Toyota bB#Subaru Dex

{{More citations needed|date=December 2018}}{{Infobox automobile

| name = Toyota bB

| image = 2008 Toyota bB 01.jpg

| caption = Second generation Toyota bB (2008)

| manufacturer = Toyota

| aka = {{ubl

| Scion xB (2003–2006)

| Daihatsu Coo/Materia (2006–2012)

| Subaru Dex (2006–2012)

}}

| production = January 2000 – May 2016

| class = Mini MPV

| body_style = {{ubl

| 5-door hatchback

| 3-door coupe utility (Japan only, first generation)

}}

| layout = Front-engine, front-wheel-drive

| predecessor = {{ubl

| Daihatsu YRV (Coo/Materia)

}}

| successor = {{ubl

| Scion xB (E150) (North America, for XP30 model)

| Toyota Tank/Roomy (second generation bB)

| Daihatsu Thor (Coo/Materia)

| Subaru Justy (Dex)

}}

The Toyota bB is a mini MPV produced by the Japanese car company Toyota. The first generation launched in 2000, and the second generation was jointly developed with Daihatsu from 2005.

The car has been badge engineered and sold as the Daihatsu Materia, Scion xB and Subaru Dex.

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{{anchor|XP30}} First generation (XP30; 2000)

{{Infobox automobile

| name = First generation (XP30)

| image = 2000 Toyota bB 01.jpg

| aka = Scion xB (North America)

| production = January 2000 – December 2005

| assembly = Japan: Toyota, Aichi (Takaoka plant)

| designer =

| body_style = 5-door hatchback

| platform = Toyota NBC platform

| related = {{ubl

| Toyota Vitz (XP10)

| Toyota ist (XP60)/Scion xA (XP60)

| Toyota Platz (XP10)

}}

| engine = {{ubl

| 1.3 L 2NZ-FE I4

| 1.5 L 1NZ-FE I4

}}

| transmission = 4-speed automatic

| wheelbase = {{convert|2500|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}

| length = {{convert|3825|–|3945|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}

| width = {{convert|1690|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}

| height = {{convert|1640|–|1695|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|1070|–|1130|kg|0|abbr=on}}

}}

The first generation bB was based on the Toyota Vitz and the development was led by Toyota chief engineer Tetsuya Tada.{{cite news |url=https://www.whichcar.com.au/features/tetsuya-tada-toyota-supra |title=Tetsuya Tada: meet the hero behind the Toyota Supra |first=Tony |last=O'Kane |work=Which Car |location=Australia |date=2018-08-28 |access-date=2019-07-14}} While the box-shaped mini MPV was initially targeted towards Japanese men in their twenties, it is also popular with women buyers.{{citation needed|date=December 2010}}

Production of the bB occurred between January 2000 and April 2005 at the Takaoka plant in Toyota, Aichi.{{cite web | url = http://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/data/automotive_business/production/production/japan/general_status/takaoka.html | title = Takaoka Plant | publisher = Toyota Motor Corporation | year = 2012 | access-date = 2014-07-21}} Production occurred at the former Central Motors between August 2004 and December 2005 for the bB; export Scion xB model continued until December 2006.{{cite web | url = http://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/data/automotive_business/production/production/japan/general_status/toyota_motor_east_japan.html | title = Affiliates (Toyota wholly-owned subsidiaries)-Toyota Motor East Japan, Inc. | publisher = Toyota Motor Corporation | year = 2012 | access-date = 2014-07-21}} In more recent years, the first and second-generation bB have been at least privately imported to the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

The bB has also been offered in a variant tuned by TRD. It featured the same 1NZ-FE Turbo as the Vitz RS Turbo/TRD Turbo/GRMN Turbo. Unlike those, it is a dealer installed option and not a trim, just like with the ist TRD Turbo. It also has the same other enhancements like the ist, like TRD suspension, air filter, emblems, front brake pads and muffler.{{Cite web |title=bB・ist TRDターボ {{!}} TRD MOTORSPORTS |url=https://www.trd-motorsports.jp/factory/parts_trd-turbo.html |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=www.trd-motorsports.jp}}{{Cite web |title=トヨタbB TRDターボ（4AT）【ブリーフテスト】トヨタbB TRDターボ（4AT） |url=https://www.webcg.net/articles/-/14775 |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=webCG |language=ja}}

= Engines =

Engine choices include 1.3- and 1.5-litre inline-four engines.

The Scion xB (XP30) came standard with the 1.5 litre inline-four engines.

= Marketing =

In the United States, the first generation bB was sold under the Scion brand as the xB from June 2003 to 2007.

For the Scion xB, the front passenger area was also changed significantly with the bB's front bench seat replaced with bucket seats and the column-mounted shifter changed to a floor-mounted shifter.

= {{anchor|Open Deck}} Open Deck (2000–2001) =

The bB Open Deck was a coupe utility version of the bB.

= Gallery =

File:2000 Toyota bB 02.jpg|Japanese spec bB

File:06-Scion-xB.jpg|North American spec xB

File:2004-Scion-xB-RS-1.0.jpg|xB Release Series 1.0 variant

File:Toyota bB Open Deck 004.JPG|bB Open Deck

{{anchor|QNC20}} Second generation (QNC20; 2005)

{{Infobox automobile

| name = Second generation (QNC20)

| image = 2005 Toyota bB 03.jpg

| aka = {{ubl

| Daihatsu Coo (in Japan and Taiwan)

| Daihatsu Materia

| Subaru Dex

}}

| production = {{ubl

| Toyota: December 2005 – May 2016

| Daihatsu: 2006–2012

| Subaru: 2006–2012

}}

| assembly = Japan: Ikeda, Osaka (Daihatsu Head Plant)

| designer = {{ubl

| Jiro Matsueda, Katsumi Kujime and Tastuya Takei (Coo/Materia){{cite web |date=2006-05-12 |title=A00200600964 |url=https://pdki-indonesia.dgip.go.id/detail/A00200600964?type=di&keyword=mobil |website=DGIP.go.id |publisher=Pangkalan Data Kekayaan Intelektual |access-date=2022-06-11}}

| Mark Widjaja (2009 minor change){{cite news |url=https://otomotifnet.gridoto.com/read/231093645/mark-widjaja-mobil-dengan-simple-design-tak-pernah-usang#!%2F |title=Mark Widjaja, Mobil dengan Simple Design Tak Pernah Usang |trans-title=Mark Widjaja: A Car with Simple Design Never Gets Old |work=Otomotif |location=Indonesia |language=id |date=2011-09-13 |access-date=2019-07-14}}{{cite news |url=https://otomotif.okezone.com/read/2012/11/06/52/714167/sttt-desainer-ayla-pernah-tak-naik-kelas |title=Sttt.. Desainer Ayla Pernah Tak Naik Kelas |trans-title=Ayla's Designer Had Used to Failed Grades |work=Okezone |location=Indonesia |language=id |date=2012-11-06 |access-date=2019-07-15}}

}}

| body_style = 5-door hatchback

| related = {{ubl

| Daihatsu Boon

| Daihatsu Sirion

| Perodua Myvi

}}

| engine = {{ubl

| 1.3 L K3-VE I4

| 1.5 L 3SZ-VE I4

| 1.5 L 3SZ-VET turbo I4 (South Africa){{cite web|url=https://www.wheels24.co.za/NewModels/Materia-Turbo-finally-here-20091113| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171219031428/https://www.wheels24.co.za/NewModels/Materia-Turbo-finally-here-20091113 | archive-date = 2017-12-19 | title=Materia Turbo finally here|date=2009-11-13|website= wheels24 | publisher = 24.Com}}

}}

| transmission = 5-speed manual
4-speed automatic

| wheelbase = {{convert|2540|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}

| length = {{convert|3785-3800|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}

| width = {{convert|1690|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}

| height = {{convert|1635|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|1040–1120|kg|0|abbr=on}}

}}

The second generation bB was unveiled at the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show. Production version went on sale in Netz dealers. The second generation Scion xB is not based on the bB, but was specifically designed by Toyota to appeal to American buyers, which was sold in Japan as the Toyota Corolla Rumion. Badge engineered Daihatsu and Subaru models were also produced, but production ceased in 2012, leaving just the Toyota model. Production of the Toyota model also ceased in May 2016, with sales ending in Japan in July 2016, and it was replaced by the Toyota Tank and its twin counterpart the Toyota Roomy, which is a rebadged Daihatsu Thor.

= Design =

The vehicle was designed as "A Car-shaped Music Player" to hopefully satisfy the preferences of the younger generation. The Daihatsu version can be identified by a wider and shallower grille and indicator layout.

= Body styles =

Chassis codes	(DBA-)QNC21-BHSGK	(DBA-)QNC25-BHSGK	(DBA-)QNC20-BHSXK	(DBA-)QNC25-BHSXK
class="wikitable"
Model	Z 1.5 2WD	Z 1.3 4WD	S 1.3 2WD	S 1.3 4WD
Drive	FWD	4WD	FWD	4WD
Engine	3SZ-VE	K3-VE	K3-VE	K3-VE

= Engines =

Code	Type/code	Power, torque/rpm
class="wikitable"
3SZ-VE	rowspan="2"\|{{cvt\|1495\|cc\|L cuin\|1}} (72.0 mm x 91.8 mm) I4	{{cvt\|109\|PS\|kW hp\|0}} at 6000, {{cvt\|141\|Nm\|lbft\|0}} at 4400
"3SZ-VET" (South Africa)	{{cvt\|150\|PS\|kW hp\|0}} at 5750, {{cvt\|190\|Nm\|lbft\|0}} at 4800
K3-VE	{{cvt\|1297\|cc\|L cuin\|1}} (72.0 mm x 79.7 mm) I4	{{cvt\|92\|PS\|kW hp\|0}} at 6000, {{cvt\|123\|Nm\|lbft\|0}} at 4400

= Transmissions =

All Toyota models include Super ECT 4-speed automatic transmission.

= {{anchor|Daihatsu Materia|Daihatsu Coo|Materia|Coo}} Daihatsu Coo/Materia =

File:Daihatsu Coo 003.JPG

The Daihatsu Materia (Daihatsu Coo in Japan) replaced the Daihatsu YRV and is largely identical to the second generation of the Toyota bB. It came in 1.3-litre and 1.5-litre varieties with a 4WD option that was available in Japan and several European markets. There were manual and automatic gearbox options. {{cvt|0-60|mph|km/h|0|order=flip}} times are 10.8 seconds for the manual and 13.7 seconds for the auto. The maximum speed is {{cvt|106|mph|km/h|order=flip}} for the manual and {{cvt|102|mph|km/h|order=flip}} for the automatic. The vehicles were built in Head (Ikeda) Plant, Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.{{cite web |url=http://www2.toyota.co.jp/en/news/05/1226.html |title=Toyota Launches Fully Redesigned bB — "A Car-shaped Music Player" that Incorporates Youthful Sensibilities — |publisher=Toyota Japan |date=2005-12-26 |access-date=2012-05-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222035608/http://www2.toyota.co.jp/en/news/05/1226.html |archive-date=2012-02-22 }}

In the tenth series of Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson jokingly compared the Materia to the Ascari A10, saying, "Sure the Daihatsu Materia is a good car... but on balance... I'd choose the big, yellow, shouty car instead."Top Gear, Series 10, Episode 9.

The Daihatsu Materia was only ever available with a 1.5-litre, 16 valve, fuel injected, petrol engine in the UK market.{{cite web |url=http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/owners-reviews/search.aspx?range=100547#fuel=P&Body=Hatchback&transmission=A |title=Daihatsu Materia owners' reviews, problems and advice |work=Parkers |location=UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909133828/http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/owners-reviews/search.aspx?range=100547#fuel=P&Body=Hatchback&transmission=A |archive-date=2011-09-09}}

A limited edition Daihatsu Materia Turbo version was available only for the South African market. This version produces {{cvt|110|kW|PS|0}} at 5,750 rpm and {{cvt|190|Nm|lbft|0}} at 4,800 rpm, with a top speed electronically limited to {{cvt|200|km/h|mph|0}}. A rear roof spoiler, bonnet scoop, alloy wheels, and a set of lowering springs from Eibach rounded out the package. The initial, October 2009 batch was of only 40 cars.

Sales of the Daihatsu Coo ended in Japan in January 2013.