The old nimble Scion xB!
Current gas prices are driving people crazy. The fact that gas is over $4 per gallon is not the crazy factor here, or at least there is a crazier factor involved here. Gas prices basically shoot up one dollar per gallon in a month! That gives people no time to adjust to higher energy costs. Most people were happy to find out the new Scion xB was bigger and heavier and most importantly a more powerful engine. All that was a good thing at $3 gas but as gas shoot past $4 and is predicted to creep past $5 by the end of the year the bigger, heavier, larger engine with more HP Scion xB dose not sound like such a good thing. The question is should Scion put the xB on a diet and bring back a new version of the old nimble 1.5L, 35 MPG highway, 31 MPG city, lightweight xB? Discuss what you thing in this topic
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It seems car companies don’t have it easy these days. First gas prices explode to over $4 per/g and so car makers shift to higher mileage cars then gas prices collapses to $1.50 per/g. But as gas prices drop so did credit and now it’s really hard to get a loan to buy a car. The latest wave to hit car companies is scared consumers, scared they might lose their jobs and not be able to pay the load that is.
The way I see it is there is three spotlights on the old nimble Scion xB. Each wave that hits car companies is a new spotlight to shine on the xB. The car really packs it all for the economical consumer these days; roomy, good price point, great mpg. Best of all the car follows the K.I.S.S. principle Keep. It. Simple. Stupid. Which means the car is easy to maintain and easy to customize.
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