Many car enthusiasts have been eagerly watching the collaboration between Toyota and Subaru in regards to the new Scion FR-S. If you have been considering this particular vehicle you know that it is important to consider any 2013 Scion FR-S review. These reviews are written for a reason and can definitely let you know what [...]
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The Toyota Scion tC has two doors, an estimated miles-per-gallon (MPG) rating of 23 in the city and 31 on the highway and has a 180-horsepower engine. However, although the Scion tC is impressive in many ways, one of the most impressive features is the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration five-star safety rating. After all, [...]
As Prius drivers or would-be Prius drivers you will be interested in the comparison with Scion when it comes to the latter’s crash test rating — as good as the Prius, with five stars no less. Where the all-new Scion tC sports coupe got five stars from the The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), [...]
With the introduction tonight of the 2013 Scion FR-S, the triumvirate of oh-so-similar sport coupes born of the joint venture between Toyota and Subaru is complete. The FR-S is what we Americans will get from the Scion brand, as opposed to the Toyota GT 86 that Europeans get and the Subaru-branded BRZ. Believe it or [...]
Remember how the Lexus LFA race car debuted long before we ever saw the final production car? Well, it appears that parent company Toyota is planning to pull a similar stunt with its FT-86 Scion FR-S coupe. Here, we see a racier FR-S prototype being prepped for this weekend’s German VLN race at the Nürburgring. [...]
As if the country of Japan has had enough to deal with over the last several months, the country is now facing a powerful typhoon with winds reaching up to 130 miles per hour. Tokyo Electric Power reports that 575,500 households are without power already, and that number could certainly climb. Japanese automakers are bracing [...]
Believe it or not, we’ve now seen the Toyota FT-86 in some form or another on five different occasions now – and it’s still a concept. The original car was unveiled at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show, we saw the FT-86 II this year at the Geneva Motor Show, along with the chassis and powertrain [...]
The diehards at Club4AG have been patiently waiting for a new generation of sports car from Toyota. It seems one of the sites founding members got a closer look at what’s in store for the production version of the Toyota FT-86 II/Scion FR-S. User Moto-P got the chance to attend a dinner meeting with chief [...]
Scion’s youth focus has served it well in the last nine years, with nearly 80 percent of first-time buyers moving into a Toyota or another Scion when the time comes to trade in. But Toyota is keenly aware that the youth market is retracting, and thus, Scion could be used as an incubator for a [...]
During a recent dealer meeting held by Toyota in Las Vegas, the Japanese automaker reconfirmed that the launch of the Prius V is still on track for this fall, that the Prius C will be headed our way in early 2012 and that the electric RAV4, along with the plug-in Prius, are coming sometime next [...]
