MotorTrend: Scion to get FT86

Another rumorous article: http://wot.motortrend.com/6630771/auto-news/scion-may-get-version-of-ft-86-tc-xb-facelifts-coming/index.html

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Scion sales were off almost 50% in 2009, and that's apparently gotten the attention of Toyota execs, who recently vowed at the 2010 Detroit auto show to breathe new life into its struggling and product-starved youth brand. As we've previously reported, a production-spec Scion version of  Toyota's iQ minicar is expected to make its production debut at the New York auto show (although it could also show up next month in Chicago). In addition, the automaker is planning facelifts for most of the existing lineup. But the juiciest news involves Toyota's highly-anticipated FT-86 sports coupe, a concept version of which debuted at the 2009 Tokyo auto show.

Though it won't be arriving in the U.S. until sometime in 2011 as a 2012 model at the earliest, we hear that the decision is close to being made to sell the FT-86 here as a Scion, thus strengthening the brand's street cred with a legitimate, rear-drive performance offering. It may not even wear the FT-86 badge, possibly trading it in for a Scion-format two letter label.

Also reported to be on the way from Scion is an updated tC coupe, which could make its debut alongside the iQ -- the two cars are expected to go on sale within a month of each other -- and a facelifted xB for the 2011 model year that should show up late this year (likely at the L.A. Auto Show but possibly earlier at SEMA).