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2008 Scion tC Review

STYLING | 8 out of 10

Expert Quotes:

Handsome and intuitive dash controls
Car and Driver

A hatchback hidden within a coupe form
Motor Trend

too refined for the coolness factor of the brand
MyRide.com

striking in person
Autoblog

Sleek and restrained, yet taut and sporty, the 2008 Scion tC might just be the lowest-priced way to get BMW good looks.

By and large, reviewers praise the tC’s restrained-yet-purposeful styling. “We like the tC’s sophisticated look and assertive stance,” compliments Car and Driver. Autoblog, talking about “the snub nose and tear-shaped headlights a la BMW,” feels the tC offers “quite a striking look and [is] unlike anything else in the price range.” Only MyRide.com goes negative, stating their wish for “a more compelling design.”

The tC shows off a few styling tweaks for 2008, “including a mesh grille, lattice lower grille and projector beam-type headlights,” says Kelley Blue Book. These are generally well received, with the exception of The New York Times, whose reviewers find the new grille, with a “fussy diagonal-oval mesh up top that fades to solid at the sides” mixed with “horizontal slats down below,” to be “a bit busy to our eyes.” They feel it spoils “the simplicity we admired in the previous design.”

Motor Trend regards the tC’s insides as a “better-conceived, more feature-rich, interior than inside the other Scions” and comments on the “three-pod instrument panel with attractive, brushed metal faces. The silver center stack reminds of the Infiniti G35,” they conclude. MyRide.com notes the dash and upper door panel textures “Inspired by Japanese stationery,” which they find “different, of good quality, and brings strong Scion brand character to the inside of the tC.”

Conclusion

The 2008 Scion tC has a fashionable shape and interior design that looks like a much more expensive vehicle.


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Other Choices:

For 2008, the Ford Focus is available in a new coupe body style; with a more distinctive, quieter interior than before and more available convenience features, such as the SYNC communications and entertainment interface, the Focus offers a very compelling package for the money, even if it isn’t as much fun to drive as the 2008 Scion tC. The Honda Civic coupe feels sportier than the Focus and the tC, but its engine isn’t as torquey for ordinary driving, and its interior feels a bit more cramped. Like the tC, it’s also quite loud inside on coarse surfaces. The Pontiac G5 and Hyundai Tiburon might also be worth consideration, but both of them feel rather outdated for different reasons. The interior of the G5 feels subpar in appearance and quality, while the Tiburon sacrifices a lot of interior space for a curvaceous exterior shape that is no longer in vogue.

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