Handling

Scions are meant to be a blank slate, and that applies to handling, too. In its bone stock form the xB’s ride motions are controlled, and it’s a good commuter. But push it and it pushes back. We blame the tires and soft springs, and suspect that if you tick the box for the TRD lowering kit and 19-inch wheel and tire package, handling would improve exponentially. The brakes on our car started to smell after hard use, but we didn’t detect any actual fade.

Research 2008 Scion xB

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