Call it a GT86 or FR-S?
 

Just curious, when people ask you what kind of car you have or you're talking about your car, do you call it a Toyota GT86 or a Scion FR-S?

Sometimes I feel so stupid calling it a Scion, even though thats what it is. It just seems like it doesn't do it justice...

FR-S.....

"The eight-six" or "FR-S".

If I called it a GT86 I would just start getting people confused.

86 just because i love the ae86

An FR-S...just makes it easier...and if you know any true car enthusiasts they the know the story behind the collaboration so it shouldn't matter

GT86 because it confuses people. That is why I have Toyota emblems on it.

Frs to because that's what it is.

Noone around here knows what an FRS is (most don't know who makes scion, either), and calling it an 86 wouldn't help things. I might rebadge it just to add to the confusion

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This car is the Toyota 86. In other parts of the world other than Japan it's branded as the gt-86 or fr-s (assuming we're excluding Subaru in which the brz is also a branding of the 86. So you should actually have the fr-s or Toyota 86 as a poll option, not the gt-86.

And I tell them it's the 86, but for american Toyota branded it as a scion.

Toyota really should have just kept to the 86 worldwide. Don't know why there's an 86 and a GT86.

FR-S. That's what it says on the birth certificate, that's what it says in the ad, that's what it says at the dealer, that's what it says on Toyota's website, damn it. :)

I understand the desire to feel different and/or exclusive but it's still an FR-S.

FR-S. That's what it says on the birth certificate, that's what it says in the ad, that's what it says at the dealer, that's what it says on Toyota's website, damn it. :)

I understand the desire to feel different and/or exclusive but it's still an FR-S.

I bet people in the other parts of the world wish they had an FR-S. It's always better to be in the minority and have something nobody else does.

What about this car is so attractive to insecure people? I call mine a "Scion FR-S". Gearheads know what it is, and if a non-gearhead is curious about the car they get the story. If it's a really hot woman, I call it a Gumpert FRBZ-SR1000R.

Toyota GT86 because I refuse to call it a Scion. I did for the first week and people made faces or said something like "one of those cube things?" :barf: Face it, this is what the Scion brand has become.

So I don't care if people are confused. I prefer to call it a Toyota GT86 even if they don't know what it is. And yes, I have all the correct badges to justify it.

Scion FR-S to random people that ask about it. When I'm talking to my wife or friends, I just say the Toyota or 86.

Example: "let's take the Toyota/86 tonight"

You still have a Subaru. Exhibit A, I guess, of SIS (Scion Insecurity Syndrome) in a bad way.

If you didn't buy an 86 overseas, you own a Scion. There's no two ways about it. Calling it anything else is just lying or being a poser (and about something really stupid to boot). Taking a one-off suit with a different label and sewing an Yves St. Laurent tag on it doesn't make it authentic, even if it did come from the same factory and is the same material.

Subaru? Ok, well anyway... I don't care about the Scion Inferiority Syndrome. Toyota GT86 is what the car is everywhere else in the world. We call it an FT86/86/GT86 when we discuss it any other time and I just carry that simplicity over. The 86 branding on the car makes that an easy fix. If you are a car guy, you know what I and others mean when we say we drive a GT86. Everyone else who aren't car people aren't gonna bother to care or look it up. And if they did they would still get pics of the same car I'm driving.

In other markets there are different spec models.

In NZ the base model is the '86' - which is the FRS, and then there's the GT86 with 17" wheels, HID lights, Climate control etc.

I think the UK only get the GT86 and Aussy get both, but call the GT86 an 86GTS.

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When people ask I say it's a Scion FR-S. 95% of them have the same question, "what's a scion!". A Toyota made brand....ohhhh Toyota, nice car! :)

When someone asks me this they better be prepared for a history lesson. I simply start by saying "It depends where you buy it." If they follow up with what do you mean, I unleash the whole history of the car. Otherwise I just "A Scion".

We call it the 86 to refer to the car, however just to complicate matters, the base model is 86 GT, not just 86. Upper spec as you've said, 86 GTS. I think in Japan the top spec is the 86 GT Limited. Good job Toyota marketing.

I call mine a 86. Because it is an 86. People ask me what it is and I tell them its an 86. They still have no idea what I'm on about.
If I had a FR-S, I'd call it that
If I had a BRZ, I'd call it that


Not to mention that on the Australian cars there is nothing to say what kind of car it is.
All there is on the back is a Toyota logo, TOYOTA written out. The only indication its an 86 is the emblem on the sides, which to be honest still doesn't explain it.

Do you people who call your fr-s a 86 tell the parts department person at autozone/pep boys that its a toyota 86?

If you do, why are you wasting the persons time?

I call it a Scion FR-S. the fact that it's a Scion doesn't bother me. People who know about it already know about the branding and the GT86 story, and for those that don't know, I don't bother expanding on it any further because just like the saying goes "if I have to explain it, you wouldn't understand anyway"

What's on your registration? Then that's what you have. Pretty simple.

Wish they kept it an 86 only for the sake of consistency

Other than that, they coulda called it tooty fruity for all I care...it's a beautiful car:)

In that case I have a Toyota GT86. Pretty sure it says Toyota and not Scion.

Your registration is (should be) done by your VIN, so I find that interesting.

Registration says Toyota Scion FR-S, at least for me.

GT86 even though my car is registered as a "86 GT"

Same. NC didn't have Scion FR-S as an option when I registered it.

I'd say you should call it by whatever badge originally came on the car. if folks have a limited or negative perception of the scion name (bread box cars), telling them it's a scion FR-S is your chance to change that person's perception to a more positive one.

I like to call it the 86.

Toyota FR-S! an FR-S? Yup!, it means Front engine Rear wheel drive - Scion! -_-" I just got myself more confused! I'll just say it's and FRS by Toyota and sold through Scion.

I usually just call any of them the "86" it's easier to say, and it encompasses all 3

i like to call it FR-S

Illinois' registration process must be entirely different then, mine was registered at the dealer and I had the first one back last June. Either way, I stick with my original comment. It'll always be Scion, regardless of what's stuck on the outside of it.

Just call it what it is. No one cares what its called overseas....

People who know the history of the car knows what it is. People who don't, don't. I guess Scion's reputation is tarnished somewhat in the States, but here in Canada i'm pretty sure most people have no idea what Scion is.