Scion to offer factory supercharged version of tC coupe this spring, exec says

[NFS4]

http://autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=101717

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

:Q

 

[Brackis]

This is the greatest thing to ever happen...now I can drive to work 30 seconds faster.

 

[CrackRabbit]

About damn time!

 

[Apex]

Nice!

That tC is such a great vehicle for the money.

 

[PowerMac4Ever]

If they keep the price "under $20,000" like they said they would, that would be fantastic.

 

[Goosemaster]

Isn't this old news?

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Isn't this old news?

Probably not, the previous setup was that TRD was going to build a dealer installed SC that retains full warranty. This says they are gonna build them at the factory this way now.

 

[Syringer]

How much power will it have?

 

[Lucky]

I'm going to be pissed if they don't keep their word of offering the SC as a dealer installable option.

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by: Syringer
How much power will it have?

estimates are about 200 hp. Some say 220, but 200 is what the intial specs were. Whether that's crank or wheels is debatable.

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: Syringer
How much power will it have?

IIRC they said 220 with the TRD add-on

 

[CombatChuk]

Originally posted by: PowerMac4Ever
If they keep the price "under $20,000" like they said they would, that would be fantastic.

You know how it is, probably $19,995

Originally posted by: Syringer
How much power will it have?

I'd say about 200hp if the current dealer installed accessory is any indication.

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: Lucky

Originally posted by: Syringer
How much power will it have?

estimates are about 200 hp. Some say 220, but 200 is what the intial specs were. Whether that's crank or wheels is debatable.

Crank. They virtually never quote wheel.

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

Originally posted by: Lucky

Originally posted by: Syringer
How much power will it have?

estimates are about 200 hp. Some say 220, but 200 is what the intial specs were. Whether that's crank or wheels is debatable.

That is most definitely not at the wheels. There's no way a stock powertrain in a tC could get warrantied if the engine was pushing hard enough to get 200 hp to the ground.

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

Originally posted by: CombatChuk

Originally posted by: PowerMac4Ever
If they keep the price "under $20,000" like they said they would, that would be fantastic.

You know how it is, probably $19,995

I think the supercharger is going to be around 3 grand, and the base car is about 16k-ish, so yeah, you're right on.

 

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[PowerMac4Ever]

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix

Originally posted by: CombatChuk

Originally posted by: PowerMac4Ever
If they keep the price "under $20,000" like they said they would, that would be fantastic.

You know how it is, probably $19,995

I think the supercharger is going to be around 3 grand, and the base car is about 16k-ish, so yeah, you're right on.

Well Toyota said the tC was going to be "well under $17,000" and ended up being $16,500. Therefore I'm expecting the supercharged version to be $19,500.

 

[Lucky]

Well Toyota said the tC was going to be "well under $17,000" and ended up being $16,500. Therefore I'm expecting the supercharged version to be $19,500.

Actually they said it would be "well under 20K". Most people were expecting a 19K-ish car.

 

[Aharami]

the tC is a kick ass car as it is. with the SC, its gonna be awesome. id imagine tweaking the SC to get even more power will be a lot easier than tweaking a NA motor

 

[Shortcut]

fantastic! i hope they'll still offer a dealer-installed option for those who already have their tcs

 

[BullyCanadian]

I WISH the SCIONS COME TO CANADA

 

[nakedfrog]

Sounds like fun.

 

[Vic]

TRD supercharger packages usually run for about $3-4k installed. So I'd say we could expect 200hp for about $20k plus options. Nothing to get too excited about, just something Toyota is bringing out to compete against the new Cobalt SS.

 

[m4ch0dude]

I thought this was old new, I knew about it liek a year ago. But I dont like how the tC looks, I still like the Celica better.