The Scion tC 2010 is a 2-door, 5-passenger sports coupe, available in two trims, the Sports Coupe 5-Spd MT and the Sports Coupe 4-Spd AT. Upon introduction, the Sports Coupe 5-Spd MT is equipped with a standard 2.4-liter, I4, 161-horsepower engine that achieves 20-mpg in the city and 27-mpg on the highway. A 5-speed manual transmission with overdrive is standard. The Sports Coupe 4-Spd AT is equipped with a standard 2.4-liter, I4, 161-horsepower engine that achieves 21-mpg in the city and 29-mpg on the highway. A 4-speed automatic transmission is standard.
Scion tC 2010, based on the Toyota Avensis platform, is a compact coupe introduced by Japanese automaker Toyota in 2004 as a concept car under its recently introduced Scion brand name. Toyota later debuted the production tC at the 2004 NAIAS with sales beginning in June 2004 as a 2005 model year.
The Scion tC 2010 is generally considered Toyota's successor to the Celica whose production ended with the 2006 model year. The name tC does not fit in with its stablemates the xA, xB, and xD, because the name xC has already been taken by Volvo for its XC60, XC70 and XC90 models. According to Scion, tC stands for touring coupe ...read more
