The Scion xBs styling has always struck me as something a five-year-old would design: lots of right angles and a profile only a cardboard box enthusiast could love.
But looks, as they say, can be deceiving. Lurking under the cubist exterior is enough interior space to host a banquet. Yao Ming wouldnt run out of headroom in this car. Er, truck. Minivan. SUV? Maybe minus the Sport part of the acronym. A mobile office space for urban professionals who cant afford a car payment and rent.
Acceleration wont snap your neck, but the handling isnt bad. Sure, it feels really, really wide, almost ponderous, but it never threatened to topple, even when the Generalissimo decided to give it the old Scandinavian Flick.
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