Newer is not always better (or prettier)
Scion‘s brand goal has always been to keep their lineup “fresh” and “new”. It’s for that reason that as of December 2006, both the xA and xB (in their current forms) have been killed-off in favor of the redesigned xB and new xD, the replacement for the xA:

I am so glad to have gotten the first generation xA (mine’s a 2005). More details at ScionLife.
February 15th, 2007 at 10:10 am
Wow, I like the redesigned xB much better! Now I might actually add that to my imaginary list of cars that I shall one day own (if I ever learn to drive, for the love of Christ). And that red! My God! That is friggin’ beautiful! I’m dubbing it “sexual red”.