Video: Chris Harris Gets Behind the Wheel of Toyota GT-86 (Scion FR-S, Subaru BRZ)
Chris Harris has an interesting way of expressing his opinion about every vehicle that he drives. To say the least, he is brutally honest in most cases and sometimes it does not sit well with the manufacturer or die-hard enthusiasts of a particular car. Now comes Chris’ chance spend a good 20 to 30 minutes behind the wheel of the Toyota 86, or aptly known as the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ here in America.
Chris Harris heads to Spain and takes the new Toyota 86 for a flogging. See it in action and what Chris has to say about Toyota’s new sports coupe in the video below.
Video: Side-By-Side Toyota 86 Epic Drift Battle Action
Ever since the final conception of the new Toyota 86, aka Scion FR-S or Subaru BRZ, tuners and true automotive enthusiasts have placed their crosshairs on this new inexpensive sports car waiting to see what it is truly capable of. It is no doubt that the new “86”, FR-S or BRZ has quite a bit of potential for tuners, but what about those who are serious about drifting?
The new Scion FR-S, Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ were designed with the heart of the infamous AE86 Corolla at hand. Because of that, there should be no problem when it comes to going sideways in the new Toyota sports car even in stock form, as the video below demonstrates. The guys taking the Toyota 86 sideways take it a step further by drifting side-by-side another Toyota 86 in this epic drifting battle video below. Enjoy!
‘First 86′ Lets You Take Early Delivery Of A Scion FR-S. Maybe.
January 11, 2012 by Kurt Ernst
Filed under Automotive, Scion
If your local Scion dealer is about to hit you with a restraining order for bugging him about Scion FR-S availability, here’s some good news: Scion wants to give 86 fans the ability to take early delivery of its FR-S sport coupe. While all the fine print has yet to be inked, here’s what we know about how the “First 86” program will work. Read more…
Video: Turbo Scion FR-S Caught Drifting at Laguna Seca
January 4, 2012 by Darryl
Filed under Automotive, Motorsport, Scion, Subaru, Toyota, Video
It is a rather inevitable that we would see the new Scion FR-S, along side of the Subaru BRZ, on the Formula Drift circuits burning up the rear tires. Considering that most Formula D vehicles have a substantial amount of power, the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ’s powerplant in its stock form just isn’t going to suffice when it comes to competitive drifting. Motor Trend seems to have captured the Scion FR-S in a turbocharged flavor making rounds at Laguna Seca by what is speculated to be the Scion drift team.
It’s Official: The U.S. Is Getting The Scion FR-S
December 1, 2011 by Kurt Ernst
Filed under Automotive, News, Scion
The 2013 Scion FR-S. Image: Toyota
By now you’ve seen enough pictures and video of the 2013 Toyota FT 86 / GT 86 and Subaru BRZ to know that there aren’t a lot of differences in styling or specifications between the various brands. Get set to add one more (nearly) identical car to the list, in the form of the Scion FR-S. As we suspected, Scion will use the FR-S to grow sales (and brand awareness) in the United States, which means that you won’t be buying a Toyota FT-86 on these shores. Read more…
2011 Scion tC Review & Test Drive
August 18, 2011 by Harvey Schwartz
Filed under Automotive, Featured, Scion, Test Drives
‘NO BUCKET OF CEMENT’
I just finished testing and photographing the all-new 2011 Scion tC sports coupe painted in the new ‘Cement’ color and had to laugh when I first looked at the Scion tag with the key and read that the color was the new ‘Cement’. The all-new Scion tC sure is no bucket of cement although the light gray or silver color does look like newly laid cement on a sidewalk.
2012 Scion iQ Priced From $16k; Will Personality Help Sell It?
July 20, 2011 by Kurt Ernst
Filed under Automotive, News, Scion
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The 2012 Scion iQ. Image: Toyota
On paper, the specs for Scion’s new minicar, the iQ, don’t seem all that impressive. It delivers decent fuel economy (37 mpg combined), but it’s not that much better than the similarly priced Ford Fiesta, which is imminently more practical. It’s not even close to the lowest priced car on the market, since the new Nissan Versa sedan undercuts it by $5,000 in base trim. It comes well equipped, but so does the new Hyundai Accent, which costs just a few hundred dollars more in range-topping SE trim. Sure, the 2012 Scion iQ is small enough to make a Mini seem like an SUV and it’s got the whole cute thing going for it, but will novelty be enough to sell units? Read more…
Scion FR-S Concept (Toyota FT-86 Transformed ‘again’) Walk-Around Videos
April 21, 2011 by Malcolm Hogan
Filed under Automotive, Scion, Toyota, Video
The 2011 New York Auto Show has brought us some interesting vehicles, one of them being the Scion FR-S concept which is an evolution of the Toyota FT-86 that we first saw just before the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show. Since then, Toyota has tweaked the design over and over making us enthusiasts truly impatient and ready to see this bad-boy on the road finally. Two new walk-around-videos have been released showing many of the highlighted design cues of the new Scion FR-S concept. If the production version is anything like what we see here, then Toyota may have a winner in my book. Please don’t fu*k this up Toyota! Enjoy the videos below!
