The 2 New Scions: iA & iM

[Flammable]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

The new Scion iA sedan and iM 5 door hatch will be unveiled March 31st at the New York Auto Show. Toyota has released these 2 teasers ahead of the show.

Won't the 5 door Scion hatch compete with the Yaris?

[Kalispel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNrsi-jGlw

Not sure is that is the way the iA will really look (seems like a rendered Mazda2 sedan there on YouTube with the iA front design), but that gaping front maw is just as obnoxious as the one on the 2015 Yaris - which does make it a fitting 2016 "Yaris Sedan" in the Canadian market I guess. Still, like the 2015 yaris, the look isn't as horrible as it is just polarizing and over-the-top.

The iA looks poised to be another car that I would have to buy in black just to tone down that crazy sci-fi front end.

Overall, it definitely does have that Mazda2 sedan look to it though - which is a good thing.

[Kalispel]

Originally Posted by Flammable

Won't the 5 door Scion hatch compete with the Yaris?

No more than the defunct Toyota Matrix did. The iM is a bigger car, in a different market segment - and probably around the price of a tC.

[Flammable]

Originally Posted by Kalispel

No more than the defunct Toyota Matrix did. The iM is a bigger car, in a different market segment - and probably around the price of a tC.

Ahh the ole Matrix. When I was looking for my Yaris SE back in 2012, our local Toyota dealership only had two Yarises (or is that Yari for plural LOL)on the lot, a white three door base model and a red LE five door. My wife did not want red at all and the three door just wasn't as practical, neither were they the SE model we wanted. The salesman started pushing Matrix really hard and I said that we wanted a Yaris not a Matrix. Finally found an SE up state that we were able to buy.