It's Official: The Scion Brand Is Dead
Toyota has announced today that the Scion brand is no more. The Japanese auto giant first launched it in 2003 with the aim of attracting younger buyers in the North American market, and it seemed to have worked - the brand has the youngest average buyer age (36) in the car industry, apparently. Regardless, Toyota has seen fit to kill off Scion.
The tC (below) will die with the brand, ending production in August 2016, while the remaining models - the FR-S, iA and iM - will be sold as Toyotas from the 2017 model year onwards. The incoming Scion C-HR will also be getting a Toyota badge.
The 22-strong team of dedicated Scion employees will all be offered new jobs at Toyota USA, while servicing and repairs for Scion vehicles will continue with Toyota dealerships as normal. Meanwhile, people from the rest of the world are still looking at the top image thinking “what’s that weird badge on the front of that GT86?”
UPDATE: Toyota USA has since confirmed to us that the FR-S model name will still be used after the Scion brand is discontinued.
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Gt86 coming back
Oh look at all the f*cks I don’t give
So what they were just rebadged toyotas. That’s what you get when you make models that look exactly like your toyota models. A sad attempt at sporty models
I never really got why they decided to introduce it anyway.
Every sentient being on the planet knew that they were just re-marketed Toyota’s.
Lexus really taking off as a “separate brand” was already a fluke, just look at Nissan/Infiniti.
Toyota should have learned from them, but instead they overreached completely.
So will the USDM one now be called GT86 or keep the FR-S name?
I hope I’m not the only one here who’s saying good riddance
So does this mean the US finally gets the gt86
POP THE CHAMPAGNE BOTTLES!!!!!!!!!!!
Meh who cares. We’re not really losing anything special right? Also the GT86 will actually be called the GT86 in Canada/USA now :)
I’m sad…
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