Scion Announces Mid-Year Price Adjustment for xB

TORRANCE, Calif., Dec. 9, 2005 -- Scion, from Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today announced mid-year price adjustments for the 2006 Scion xB, which receives an updated interior and new exterior colors.

The 2006 Scion xB urban utility vehicle will have new seat fabric and a steering wheel with integrated audio controls. Two exterior colors, Camouflage Green and Black Cherry Pearl, will be replaced with Salsa Red Pearl and Shadow Mica. Shadow Mica is new to the Scion line-up.

With the additional standard equipment, prices for the xB increase only $150 on both models. The MSRP for the Scion xB will be $14,030 with a manual transmission and $14,830 with an automatic transmission, reflecting a 1.1 and 1.0 percent increase, respectively.

Production of mid-2006 xBs began earlier this week and vehicles will start arriving at Scion dealerships on the West Coast at the end of the month.

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