Mom Likes Scion, But Black Interior is a Deal-Breaker

2009 Scion xD

model as tested $17,394

Test Drove 1/05/09 – 1/12/09
reviewed by Sara Lacey

Cheap cars aren’t what they used to be, no sir. When I was a kid, cheap cars had tiny rearview mirrors. The nicer cheap cars had AM and FM on their radios. Times have changed, and people who want a cheap car today can have their cake and eat it, too, with the 2009 Scion xD. Actually, the xD shouldn’t be called cheap. It’s inexpensive, and your mom will tell you there’s a difference.

The kids on my block told me — after I yelled at ’em to get off my lawn — that my Scion was “major cuteness” and the stereo was hot. I don’t know what crazy newfangled kidspeak to use to say that the xD gets great gas mileage, at 26/32 mpg city/highway. 

The xD seemed well-built. The doors weren’t tinny, and the fit and finish was clean and tight. No, I’m not Scion’s target demographic (my teenager would be if I had one), but I keep wondering why not.

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