Scion FR-S
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At about the same price, would you buy a new rear-wheel-drive 2013 Subaru BRZ sport coupe or an all-wheel-drive Subaru WRX STI?
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Toyota Teases Production FT-86 Sports Car In New Video
The production version of Toyota’s string of FT-86 concept cars is set to debut next week at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show and in the lead up to its unveiling a new teaser video has been posted, revealing many new details including parts of the interior, engine bay and overall design. Of course...
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Subaru Plans To Enter Its BRZ In Japan's Super GT Series
Subaru and Toyota will release their joint-venture sport coupes later this month, but Subaru has scooped Toyota by announcing a BRZ racing program for the 2012 Japanese Super GT season.
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Toyota FT-86 Specs Leaked: 200 HP, 2,700 LB
Just as we expected, the Toyota FT-86 (and very likely its FR-S variant) will get a 200-horsepower boxer four-cylinder and weigh in around 2,700 pounds depending on options, according to a comparative spec sheet released today. The comparison chart, leaked today via FT-86 Club, says as much about...
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Subaru BRZ Prologue New Details, Live Photos: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
Subaru again rolled out its upcoming rear-wheel-drive sports car, now called the BRZ Prologue in conceptual-skeleton form at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show.
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Scion Racing Driver Ken Gushi Talks Up The FR-S: Video
With the unveiling of its FR-S Concept back at the 2011 New York Auto Show, Scion showed us that even models intended to be affordable can look quite exotic. Despite still being a concept, most of the FR-S show car’s lines are expected to transfer faithfully to the production 2012 Scion FR-S...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
We’ve already seen a string of concept cars and more than a dozen spy shots, but now we have an exclusive spy video of the upcoming rear-wheel drive sports coupe being developed jointly by Toyota and Subaru. In the U.S. Toyota’s version of the car will be known as the 2012 Scion FR-S, while the rest of the world may see the Celica name revived. The video shows several prototypes being honed at the Nurburgring circuit in Germany as well as some of the surrounding roads, and the first thing that becomes evident is just how small the new sports coupe will be. We also get a taste of...
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Subaru Rear-Wheel Drive Coupe To Feature STI Model, Turbo Power Unlikely: Report
Both Toyota and Subaru are scheduled to unveil their own separate versions of their jointly developed rear-wheel drive sports car at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show this December, and while we’ve seen and heard plenty of Toyota’s version (nee Scion FR-S), not much is known about...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Scion FR-S Concept: 2011 New York Auto Show
We’ve already seen the live shots of it but now here are the official specs and studio shots of Toyota’s, make that, Scion’s new FR-S sports coupe concept. The stunning two-door is the latest iteration of Toyota’s FT-86 concept line, which began with the original FT-86 from...
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Scion FR-S: Live from the New York Auto Show
It's been in gestation for...well, forever, it seems. But today at the 2011 New York Auto Show, the rear-drive, Subaru-powered Toyota sports coupe took another step toward production as the Scion FR-S Concept. Scion president Jack Hollis says FR-S could stand for "friggin' really sweet," but in...
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Scion Concept Teaser Hints At FT-86-Based FR-S: Video
The 2011 New York Auto Show will feature many concepts, but one of them will be a Scion--and it looks like it'll be based on the Toyota FT-86 concept, potentially bearing the FR-S name we reported on last October. There's no doubt the car in the video shares the same proportions and lines as the...
Nelson Ireson