Breaking: standard Scion FR-S / Toyota FT-86 model and aero kits revealed

[mkxr]

Originally Posted by BronxBomber13

Sorry about the giant size...found this interior shot online somewhere.

This is from one of the magazine test drives.

The driver looks very serious and concentrated for someone taking a turn at 2400rpm.
The 86 emblem in the steering wheel I like, it's also an easy way for them to keep it standard between toyota and scion, fewer changes = cheaper manufacturing.

[Slick]

Originally Posted by tranzformer

Don't forget to throw down a old sheet on the seats first.

Yup, I'm old hat at this. I have tire covers too.

[Slick]

Btw, there is a 3 below the 46 km/h readout. 3rd gear?

So 2400 in 3rd gear = 46 km/h? Makes sense.

I would expect a current gear indicator in the auto version but this is clearly the 6-speed. if so, cool.

Originally Posted by mkxr

The driver looks very serious and concentrated for someone taking a turn at 2400rpm.
The 86 emblem in the steering wheel I like, it's also an easy way for them to keep it standard between toyota and scion, fewer changes = cheaper manufacturing.

[MiguelAE86]

If anyone is wondering where the picture came from, i found it!

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-reviews...aspx?im=470713

[tranzformer]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

LOL was talking some member here

The original person was on NASIOC and that got reposted here. They were at the Subaru dealers event in Chicago and were taken to a backroom and shown pictures of production version. Then someone reposted that comment here.

[NikostC]

The tail lights don't look as bad as some people are saying. But these renders look pretty spot on, especially since they have the interior photos. I dont really like the car door guard on the modelista model tho....

[mkxr]

Originally Posted by Slick

Btw, there is a 3 below the 46 km/h readout. 3rd gear?

So 2400 in 3rd gear = 46 km/h? Makes sense.

I would expect a current gear indicator in the auto version but this is clearly the 6-speed. if so, cool.

Indeed, that would be a nice touch. Even though once you get to know the car, you feel what gear you are in so you won't mis-shift, but a nice touch nonetheless.
The joke I was making though was that at 2400rpm, and especially in 3rd gear, you have little to no power. It looks more like a lazy Sunday drive than a proper test drive.

I hope that Toyota will have proper test drive events for this car. After all, how well can you get to know the car with a sales person sitting right next to you.

[madfast]

Originally Posted by rL-gT

Loving the vehicle.

As for the tails... Cover em with a light smoke vinyl?

everyone's first mod

Originally Posted by ryangt

All I know is I am glad to see the postion of the head rest. From the interior shorts of the Modellista model with the forward pointing headrest i was nervous cause those are uncomfortable (for me at least) but with the interior shot from the tests those look so much better.

it could just be that he is more reclined?

anyone notice the column is kinda flush with the dash? doesnt look like the steering wheel is telescoping...

[KevinDuMa]

Originally Posted by madfast

everyone's first mod



it could just be that he is more reclined?

anyone notice the column is kinda flush with the dash? doesnt look like the steering wheel is telescoping...

Well this pic was taken from Autocar's test drive in May so headrest could differ because they changed it? I hope we don't get the headrest from the Modellista brochure either...

[Giccin]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

3rd page is optional aero kits, so I didn't translate it, sorry. Kits name is Garnish kits (left is Type-A, right is Type-B)



ah... I have a big headach. I shouldn't of went to party tonight...

Hachi asked me if I could translate. I sat here reading a little bit and saw hard Kanji. Lol My translations would've been so much worse compared to you. haha. >_<

[Snoopyalien24]

Originally Posted by R_E_L

in this pic the brochure names the car at the bottom as a toyota 2000gt (obviously) and i notice that while the first half is cut off, you can make out that it says 'sports' below the pic for the FT-86. could this be a hint at the name of the car?

if we assume this was a purposeful leak by toyota it wouldnt be too surprising if they cut off just enough of the name from the pic.

anyone else (who has better japanese lol) able to make out any signs of the cars name?

Toyota 2000gt is an old car from the 70s I think (someone help me out) with a limited number of production models

[Mute]

First time posting on this forum, but I gotta say the back lights just ruin it for me. Hopefully an aftermarket taillight will be made to replace it but with it sticking out so far all I can think of is walking out of my apartment to find someone using my taillight as a coaster for their beer...

[Marrk]

I hope the car makes a better impression in person.

As it appears, the silhouette looks to my eye like the lines of your basic 350z/370z. Which is to say: a fastback jelly bean. ("Fastback"? Anyone remember the '60s? ) What happened to "a small Maserati"? Relegated to the dustbin of prototype sketches, one imagines. Also, I would point out (again) that the height of the front hood looks rather tall. Maybe it's not in real life, however.

[Solrac]

Originally Posted by tranzformer

The original person was on NASIOC and that got reposted here. They were at the Subaru dealers event in Chicago and were taken to a backroom and shown pictures of production version. Then someone reposted that comment here.

I remember that. The guys said that the BRZ looked like a mini-maseratti. My concern is that the FR-S kinda looks like a mini-maseratti so I hope they don't look too similar.