Will Scion inject freshness into America’s stale compact pickup scene?
Filed under: Budget , Truck , Scion Scion Hako concept - Click above for high-res image gallery We know that Scion will launch a new tC coupe and a tiny little iQ minicar before the end of the year, but what comes after that? Yoshi Inaba, president of Toyota Motor North America, admits that the Japanese automaker hasn’t yet decided what future products make the most sense for the youth-oriented Scion brand, but Scion General Manager Jack Hollis tells Wards Auto that a truck is a possibility. Take a look at the current pickup truck market and you’ll see that the only currently available machine that even remotely fits into the compact role is the Ford Ranger , which hasn’t been updated in eons and sees its sales dwindle every single year (55,600 in 2009).

See more here:
Will Scion inject freshness into America’s stale compact pickup scene?
This entry was posted on Sunday, January 17th, 2010 at 1:19 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.




