Toyota 86 / Scion FR-S Convertible Roadster confirmed (with photos from Long Beach)

[tranzformer]

Originally Posted by RRnold

Talking about adding water to hot sauce! The couple was already in a league of it's own and now they add a vert.


Hopefully this addition will introduce a hatch as well.

What about a sedan?

Turbo?

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Fancy

^ agree. my brother has an eclipse spyder and its nice to drive sometimes... but as far as owning a convertible... idk if i would want one..

I would buy a targa FOR SURE though..... i always wanted a targa top mkiii supra...

Agreed here. My wife has a Mustang convertible and I love to drive it, but not sure I'd want it to be my daily driver.

I would love a Targa though. I owned an '82 Camaro Z28 with an aftermarket Targa top (think Simon&Simon car for anyone familiar with that) and it was great (well except for the whole body flex thing it introduced).

[maxeveland]

Originally Posted by coop3422

I'm not a convertible guy, but lately I've been thinking having one would be nice.

Ive always felt the same way for a low price, i might get this frs if it comes out next year

[Kunzite]

What about a SUV?

[Snoopyalien24]

Targa top? mmm

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by joel

I would rock that shooting brake (if it stays under 2800 lbs.).

Technically, it's not impossible to make this hatch <2800lbs. I have several ideas to keep it somewhat low lbs (not lower than coupe, but close)

[tachi1247]

Originally Posted by powertrip

In the future there's going to be a lot of these moments, just like how they said there would never be a forced induction version... Seems they might have a case of foot in mouth here. I'm hoping there will be both a drop top and a FI version (either SC or Turbo is ok by me)

This is always the case. That is how they hype people up to buy the car right now. They would have half as many orders right now if they came out and said a 270hp version was coming in August 2013 for an extra $5k or that a convertible version would be here next spring.

They will come out and say thanks to the fantastic engineering and/or new blank blank technology we were able to generate more power via FI without any of the weight or lag penalties that were a concern during the initial design. Same thing with the convertible. Thanks to our reverse hyperbolic bathtub design we were able to maintain all the rigidity of the coupe version with only a minimal amount of reinforcement. It's all marketing.

I'm sure a convertible version will come just to compete against the miata and I'm sure a turbo will be available to compete against the 370z.

[jer305]

I'm not a fan of convertibles but that one looks sharp.

[tripjammer]

Originally Posted by S2kphile

+1

Porsche Boxster too?

370z roadster

BMW Z4

There will be a convertible 86\BRZ\FR-S. Probably in about a year or two.

[Kuzuri]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Agreed here. My wife has a Mustang convertible and I love to drive it, but not sure I'd want it to be my daily driver.

I would love a Targa though. I owned an '82 Camaro Z28 with an aftermarket Targa top (think Simon&Simon car for anyone familiar with that) and it was great (well except for the whole body flex thing it introduced).

its awesome to have another Camaro guy here... My first car was an '84 Z28 with a 350 swap! It was a hardtop but i always wanted t-tops

[RRnold]

Originally Posted by tranzformer

What about a sedan?

Turbo?

A turbo would add some habanero and still partial to a sedan or a vert. Imagine the horror if Toyota released 4dr variants of their previous sports cars; Sports 800, 2000GT, Supra, Corolla and Celica GTS.

I hope they keep the car with minimal variations and not turn it into a 3 series with a couple, sedan, convertible.

[koyv90]

i would much rather have a moon roof, or t top or anything other then a convertible.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Fancy

its awesome to have another Camaro guy here... My first car was an '84 Z28 with a 350 swap! It was a hardtop but i always wanted t-tops

I'm originally from NC where the state tree is a telephone pole with a Camaro wrapped around it so its in my blood!

Camaro is always on my short list, and I love the new one, but I'm relatively short and the sight picture out the windows doesn't work for me. Still, I wouldn't turn down the ZL1 if they gave it to me.

[Kuzuri]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I'm originally from NC where the state tree is a telephone pole with a Camaro wrapped around it so its in my blood!

Camaro is always on my short list, and I love the new one, but I'm relatively short and the sight picture out the windows doesn't work for me. Still, I wouldn't turn down the ZL1 if they gave it to me.

LOL, ill have another Camaro someday... i dont know what year but definitely not a 4th gen... and i knew the ZL1 was going to be sweet, but i saw it in person at the Chi Auto Show and was all like