# Shut up Scion, the XB is F- Ugly! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 9, 2005, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-scion-the-xb-is-f-ugly/320783 "2005-09-09T04:29:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-scion-the-xb-is-f-ugly/320783/61 "2005-09-12T17:36:08Z")
Never get a tC in white. Looks like a uncarved bar of soap. And it’s a much lesser car than the Celica it replaced. C’est la vie. I do like the xA. It’s like a little baby version of my car. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-scion-the-xb-is-f-ugly/320783/62 "2005-09-12T18:52:30Z")
Well, I love my bright yellow Scion xB, and as a staid middle-aged (49) female, I don’t think it was because of its appeal to the teen types (if it has any). It is the most practical car I’ve ever owned - lots of room (I have two Great Danes and an Eskimo mix), low sticker price, good gas mileage, outstanding reliability, and I like the fact that it’s funny looking; I’ve had it almost six months and I still get a giggle out of it every time I see it. Plus, between the shape and the color, I never have trouble finding my car in a parking lot! If you don’t like it, don’t buy it. I’ll be laughing all the way to the bank. ---
**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-scion-the-xb-is-f-ugly/320783/63 "2005-09-12T19:33:13Z")
> [@UnwrittenNocturne](#): > > Worse cars: Ford Taurus, any year > Almost anything built from around 1982-1992 (esp by Chevrolet) My 1989 Honda Accord (The Ivory Destrier, Slayer of Tires and Master of Chaotic Alignment) wants me to tell you that people your age smell funny and can’t dress themselves. (It agrees, however, about my parents’ 1989 Taurus.) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-scion-the-xb-is-f-ugly/320783/64 "2005-09-12T19:40:03Z")
Whenever I see an Element, I think, “ah, yes: Fuglium.” ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-scion-the-xb-is-f-ugly/320783/65 "2005-09-12T20:07:21Z")
[![](http://www.bigdude.freehosting.net/TIM010.jpg) ](http://www.bigdude.freehosting.net/TIM010.jpg) Early xB ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-scion-the-xb-is-f-ugly/320783/66 "2005-09-12T21:15:51Z")
Aztek (it has a “k,” right?) has an ugly ass. It looks terrible. My mom wanted one because apparently it somehow turns into a tent? Or has a tent? I don’t know. I calmly explained to her that we don’t camp. Hell, we never, ever, ever camped. Element would look ok if it didn’t have that [stupid, plastic bumper](http://world.honda.com/news/2002/image/4021105_1d.jpg). Even if it was plastic, but looked like metal, we’d be fine. My dad stayed behind at the Honda dealership while I was test driving an Accord. I come back and he comes out yelling, “Diosa, you need to see this car. :: drags me in the show room :: Look! YOU CAN HOSE OUT THE INTERIOR!!!” Me: “Uh. Dad, why do I need to hose out the interior of my car? I can’t really think of any times I’ve wished I could hose out the interior of my car.” Can you can tell I have real practical parents? :smack: But the Scion. Oh, she is ugly. Not PT Cruiser ugly, but ugly (interestingly enough, my friends and I decided that the only thing that would make the Cruiser cool was if it had a button that turned it into a submarine. That probably isn’t happening any time, though.) I’m most annoyed by the dumb colors they are coming out with (and yes, I know it is up to the individual what they like, but…). Yellow, that ugly burnt orange that Honda and Acura love, that puke green that Aztek comes in. Sheesh. They are all offensive to my eyes! ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-scion-the-xb-is-f-ugly/320783/67 "2005-09-13T15:11:19Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > The new Scion tC looks quite good as well [http://www.powersys.com/auto\_show2004/Scion%20tC%20Pic%202-pt.jpg](http://www.powersys.com/auto_show2004/Scion%20tC%20Pic%202-pt.jpg) they know how to design for looks as well as practicality. And I’ll have mine (in black) in 2-3 weeks. Sweeet! ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-scion-the-xb-is-f-ugly/320783/68 "2005-09-13T18:24:08Z")
From the Scion XB site: > [@scion](#): > > It’s what thinking outside the box looks like. Does anyone else find this rolling on the ground funny? Oh, and I saw my first Scion about 2 months ago and had no idea what it was. All the Scion markings were off of it. As the driver had a handicapped license plate I assumed it was a special hadicapped vehicle… because there was not way anyone who didn’t absolutley need it would buy one, right? Apparently the driver agreed as it was pumpkin orange and the license plate, I kid you not, was FUGLY. ---
**Author:** ![H3Knuckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@H3Knuckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H3Knuckles)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-scion-the-xb-is-f-ugly/320783/69 "2005-09-23T06:46:30Z")
Just some quick responses; **UnwrittenNocturne** It’s worth a pitting because I anticipated cursing a lot more than I actually did, otherwise I would have put it in IMHO. In any case I just wanted to bitch about it because I find the whole xB situation funny. As for your “originality” comment, as you can see from others in this thread, it ain’t original, there’s a number of other attempts at a boxy-yet-modern car (honestly, if you want to make a boxy car, I really think it would be better to go whole-hog with the wonky look, kinda like **zweisamkeit** said, it makes it worse looking when the front end almost looks like a normal car). Frankly, it kinda sounds like you’ve been bitten by the Indie Music bug. Repeat after me; “Being popular doesn’t make things suck.” 😉 The reason most cars look so much alike is because they all want to look good, and copying others is an easy way to make such a car without having to put the kind of emphasis into visual design that companies like Ferrari and Lamborghini do. **Biggirl** Ooops, I’m pretty sure I did a search before creating this thread, but I probably only searched for it in the Pit! :smack: Sorry to steal some of your thunder. **Quicksilver** I dunno if you’re criticizing me or not, but I’m just joking around that it’s weird to see these kids buy this ugly-ass car, because it “looks cool.” I’m not angry about it or saying it should be taken off the road, just laughing because it’s so incongruous to the entire Scion marketing scheme and design style. Though I do find the advertisements kind of annoying… **Wile E** Please refer to my response for **Quicksilver** **astro** Honestly, it seems pretty easy nowadays to buy good-condition used models of nice cars, if you need to budget carefully. I haven’t had to buy a car yet though (I’ve inherited cars from dead relatives twice now); currently I’m driving a '98 Subaru station wagon that I’ve really enjoyed. **Airman Doors, USAF** Shit, that’s pretty bad too, but I think **Bippy the Beardless** has you beat though. Yikes, that thing should definitely win **Biggirl** ’s [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=326367)! For some reason, every time I look at the [Fiat Multipla](http://estaticos.elmundo.es/elmundomotor/especiales/2002/03/ginebra2002/imagenes/novedades/fiat_multipla_g.jpg) , I keep thinking of Homer’s car in that Simpsons episode where his long-lost half-brother is the millionaire CEO of an automobile manufacturer. **Ichini Sanshigo** While I do think that the PT Cruiser is dumb looking, on account of how much it looks like a playmobile toy or something from a children’s cartoon, I honestly have to admit; it isn’t very ugly, really. These boxcars on the other hand… To people who want to respond like **Gangster Octopus** and **Jpeg Jones** ; hey, don’t take it personally or anything. I’m not casting aspersions on the drivers, but sometimes people like to use biting language to help drive home a point. I just feel that the car is ugly, and it’s ridiculous that they are marketing a practical, economical car as a “phat ride” that you can “trick out” however you like. I appreciate the whole customization thing (though I wish they didn’t have to play it off as an “X-Treme Feature” in the marketing), and I actually like Scion’s other cars, I just wanted to joke around about Scion’s lame-ass attempt at making a hip minivan. **flight** That quote positivley made my day! Oh man, that has to be an intentional joke, it’s too ironic to be meant seriously. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-scion-the-xb-is-f-ugly/320783.md?page=3)