whats the engine used for it?
did you know that they will have a supercharger option for it. thinking about buying this car in the future. TC= 8th gen celica.

almost identical to the camry/solara 4-cyl... it also drives like one too... not exactly a celica in terms of driving dynamics, but a good deal nontheless...

It's ok they discontinued the Celica, I'm also ok with the tC... but when they say the tC is to replace the Celica.... I get really sad....


tC?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! come on!

TC= Toyota Celica

the tc is a hot car. they did make the ride hight a little too tall imho.

IMO the base model can look bland in the wrong color and stock wheels. As far as motor it uses the 160 hp 2AZ-FE from the Camry which has enough a** to beat an IS from a roll so the extra 40 hp from the supercharger can put it into the SRT-4 range. Right now the SC isn't on the options list, so maybe for '06.
BTW since this is a Scion question, isn't the xA a rebadged Vitz?

This post has been edited by darksecret: Jun 23, 2005 - 11:45 AM

lol my mom wants a new car.. i said scion tc.. showed it to her.. soldd >>

This post has been edited by TheStreetzKing: Jun 23, 2005 - 11:45 AM

-TheStreetzKing+Jun 23, 2005 - 9:45 AM
Nice cars, seen a lot of older women (moms?) driving them too, guess their value appeals to everyone. I can see this car becoming the next civic though.

its a hot car, and def worth it. But I think it needs a bit more power, It should have came with around 180hp stock rather than 160. but still nice

yeah cause civic owners like really really slow cars....lol

-darksecret+Jun 23, 2005 - 4:44 PM

LMAO you kill me, that was the best laugh I've had all day!

ok Nissan is making a car similar.. however its like 10 times faster, better looking, and cheaper..

-Rjb23+Jun 23, 2005 - 4:54 PM
what's so funny?

Anyway... the xA isn't the vitz. It's actually sold as the Toyota Ist elsewhere. As for the tC... looks cool, with a supercharger or turbo, would be great... but as far as I'm concerned, Toyota got bloody lazy by simply throwing in an exsisting econobox motor... like they always do. I really wish is could have been an oversized ZZGE, or even a AZGE with VVTLi or something.

-Rjb23+Jun 23, 2005 - 12:54 PM

Speaking of the Lexus IS, the tC is nearly as quick as its 215-hp luxury cousin. The sporty Scion scoots from 0 to 60 in 7.4 seconds and through the quarter-mile in 15.7 seconds at 88 mph, only 0.1 and 0.2 second, respectively, behind the IS ("$35,000 Sports Sedans," March 2004). Moreover, because the tC is geared fairly short—final drive is 4.24—its 30-to-50-mph top-gear time of 8.5 seconds is a 10th quicker than the six-cylinder IS's. Talk about "hardly shabby." Against its natural rivals, the tC is equally competitive. To 60, it is quicker than the Civic Si (8.0) and the Mini Cooper (8.3). It's even with the Mazda 3 s and just 0.4 slower than the supercharged Cooper S, which is the only one of the group to outgun the tC to the quarter-mile, nipping it by 0.2 second. And remember, the blown Mini starts at $20,449. - C & D


Well of course it's only a tenth faster from a roll but were talking a $15,000 difference here. As you see it wasn't my opinion.

I knew it was rebadged and I think the Vitz has the same motor as the Echo, so I figured they were the same, plus I heard talk about Toyota bringing the Vitz here.

This post has been edited by darksecret: Jun 23, 2005 - 12:13 PM

-Drocay+Jun 23, 2005 - 9:27 AM

tC doesn't stand for Toyota Celica, It stands for touring coupe.

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?se...3&page_number=1

"Why not xC, you ask? Well, Volvo has the rights to that with its XC90. The tC stands for Touring Coupe. And the name Scion, what does that mean? According to the trusty Merriam-Webster online dictionary, a scion is a descendant. This is logical, for Scion is Toyota's. Toyota understands that Gen Y buyers have different priorities, and that the cars should be designed to meet them."

this is a celica board. TC = Toyota Celica.. hahah thats cool though

Yeah Cutrara is right, I remember arguing with someone here about the tC being the replacement for the Celica, they said find one article that states it, took 2 mins to find the R&T article and it's in the first sentance I believe. It is ironic it's tC though.

This post has been edited by darksecret: Jun 23, 2005 - 2:02 PM

you guys need to stop calling the tC the "Toyota Celica" it's just a coincedence. The Celica isn't dead. It's just dead on American shores. I'd expect to see a nice eigth gen come out soon with some performance options in Japan.

It's far fetched but the tC stands a better chance of being rebadged a Celica in Japan than a new model being built.

I disagree- they have to worry about the european market as well, and the car is not on par in terms of driving dynamics compared to a nimble mini cooper...

the only reasons its called the tc is because they couldnt use the badge XC , volvo already has that in the xc90 and xc70 .

theres no connection to the tc and celica

If you're talking about looks the tC takes a lot of inspiration from the Volvo S40 styling, of course it's not as nimble as a Cooper it could easily hold it's own in the Euro market if the gearing is changed, not to mention it comes with the Hotchkis suspension package which is a major improvement over the stock suspension. The stock suspension still managed to net it .81 on the skid pad (where the Cooper S had a .85) I say shave a couple hundred pounds and you've got a car that would smoke the Cooper S anytime, anywhere, but for a bump over 3,000 lbs. it still holds well. For the comment on the tC having nothing to do with the Celica, well we got a large displacment, FE head, high torque, with a Camry motor car that every review company out there is saying is the Celicas replacement I think i'll be on that side of the fence, the only thing that doesn't have anything to do with a US Celica is the weight (GT-Four was heavy but it had a good excuse), it has the tradition (if you could call it that) of the 6th gen GT, styling and power similar to a 7th gen GT-S and the weight of the GT-Four (which isn't a good thing), the tC thing is still coinsidence.

Nevermind the gearing it has a top speed of 127 (ironic ours is 125) and it's governed so remove the govener and that's about 130-135, I also heard rumors of a 6 speed option so maybe the tC will break worldwide in 2006 or 2007, you must consider whether it was made for the US or not it's not a BMW or Porshce it's still a Japanese car developed for all coutries (from our measily little speed limits to the 100 mph average on the autobahn, it does do 100 at around 4,000 rpm in fifth, woo ooh ooh spooky that's what the 6th gen is around).

This post has been edited by darksecret: Jun 23, 2005 - 9:30 PM

-fastgt+Jun 23, 2005 - 9:46 PM

Yeah, thats in that article I posted. I think tC sounds better anyway lol.

-Kwanza26+Jun 23, 2005 - 5:00 PM

If he is talking about the IS300 I doubt a tc will take it. And I know for a fact that it won't take a srt-4, super charged or not. The SC only puts the tc at 200 hp, and it is not gonna come close to a srt4 that is under rated in hp and is a much lighter car.

The IS300 puts out 215 hp and does the quarter in 15.3, the tC is at 15.7, as i've said before from a stop the IS wins, from a roll the tC will win. As for the SRT-4, I can be wrong about it, it also determines the amount of torque that the supercharger option will produce, the tC is slightly more bloated and would have 30 less horsepower, if the torque is in similar standing to the SRT then I could see the tC be a few tenths of a second slower, now with a change of the pully I could see the tC take the SRT, but there are no test performed with the supercharger so this is just guess work, who knows the blower might only shave a half second off the quarter.

You can't compare the SRT4 and the SC TC

I know I technically can't because it hasn't been tested yet, but the only real difference is a few pounds and 30 hp, don't know the tq yet. They both have forced induction, they both weigh very close to the same with close power numbers, and they both are low cost pocket rockets, it's all on who can crank the most boost. If Toyota wanted the tC has enough factory potential to smoke an SRT and still cost less. I also noticed that almost all testing done was with factory equiped options only, there is no telling how the dealer options will effect the blowers ability to produce power, since there aren't any accurate numbers on if the intake and exhaust raise power.

http://scionspeed.com/

their turbo kit should help you smoke a lot of people

No joke, those things mean.

-darksecret+Jun 24, 2005 - 4:24 PM

Your are forgetting that the srt4 is under rated. It is rated at what 235hp but in actuallity it is at about 245. I'm not saying the tc is slow heck I would take one, but after you ad the SC and all the options and stuff it is going to be close to a $24k car. Check out their website and build your own then add 5k to that for the SC.