CDN vs US FR-S differences

[colHolm]

Originally Posted by bneale

I still believe they will be black because if they photoshopped the colors black, WHY?? Why would they do this other then if it was not to mislead the consumers.

What if they photoshopped them black based on incorrect information, or a wrong interpretation of information? They might have been thinking they were acting in the best interests of the consumer, to show the car as they believed it would be produced...

[bneale]

Originally Posted by KatHawkDown

Lol. That was great.

I've heard the US version comes with a belt buckle the size of a 10 gallon hat embossed with the "86" logo.

bneale

[bneale]

Originally Posted by colHolm

What if they photoshopped them black based on incorrect information, or a wrong interpretation of information? They might have been thinking they were acting in the best interests of the consumer, to show the car as they believed it would be produced...

The chances of that being true is not very likely. I doubt very much that the reps at both the Autoshow in Toronto and the Autoshow in Vancouver would say the exact same things without the source info being legit. I really doubt that the information used was incorrect.

There's too many people from Scion saying the same thing. The chances are slim to me that the info is wrong.

bneale

[Longhorn248]

Originally Posted by bneale

I've heard the US version comes with a belt buckle the size of a 10 gallon hat embossed with the "86" logo.

bneale

I think that's the Texas edition FR-S

[Dimman]

Originally Posted by Scion FR-S

But I am sure I could get used to them. I've found that even car features I first think are hideous (front end of the new GC for example) often start to look better over time.

Issue I can think of is the mis-match potential between exterior and interior colours. Personally I only tolerate red interior bits on monochrome colours (white, silver, gray, black). And that's tolerate. I want a silver car with an all black interior.

[Sport-Tech]

Originally Posted by Dimman

Issue I can think of is the mis-match potential between exterior and interior colours. Personally I only tolerate red interior bits on monochrome colours (white, silver, gray, black). And that's tolerate. I want a silver car with an all black interior.

Completely agree - that concern had been off my radar as I have already decided on SWP, but with orange or even blue, not good at all. Silver shouldn't be too bad. But really the red is the only color it fully suits provided it is colour-matched.

[bneale]

Originally Posted by Scion FR-S

Completely agree - that concern had been off my radar as I have already decided on SWP, but with orange or even blue, not good at all. Silver shouldn't be too bad. But really the red is the only color it fully suits provided it is colour-matched.

There is a joke somewhere in here about Canadian's having better taste. But then I remembered this guy:



bneale

[Ikaros]

lol he's too awesome to care about what others think of him

[Jeff Lange]

I have said before and still believe Canada and the USA will have the same seats, with the red accents. The part numbers are the same, the pictures were preproduction/photoshopped for the Canadian website and mistakes were made/information wasn't 100% correct.

Once it shows up at your dealer, you'll see the red .

(Or if they use actual pictures on the Scion.ca website soon)

Jeff

[Dimman]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lange

I have said before and still believe Canada and the USA will have the same seats, with the red accents. The part numbers are the same, the pictures were preproduction/photoshopped for the Canadian website and mistakes were made/information wasn't 100% correct.

Once it shows up at your dealer, you'll see the red .

(Or if they use actual pictures on the Scion.ca website soon)

Jeff

They Scion rep that I talked to was very firm about the no red.

[Jeff Lange]

Well you've got colHolm (who works for Toyota Canada, IIRC), and myself who has access to the parts catalog as well saying that it's going to have the red, versus some guy at a car show.

Meh. I don't put much faith in the information "reps" have at car shows.

Jeff

[Dimman]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lange

Well you've got colHolm (who works for Toyota Canada, IIRC), and myself who has access to the parts catalog as well saying that it's going to have the red, versus some guy at a car show.

Meh. I don't put much faith in the information "reps" have at car shows.

Jeff

He seemed to be just the FR-S's 'handler' and was filling in and correcting the local sales guys about the details. Like I said, he was very firm about it.


I'm crossing my fingers for all black...

[Jehuty77]

I was at the VIP event in Toronto.

Sorry but whats confusing on the video i posted? i didnt think it was vague at all regarding Red stiching.
http://youtu.be/fyWNZduFIMs?t=5m28s

Maybe things have changed but the official word was no red stitching.

[Saibot]

Originally Posted by colHolm

What if they photoshopped them black based on incorrect information, or a wrong interpretation of information? They might have been thinking they were acting in the best interests of the consumer, to show the car as they believed it would be produced...

Respect the word of the ALL MIGHTY colHolm!

[Arthur]

Things have changed since the autoshows, that's what we're trying to tell you guys!

[Dimman]

Originally Posted by Arthur

Things have changed since the autoshows, that's what we're trying to tell you guys!

Since Sunday?

[Saibot]

one question from me

Is there auto throttle blip when you downshift? I think i read no, but there was no definate answer...

[Sport-Tech]

Originally Posted by Saibot

one question from me

Is there auto throttle blip when you downshift? I think i read no, but there was no definate answer...

Yes on the auto, no on the manual.

[Sport-Tech]

Originally Posted by Dimman

Since Sunday?

One factor suggesting that the seats will be all-black is that those photos of black seats have been up at Scion.ca for weeks now. If this was an error, surely Scion folks would have caught and fixed it by now. When they accidentally posted the price a few days in advance of the public release they had it down within a day or two.

[Sasquachulator]

Eh the black stitching doesnt bother me at all (my car has black stitching...(actually its more dark grey than black) on the leather wrapped wheel and shift boot)
I just like the color contrast the stitching gives to th interior. breaks up the monochrome blackness of a black interior. Its how i like having some silver colored trim here and there as long as it doesnt look like an out of place tacked on piece of crap.
and my seats have dark blue colored inserts :P

[colHolm]

Originally Posted by Saibot

Respect the word of the ALL MIGHTY colHolm!

I was offering up a hypothetical scenario ...

That being said, we won't have to wait too much longer to see if the Canadian-spec production units have the red accents.

[mankarn86]

Originally Posted by colHolm

I was offering up a hypothetical scenario ...

That being said, we won't have to wait too much longer to see if the Canadian-spec production units have the red accents.

Guys,

How many photos have we seen of the car, from reviews, to shows, to test drives, to spottings at HQ....every real life photo of this car has Red accents. I just can't see scion scrapping it for Canada...doesn't make a lot of sense. And if you look closely to the flash "360" FRS on the canadian website it has red accents.

Beneale...what I meant by obvious reasons is that som e people can't give their sources away and jepordize their jobs for conflict of interest.