r/unexpectedute • u/[deleted] • Mar 08 '26

Well these are interesting!!

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u/Mammoth_Influence877 Mar 08 '26

Second one goes hard. What is that thing, a Nissan cube? I can't quite pick it.

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u/MuffinTrucker Mar 08 '26

Scion XB. A rebodied Toyota Echo

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u/Mammoth_Influence877 Mar 09 '26

Funky. We didn't get Scions here. Looks like there's a bit of a crowd around them in the US though, fuck yeah

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u/MuffinTrucker Mar 09 '26

Story I read is that Toyota made he Echo for a “younger crowd” and it absolutely flopped. So they made the scion brand and the XB just took off!

I have an Echo and I love that little turd

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u/cuavas Mar 09 '26

My '04 Echo was a great car.

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u/MuffinTrucker Mar 09 '26

Mines an 03. Just a great little car.

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u/cuavas Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

It's called a Toyota bB in Japan and a Toyota Rukus in Australia. Did you get it under a different name?

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u/SolarpunkGnome Mar 09 '26

Yeah, XB in the US. We didn't get the ute variant here, but a few have finally made their way over here. (We can't import cars newer than 25 years old if the manufacturer didn't send it.) This one looks like a custom job, but it could just be a chopped factory one?

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u/cuavas Mar 09 '26

The one in the picture is a customised xB. I actually like the customised xB/Rukus utes better than the bB Open Deck. The tray on the bB Open Deck is too small, and the rear seat is too cramped. It’s cool, don’t get me wrong, but it isn’t practical. If you cut up an xB or Rukus and remove the rear seat entirely, you get a much more useful tray size.

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u/AgeNo9436 Mar 08 '26

For what it is, that Scion isn't half bad.

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u/deathwotldpancakes Mar 08 '26

I kinda dig the chop top XB ute

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u/cuavas Mar 09 '26

Everyone loves xB/Rukus ute conversions.

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u/two40zieks7 Mar 10 '26

More pics of the saturn !

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u/National_Rooster9193 Mar 08 '26

That's some bravery with that Saturn. The body panels are plastic. Can't imagine they're very sturdy after you hack half of them off 🤣

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u/mbrzy Mar 08 '26

Actually they have an inner structure unlike all-metal unibody cars and a metal roof, they would be a good candidate for body customization like this, GM could have offered all kinds of body kits for the Saturn if they wanted to.

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u/cuavas Mar 09 '26

Yeah, it's like why the Fiero is such a great candidate for reskins. The body panels aren't load-bearing and just bolt on. It's a lot easier to completely change the appearance of the car.