xD Test Drive Surprise

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I dropped by my Toy dealer this morning and my buddy (the ACE salesman avg. about 1.5 units a day) let me take an xD on patrol. Just recently I took a xB out and liked it okay but it's not as flingable as my old xB (1st Gen).

The xD is supposedly the Yaris chassis so I wanted to see how close it was. Well, it wasn't in the same jungle as my LB. The xD handled very well and was quite flingable in stock form. I have a rear sway on my LB which helps but the xD has tighter springs and is lower to the ground. The four-speed auto that I hated in the xB is crisp and responsive in the xD. It was easy to down shift when cornering around town.

The xD might be the same chassis (4-door) but it sure has been tuned differently. I still have to say Scions are the value of century for automobiles.