Used Car of the Day: 2005 Scion xB

by Tim Healey

Published: May 8th, 2024

Today we bring you a 2005 Scion xB that needs a bit of work.

Only a bit, though, or so it seems. The pics show some minor cosmetic issues, but our seller says that there are no mods and the struts, brakes, and head gasket have been replaced within the last 30,000 miles. The overall mileage is 167K.

It's a stick shift, for those who, like myself, prefer to row their own.

The title is clean and the price is right at just $2,500.

Click here for this L.A.-based Scion if cheap, utilitarian wheels are what you're looking for.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Redapple2 on May 09, 2024

Gen 1 - 8/10 on cool scale.
Gen 2 - 3/10.

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- SCE to AUX on May 09, 2024
  
  The xB1 was a one-hit wonder for the entire Scion brand. The xA was cute but less distinctive, and the tC had almost no distinction.
  Twenty years later in today's high-dollar, high-horsepower, high-feature-set environment, the original Scion vision seems quaint and outdated.
  
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L&L on May 12, 2024

I have a 2004 Xb right now the odometer reads 265,000 miles no mayor issues ,pay 14,500 . you don't need complaints about this lunch box the best .

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