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Scion (automobile)
Scion is a brand of vehicles produced by Toyota for the North American market. Founded in 2002, Scion's long-term goal is to appeal to Generation Y consumers. The first Scion models, the xA hatchback and xB wagon, went on sale in California in 2003,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Overview: The ScionStory )〕 followed by a sports coupe, the tC, and a nationwide U.S. launch in 2004.〔 A successor to the xA, the xD,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Edmunds.com Scion Overview )〕 premiered in 2008, and the Scion marque expanded to Canada in 2010. The Scion lineup uses a one-trim, simplified purchase process,〔 and the marque has relied upon guerrilla and viral marketing techniques. The ''Scion'' name, meaning the descendant of a family or heir, refers both to the brand's cars and their owners.〔 The brand was launched originally with promises of short product cycle and value based partly on low dealer margins which became difficult to keep as sales fell after the economic downturn.
==History==
In 1999, Toyota launched Project Genesis, an effort to bring younger buyers to the Toyota marque in the United States. This project aimed to create a "marque within a marque" in sales and advertising strategy for compact and coupe models sold by Toyota.〔 The effort, which included the introduction of the Toyota Echo economy car, along with late generation Toyota MR-2 and Toyota Celica models, was judged unsuccessful and cancelled in 2001.〔 In response, Toyota chose to launch a separate marque, an effort called Project Exodus. A Los Angeles-based digital design company, Fresh Machine, was retained by Toyota to develop the brand, logo, and website. This project became known as Scion.〔 Toyota had previously participated in a project in Japan with other Japanese companies who attempted to market products to younger buyers. Toyota manufactured three vehicles under the WiLL brandname, which were exclusive to ''Toyota NETZ Store'' Japanese dealerships.
Scion is marketed as a youth brand and was first introduced in March 2002, at the New York Auto Show. There were just two concept vehicles, the bbX (which became the xB), and the ccX (which became the tC). The 2004 xA and xB were unveiled at the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show on January 2, 2003. They were available only in 105 Toyota dealerships in California at their initial launch on June 9, 2003. The subsequent rollout of the brand to the South, the Southeast, and the East Coast occurred in February 2004. Scion vehicles were available nationwide in June 2004, coinciding with the release of the 2005 tC.〔 On December 16, 2006, Scion unveiled the next-generation xB, based on the t2B concept, and the new xD, successor of the xA, at an invitation-only, no-camera event in Miami. Both cars were then publicly unveiled on February 8, 2007 at the 2007 Chicago Auto Show.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chicago Auto Show )〕
Toyota Canada Inc. announced that the Scion brand will be available in September 2010 at 45 selected dealers starting in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, followed by other cities. Launch models include tC, xD, xB. The Toyota iQ shown in Tokyo will be sold in Canada as a Scion model, starting in 2011 as a 2012 model. The first new Scions were shown in Canada at the 2009 Montreal International Auto Show. Toyota has also duplicated their efforts to achieve the same objective in their home market in Japan, renaming its Toyota Vista Store retail dealership sales channels as "Netz Store" in 2004, with all Scion vehicles branded as Toyotas, and exclusive to Netz locations. According to Toyota, "Netz" is an acronym that means "N etwork of E nergetic T eams for Z enith".
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