Scion TC Options

[ArizonaRed]

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.

[darksecret]

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