewed traditional trim levels and dealer haggling.
The Scion xA is a five-door subcompact hatchback marketed in the US from 2004-2006 — as an export model of the Japanese domestic market Toyota Ist.Based on the first generation Toyota Vitz hatchback, the xA shared a platform with the Toyota Platz sedan.
Consumer Reports (CR), formerly Consumers Union (CU), is an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy.
The Toyota Corolla Rumion was built in the Iwate plant of Kanto Auto Works. [7] Toyota stopped exporting the Scion xB to the North American market in 2015 as it was replaced by the iM , which is a rebadged second generation Auris , which was rebranded as the Corolla iM from August 2016 for the 2017 model year since the Scion brand was discontinued.
The Scion tC is a compact car manufactured by Toyota under its Scion brand from 2004 to 2016 over two generations: ANT10 (2004–2010) and AGT20 (2011–2016). Both generations were built in Japan. Both generations were built in Japan.