Scion News
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Drifting star and New Hampshire native Ryan Tuerck didn't have to go very far for his latest stunt: New Hampshire Motor Speedway. As the video shows, Tuerck and his New England-based team perform a little much-needed maintenance to bring his Scion FR-S up to spec including, of course, new tires that he decided to break in on his driveway's pavement. Let's just hope that Tuerck didn't pay extra for an extended-mile service plan for that rubber, since it didn't last very long once he hit the race track in nearby Loudon, New Hampshire. At the track, Tuerck whips the FR-S around both the road...
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2016 Scion tC goes out with tuner flair: racy final edition for New York debut
Scion is on its way out with the 2016 model year. But to celebrate its 14-year run, at curtain call the brand is showing off some of its raciest JDM (Japanese domestic market) tuner potential yet—via a partnership with Kei Miura, in a special 2016 Scion tC Release Series 10.0. It's to be...
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Scion axed, most models to become Toyotas
Toyota confirmed today that its Scion brand will be axed. All existing Scions apart from the tC coupe will become Toyotas. The changeover will take place once the first 2017 models start arriving, currently scheduled for this August. This means cars like the FR-S sports car, iA sedan and iM 5-door...
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Toyota GT 86 GRMN special edition set for 2016 Tokyo Auto Salon
Toyota’s GT 86, sold in the United States as the Scion FR-S, hasn’t had much in the way of updates since the debut in 2011. That’s about to change soon, though, as prototypes for an updated version have been spotted testing. For a few lucky buyers in Toyota’s home market...
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2016 Scion FR-S Release Series 2.0 Bides Time Until Mid-cycle Update
We're big fans of the Scion FR-S, even if the rest of America isn't. Scion's sporty coupe is a blast to drive and its skinny tires and handling balance are designed for drifting, despite a lack of power under the hood. Even as it prepares an updated version of the FR-S hatchback coupe, Scion is...
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2017 Scion FR-S Spy Shots
These are our first spy shots of a prototype for an updated version of the Scion FR-S that we’re expecting to be launched on the market in the second half of 2016, as a 2017 model. The FR-S, along with the car’s Subaru BRZ and Toyota GT 86 cousins, was launched on the market with great...
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Toyota has made little secret of the fact that its GT 86, a Scion FR-S for readers in the U.S., hasn’t been selling well, with the poor sales performance even leading management to rule out additional variants of the car such as a high-performance version or convertible (just a thousand FR-S coupes were sold in the U.S. last month, down 29 percent on levels a year ago). Considering the GT 86 was a pet project of Toyota president Akio Toyoda, the car won’t be dropped from the automaker’s lineup anytime soon. In fact, we hear that a successor is planned. Toyota previously...
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Toyota Pays Tribute To Classic Sport Cars With Special Liveries At Goodwood Festival Of Speed
The Toyota GT 86, known as the Scion FR-S in these parts, harks back to Toyota’s legendary sports cars of the past. The “GT” moniker comes from the 2000GT of the 1960s, while the “86” leverages the name of the AE86 drift hero of the 1980s, so it's fitting that Toyota...
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2017 Scion FR-S To Receive New Look, More Power: Report
Scion’s FR-S (and the car’s Subaru BRZ and Toyota GT 86 cousins) was launched on the market with great fanfare back in 2012 but since then sales have fizzled, with Scion managing to move just a thousand of the cars in April, down 29 percent on levels a year ago. The lack of sales has...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Minor Updates For 2016 Scion FR-S
Scion’s FR-S sports car has been with us since 2013, and while parent company Toyota has ruled out any serious upgrades that hasn’t stopped the automaker from adding a few new features with each subsequent model year. That remains true for the 2016 model year, which sees the Scion FR-S...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Top Exec: No Plans To Recast Scion As A Premium Brand
The Scion small-car brand serves as a testing ground for Toyota in everything from how to market accessories to how to recast the role of dealerships in the sales process. While it’s been a success in that—as a ‘laboratory,’ as executives are eager to call it—a sales...
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Tuerck'd Takes Down A Mountain In A 600-HP Scion FR-S: Video
Ryan Tuerck has been having tremendous amounts of fun in the latest season of Tuerck'd. The Network A web show has seen Ryan blasting to locations all around the globe to share his love of tire destruction and general automotive shenanigans. On the latest episode, Tuerck lays down a wicked run up a...
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The Scion FR-S T1 is a targa-topped concept built for the annual SEMA show.
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Toyota GT 86 TRD Griffon Concept Spawns 14R60 Special Edition: Forbidden Fruit
Just over a year ago, Toyota revealed a TRD-enhanced GT 86 (a Scion FR-S for our U.S. readers) concept called the Griffon, which thanks to numerous undisclosed modifications weighed just 2,300 pounds and was capable of lapping a race track faster than a Ferrari 458 Italia. Now the awesome concept...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2015 Scion FR-S Release Series 1.0 Priced From $30,760: Video
The limited edition 2015 Scion FR-S Release Series 1.0 is now available for sale but if you’re interested in one you had better be quick as just 1,500 examples will be built, and they're likely to sell out fast. The starting price is just $30,760, which includes a $770 destination charge and...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Drifter Ken Gushi To Pilot Scion FR-S At Pikes Peak
Scion is turning to someone familiar with both the car and course as it mounts a challenge on this year's Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, drift star Ken Gushi. MUST SEE: #GiveAShift: The 7 Best Manuals Transmissions You Can Drive Gushi won last year's Exhibition Auto Class at Pikes Peak...
Antony Ingram -
Scion FR-S Hybrid In Doubt
Anyone hoping for a new variant of the Scion FR-S sports car is in for disappointment, with yet another official from parent company Toyota ruling out one of the car’s many rumored variants, this time the hybrid. It was a couple of years ago that we first heard Toyota was seriously...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Cosworth Pumps Up The Power On BRZ & FR-S Sports Cars
"Power" is a bit of a dirty word to some Subaru BRZ and Scion FR-S owners. Subaru and Toyota went to great lengths to make their cars fun despite a relatively modest power output, and some believe this delicate balance need not be altered. MUST SEE: Angry Supercar Hater Throws Rocks At Lamborghini...
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The Scion FR-S is half of our favorite set of affordable new sports car twins, and for the 2015 model year, it’s getting just a bit better. ALSO SEE: Seller Rejects Million-Dollar Offer For Ferrari 575 GTZ Already a compact bundle of fun, the 2015 FR-S gains a more rigid front suspension and re-tuned rear dampers for less body roll and more chassis-driver communication. On the appearance front, the 2015 Scion FR-S gets a shark-fin antenna to replace the previous pole antenna and larger exhaust tips that fit more flush against the rear bumper. Inside the cabin, the new FR-S will get a...
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2014 Scion FR-S Release Series 1.0 Debuts In New York: Live Photos
Scion has revealed a special edition FR-S at today’s 2014 New York Auto Show. The car is called the Scion FR-S Release Series 1.0 and it will be built in a limited run of just 1,500 examples. ALSO SEE: 2015 Ford Mustang 50 Year Limited Edition Debuts At 2014 New York Auto Show The FR-S...
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Toyota Blurs Games And Reality With GT 86 (Scion FR-S) Telemetry Tool
Racing video games are getting more realistic all the time, but they'll never be a substitute for actually getting out there and getting on track yourself. In recent years, Nissan and Sony have blurred the lines between real racing and driving in the virtual world with the GT Academy...
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Poor Sales Of Toyota GT 86/Scion FR-S Likely To Rule Out New Variants
A senior Toyota official has revealed that poor sales of the GT 86 sports car meant that additional variants, such as the much-hyped convertible and a possible performance version, are likely to be ruled out. Speaking with Auto Express, Toyota’s European R&D boss Gerald Killmann said the...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Scion Adds Luxury To FR-S With Monogram Series
Scion is looking to inject a bit of luxury into its lineup. Not a ton, mind you, but enough to entice a few buyers to step up and snag one of two limited-edition models the automaker is going to offer. It's called the Monogram Series, and it will be available on the Scion FR-S and the tC. We said...
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TMG Announces Plans For Toyota GT 86 Rally Car
Toyota motorsport partner TMG has announced plans to build a rear-wheel-drive rally car based on the Toyota GT 86, the global version of the Scion FR-S. TMG is targeting the FIA’s new R3C rally category, which calls for vehicles with two-wheel drive, normally aspirated engines ranging from...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran