I am pretty sure that I did buy online-ish. I filled out a customization form on the Scion website (it was a fancy webpage for 2003/4, but bascially just a very

I am pretty sure that I did buy online-ish. I filled out a customization form on the Scion website (it was a fancy webpage for 2003/4, but bascially just a very basic form submission), and then got an email a few days later from the nearest dealership (at the time I had to drive a couple of states over to get it), and it went from there. But there was no negotiation. I walked in, signed papers, and drove out with a car. Pretty revolutionary for 2004. And true Scion as a brand no longer exists, but it lasted pretty long. In this case, Ford is not saying away with the dealerships - they're looking at them as distribution hubs, basically...like Scion.