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Old 05-16-2011, 01:11 PM   #71
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Front brake rotors are something like 11.25" or 286mm Dual piston slider calipers are better than one but not very exciting.

Anyone else see what looks to be front headlight washers [the square covers below the headlights]. Also fog lights in the outer bumper polygons with the turn signals, and [gasp] LED DRL's in headlight cluster. Looks to be a projector beam headlight

Also note the mini shark-fin antenna on the roof; no stupid whip antenna!
I think those have been legally required on new cars in europe for a while now. Judging by the plate, that's probably where these pics were taken.
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You drive a Corvette. Why are you even interested in this car? What did you expect from it?
I expected a car that looked amazing, that I could dump a ton of money into to make it fast. Unfortunately they butchered the car. I forgot that it was toyota/scion, I should've known better
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Old 05-16-2011, 01:13 PM   #74
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Looks like I'll be getting the 2012 gen coupe. I hope the scion version looks better.
i just hope that's the toyota version and not the scion's! cuz it looks dul as water. if not then im +1 with your comment.
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I expected a car that looked amazing, that I could dump a ton of money into to make it fast. Unfortunately they butchered the car. I forgot that it was toyota/scion, I should've known better
Why don't you just keep your Z06 then? The FR-S will never be a straight-line car [DUH!]. It'd be like buying a Miata and expecting to kill at the dragstrip.
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Is it just me or does it look similar to an Infiniti g35 coupe?
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Why don't you just keep your Z06 then? The FR-S will never be a straight-line car [DUH!]. It'd be like buying a Miata and expecting to kill at the dragstrip.

Yup. If you are going to "dump a ton of money into a car to make it fast" why not just throw a twin turbo kit on a Z06 and get +700hp out of it.
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Why don't you just keep your Z06 then? The FR-S will never be a straight-line car [DUH!]. It'd be like buying a Miata and expecting to kill at the dragstrip.
I had no intentions on getting rid of it and if you're implying the z06 is a straight line car, well lol, please do some research
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i just hope that's the toyota version and not the scion's! cuz it looks dul as water. if not then im +1 with your comment.
This actually brings up a good point. Scion might be bringing out a more aggressive/"stylized" version of the car than Toyota because of Scion's "image". If that's the case, then the car coming out as a Scion is only good news. But of course, this is probably more of a hope than actual prediction.

What I love about the FR-S is the wide/aggressive fenders and shallower roof line.
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It's certainly toned down from the concepts - but they even said at the auto show that the concept represented what an owner might do to mod this car - so everyone should pretty much expect a "blank slate" with good engineering under it so you can modify the cosmetics to taste with aftermarket. That said, I hope the final production version has *some* pizazz to it - maybe a "sport appearance package" with ground effects or something - so we don't have to wait for aftermarket support (poor fitting issues, etc).
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Yup. If you are going to "dump a ton of money into a car to make it fast" why not just throw a twin turbo kit on a Z06 and get +700hp out of it.
Because it's already quick enough. 200 doesn't quite cut it though
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I had no intentions on getting rid of it and if you're implying the z06 is a straight line car, well lol, please do some research
It is compared to my Lotus. Do work yourself.
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