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...father would nag Nabokov about his lack of progress on his first professional translation. “A long-suffering, occasionally snow-sprinkled copy of the Russian book sometimes lay for days on the seat of my permanently topless MG-TC,” Nabokov writes, referring to his classic roadster. “Father, when he happened upon the car parked on a nearby street, would meticulously record the page to which the book was opened, and confront me in the evening with my lamentable lack of progress...
With its third entry, Scion seems to have grown up fast. The Scion tC is a sporty coupe that looks more at home in the Toyota garage than parked beside its quirky siblings. Low-slung and squat, it lacks the xA's dimple-cheeked charm or xB's sass. Cruising around Los Angeles in a black-cherry model with optional $995 "ground effects" (attachments to make the car appear lower), I patiently waited for a thumbs-up. Five days later, not even the dude driving a flame-surfaced xB had looked...
Still, in the Toyota tradition, the tC offers terrific value in a low-key package. For a base price of $16,465, it comes with a sport-tuned suspension, antilock disc brakes, 17-in. alloy wheels and a chrome-tipped exhaust. Under the hood, there's a 160-h.p. four-cylinder engine. I didn't expect pulse-pumping pickup and didn't get it. But the five-speed manual I drove shifted smoothly in L.A. traffic. The steering was responsive, the ride firm, and during the brief spells in which I clocked more than 10 m.p.h. on the clogged freeway...
With Toyota retiring the Celica and the MR2 Spyder, the company is banking on the tC to rev sales with hot-rod-minded kids. Scion offers a variety of accessories to customize the car with, such as an interior-light kit and satin silver shift knob. Add flame surfacing, and even a hipster might take notice...
...evenings of ballet around. Friday, March 14 and Saturday, March 15 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, March 16 at 4 p.m. Runs through Sunday, April 13. Tickets $28, available by phone (617) 354-7467. Old Cambridge Baptist Church, 400 Harvard Street. (TC...