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tuckevalastin · 07-04-2009, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by MadMax

Nice xB! I am not a huge fan of them myself, but it is a helluva lot better than the XD as far as I am concerned.

If I am not mistaken, the xB and the Yaris are built on the same platform/frame, right?

I think you might have said that backwards

MadMax · 07-04-2009, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by tuckevalastin

I think you might have said that backwards

The second generation Vitz/Yaris has been around since 2005, the second generation xB wasn't introduced until 2006 and didn't come out until 2008.

And, even the first generation was based on the Yaris...

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The first-generation xB was a lightly-modified and rebadged version of the Japanese-market subcompact Toyota bB. It was a small station wagon based on the Toyota Echo/Yaris platform. The xB was one of two models in the lineup of Toyota's US-exclusive Scion division present at the brand's 2004 launch, the other being the xA, based on the Toyota ist.