Scion surprised the auto industry last month when it announced it is ending its edgy line and absorbing it back into Toyota, its parent brand.
With that announcement, Scion vowed to go all out during its finale with a memorable farewell at the 2016 New York International Auto Show, which is fitting, considering the same annual car event was when Toyota announced its youth brand 14 years ago.
So, the brand has come full circle and we must say that Scion's farewell celebration was more than memorable at the NYIAS, as we had a chance to see its sprawling exhibit — one of the largest displays of any automaker at the show — during the event's two press preview days, before the show opened to the public today.
Not only did the display have a final Kei Miura-inspired tC Release Series 10.0, but also some out-of-this-world customized creative vehicles, too. And we didn't find any of the latter to be more creative than the 2004 FiveAxis speedster xA, the 2009 Kogi BBQ Truck xD and the 2014 Slayer tC.
There's the FiveAxis speedster xA, a vehicle that we would love to rev up on a hot summer day to whip around. From this angle, you can clearly see the open space, where the doors would be, but you can't see what the small vehicle is hiding in its rear.
That would be two flat-screen monitors. Outrageous to have two flat-screens on the back of a tiny cruiser like this? Absolutely. However, the flip side of that is that it would be incredible to pull up to a BBQ in a public park in this vehicle, wouldn't it?
And speaking of BBQs, one of the most far-fetched customized vehicles that you'll find in the entire NYIAS is the 2009 Kogi BBQ Truck xD creative custom. Why? Well, take a solid look at it for a moment.
Get closer.
Yes, that's a fully-functioning BBQ grill, where the trunk of "regular" cars would be. Taking the place of the left passenger door is a minifridge, in which you can see a few cans of Red Bull already stocked. Where the right passenger door would be is a sink. Unbelievable.
The hood of the 2014 Slayer tC had us in awe, too. Then, we saw how the doors open up and that just put it over the top.
We bid farewell to Scion ... but just know that it's going out in style.
