I have the older, smaller xb and like it. The cube was supposed to come out about the same time I bought it '05 but they delayed it for some reason.
I have to say for the price (14k) it is not a bad little ride and still more enjoyable than a compact 'car'
The biggest annoyance was ****ing douchebags asking me about it everywhere I went for the first few years when it was released. They could give me one free now and it would not be worth it if I had to go through that again.
Funniest thing I have been asked about it though it 'Is it fast' or 'Gee that thing must fly' //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif
Cube looks like it will be about the same size, the new xb is too big IMO and the mileage suffers so I think Scion made a mistake doing that and Nissan is going to get that market share.