The Toyobaru thread: We got the car we asked for, and WE'RE ALL ANGRY ABOUT IT

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Automotive Insanity > The Toyobaru thread: We got the car we asked for, and WE'RE ALL ANGRY ABOUT IT

GETCHA PAPER UP: Apr 17, 2003; by Y Kant Ozma Post

DEUCE SLUICE posted:

I think 15k sales between Scion and Subaru would be a pretty resounding success for a niche car such as this. Even if they hover around 10k they'll probably be happy.

The development put into this car by Subaru will make it into the WRX so it's not like they have to panic and kill the thing after a couple of years. I don't see what benefit Toyota gets from this thing technologically, but even if they bail out Subaru doesn't necessarily have to.

Akio Toyoda gets a raging boner. Scion gets a last ditch shot at image revitalization.

# ¿ Jan 21, 2012 03:29

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# ¿ May 1, 2024 13:49

GETCHA PAPER UP: Apr 17, 2003; by Y Kant Ozma Post

TMC press release today stated a sales target of 1,000/month in Japan

# ¿ Feb 3, 2012 02:37

GETCHA PAPER UP: Apr 17, 2003; by Y Kant Ozma Post

All of Toyota's plants are running at full capacity now. What room was left in the Subaru Indiana plant is being used to run more Camry's. Even with the yen killing imports, they would never consider building this car in the US.

# ¿ Feb 3, 2012 02:41

GETCHA PAPER UP: Apr 17, 2003; by Y Kant Ozma Post

There is absolutely, positively no way that Akio lets his pet project be made outside Japan.

# ¿ Feb 18, 2012 05:24

GETCHA PAPER UP: Apr 17, 2003; by Y Kant Ozma Post

Wow, this car that they sell hundreds of thousands of every year is mad boring! I wonder why they would even bother?!

# ¿ Apr 14, 2012 16:28

GETCHA PAPER UP: Apr 17, 2003; by Y Kant Ozma Post

Cream_Filling posted:

Also, I doubt they're going to redesign the Corolla for another 6 years.

Significantly less than that.

# ¿ Apr 15, 2012 22:41

GETCHA PAPER UP: Apr 17, 2003; by Y Kant Ozma Post

Cakefool posted:

You'll notice...

Yep

# ¿ Apr 16, 2012 00:53

GETCHA PAPER UP: Apr 17, 2003; by Y Kant Ozma Post

Cakefool posted:

Sup? What colors have you seen it in - seen the lovely bronze yet?

Only a dark grey so far. Looked good though. The interior has some really dumb color accent panels at the moment. Hopefully they go away.

# ¿ Apr 17, 2012 02:31

GETCHA PAPER UP: Apr 17, 2003; by Y Kant Ozma Post

Lolcano Eruption posted:

I really want to like this car, I'm the target demographic: early twenties male, but the interior is just godawful. Do they just expect people to not give a poo poo about what the inside looks like at this price range? The interior is the first thing I look for when car shopping, you're going to be looking at the inside most of the time after all. Maybe people of the target demographic have no standards when it comes to interiors.

From photos, the tolerances on the interior pieces are extremely high. There are quite a lot of gaps between everything, something that isn't even present in extremely low end cars from Toyota/Scion. The thing that sticks out though is that the cloth fits really poorly over the seats, making them look like there are seat covers over them.

I'm only considering the Scion as it's just unthinkable to buy a Scooby without AWD, but after seeing the interior, I'll just buy something else. They got everything right except the inside.

On the insurance, I dabble in insurance underwriting, and I've got to say that it's not discrimination if it's statistically true, and their actuaries are extremely skilled staticians that manage risk extremely well. You might not like their results, but it's true. Why was the study "poor statistical analysis"? They've got to do everything they can to balance out having a competitive rate and not going under. Analyzing a person by his choice of car is just like analyzing a person from their credit score. It's not something that directly affects driving ability, but the correlation exists.

sounds like you're not the target demographic at all since you just wrote two paragraphs about interior plastics assembly tolerances

# ¿ Apr 22, 2012 04:47

GETCHA PAPER UP: Apr 17, 2003; by Y Kant Ozma Post

Wow, I'd be having so much fun driving this car if i wasnt staring at the .5 mm gap between the glovebox and dash pad.

# ¿ Apr 22, 2012 06:31

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# ¿ May 1, 2024 13:49

GETCHA PAPER UP: Apr 17, 2003; by Y Kant Ozma Post

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# ¿ May 15, 2012 23:17

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