Send to a friendCicero March 6th, 2008 6:57 AM Link
Be a good entry level vehicle in the States with the AWD
‘08 Geneva: Lifted Scion Becomes Toyota’s Urban Cruiser
Written By: Evan McCausland
What happens when you mix a Subaru Outback with a Scion xD? We’re not sure why you’d want to breed such a creature, but the result is Toyota’s Urban Cruiser, a baby-SUV introduced at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show.
Aside from the fact that this “design concept” is essentially a dead ringer for a production model due in 2009, we know little more about the Urban Crusier - especially in terms of powertrain. We’re guessing the production model will be powered with the same motors also powering the Euro-spec Yaris, but we don’t know if that pseduo-off-road stance hides all-wheel-drive. We’d be inclined to say no, but in mentioning the Urban Cruiser’s similarity to the late RAV4 three-door, Toyota name-drops a “four-wheel-drive transmission.” Moral of the story? AWD can’t be ruled out at this point.
Styling is virtually identical to what we’ve seen on the xD, although to make it seem more SUV-like, Toyota’s pushed out the bumpers, tacked on large wheel flares, and added larger 17″ alloy wheels. Although Toyota seems happy enough keeping the Urban Cruiser a Europe-only product at this point, there’s always a chance it could migrate to our side of the Atlantic as a Scion. xDx4, anyone?
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Barry March 8th, 2008 10:14 AM Link
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Toyota City March 11th, 2008 4:02 AM Link
Dork….
This is a European version of the Japanese market ist.
Japan’s new ist launched last July, so this is hardly such a “big” new deal….Toyota said at the time that it would be going to Europe…
It will work well in places like the UK where there is a strong Anti SUV lobby….
PikachuRacer April 18th, 2008 1:23 AM Link
I like it! I hope that Toyota bring this to the US too!
The Toyota ist already has AWD, Europe is now to get this as their new Mini-SUV with AWD possible on theirs!
That may be no fair for North America since Scion xD does not have AWD.
This “Urban Cruiser” is excellent for a AWD version of a Scion xD. But instead of being called “xDx4″, I would think it would be better being called the “xD-Rally”.
This will be a good challenger to battle with the Suzuki SX4-Crossover, Dodge Caliber, and Jeep Compass for best small crossover in the USA.
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