Toyota Motor Corporations latest edition to the scion family is the Scion tC
. The new tC has been tinkered with and the results are good.
The company has provided the car with a 2.5 liter capacity engine. This engine has a horse power of 180 at 6000 revolutions per minute. The engine has 4 cylinder 16 valve DOHC with Dual VVT-i. It also provides a torque of 173 pound feet at 4100 revolutions per minute. The bore and the stroke dimensions are 90.0mm and 98.0mm respectively and it comes with the Toyota direct ignition. It has a compression ratio of 10.4:1.
The car comes with either six gear automatic transmission or six gear manual transmission.
Length of the new tC is 174 inches, while the height is 55.7 inches and the width 70.7 inches. The ground clearance of this car is 6.3. It can carry five people at any one time. The MFR for cargo volume and passenger volume is 14.7 and 88.4 cubic feet respectively. Leg room provided in the front and the rear are 41.8 and 34.6 inches. The wheelbase is 106.3 inches. It provides a shoulder room of 55.4 inches in the front and 52.1 inches in the rear. The head room in the front is 37.7 inches while in the rear it is 36.4 inches.
The new tC has an electric power steering. For the rear suspensions it has a double wishbone while for the front suspension it has MacPherson strut. The turning circle of this car is 37.4 feet. For the brake system it has brake assist. It also has ABS with EBD. The fuel tank of this car can hold upto 14.5 gallons of fuel. The tires used in this car are P225/45R18. For manual transmission the curb weight is 3060 pounds while for automatic it is 3102 pounds. The miles per gallon in an EPA city are 23 both for manual transmission and automatic. While miles per gallon for an EPA highway and an EPA combined are 31 and 26 respectively. It does not matter if it is manual or automatic.