Another big unveiling at the New York International Auto Show this week was from Scion - who debuted two new 2011 models. For the '11 model year, the tC sports coupe gets a much-needed redesign, and the iQ compact will hit the US market wearing Scion badges. Full details haven't be released on the US-spec iQ, but the car will be powered by a
Yesterday we looked at World Racing's preparation for the 2010 season, and now it's time to catch up with another Scion race car - the Papadakis/Rockstar tC drift car driven by Tanner Foust. This rear-drive, NASCAR-powered tC debuted last year in Formula D with a number of podium finishes, and is undergoing a few changes for 2010. Last week
Last week I headed over to the World Racing shop in Torrance to check with in the guys as they readied Chris Rado's time attack Scion tC for the upcoming season. It turned out the car would actually be seeing some dyno time that day, so the scheduling had worked out perfectly. Chris Rado's exploits have been featured numerous times on Speedhunters
Besides all the motorsport action going on this month, the auto show circuit is rolling on with the New York Auto Show this week. I've been keeping an eye on the news coming out of New York, and one of the cars I thought was worth a post here is the Scion iQ Concept. This concept is of course based on the Toyota iQ which is already on sale in Europe
I was browsing through some photos that were sent to us from the "Boxed in the Smokies" Scion gathering that was held in Tennessee last month when I saw this flat black xB slammed do the ground on a set of painted Sportmax wheels. People have built xB's in just about every way possible, but there's something about this car's hot
I have to admit that this car is really starting to catch my interest. Whether it's this car or Chris Rado's time attack projects, it's really amazing what people are doing with the Scion tC platform. Now if we can get Scion to inject just a fraction of this attitude into the street-going tC... -Mike Garrett
If you have been following Speedhunters regularly, then you've likely read about Chris Rado and the World Racing team's adventures with their Scion tC time attack car. The team has been hard at work redoing the car for the 2009 time attack season, and I just spoke with Chris a bit about some of the updates they are doing to for the new season
When Toyota first launched the Scion xB (AKA Toyota bB) in the US several years ago, it was marketed heavily to those who like to "personalize" their car. That means that there's lots of modified ones out there, and unfortunately a lot of them are quite tacky. Luckily, there are also a lot of tastefully done versions out there, and someone