Epic FR-S 86 test drive: racetrack, drift & dash from Barcelona to Budapest
 

Hello guys, I thought your community may like this rather in-depth video we've made about the FR-S.

We've been shooting from dawn till dusk for four days, taking the Toyota GT86 (which you'll lovingly call Scion FR-S) from Barcelona to Budapest, via the most sinuous roads possible. Then we've spent another day filming it on a racetrack in Hungary, pitching it against my angry AE86 race car. Then we've spent the best part of three weeks editing the footage, till we've learnt to hate every single frame of it. I think it's the most beautiful film we've ever made. It must be, because the FR-S is a hugely important car.

Not because it's cheap and tail-happy. Neither of those traits are evident at first. The FR-S is important because this is the car your kids will rice and race to oblivion, learning to heal-and-toe and oversteer the last drops of whatever petrol-replacement cars will be burning a decade from now. This is likely to be the sports car of the last driving generation, so take your time to get to know it. Resist the temptation to skip to the second half with all the hoonage. Please lean back and enjoy. Feel free to share it on.

Disclaimer: My spoken English is rather worse than my opposite lock, so please excuse me for any difficulties in understanding my words. With practice, both shall improve.


(conspiration: should the video fail to play on YT, here it is on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/omgvisuals/gt86)

I gave you a thanks and great work! I was at the 2012 Monaco GP stayed in Nice so that footage was awesome for me :) Be prepared for some grief about driving like that on public roads although it looks like you were very careful about having no other traffic around.

Continue doing what you do man~! I've been following your videos for some time now. I love the review. The video editing and music are top notch. The scenery is also amazing.

Great video!!

Congrats!!

I know most of the road that you got through, when I saw German Bahn I think you are going to the Nurburgring :)

Loved the video, thanks for making it! Lots of fantastic imagery.

I think that is the best video of the gt86 yet, i love it and it gave me butterflies no lies!
Great work really

Wow. Simply wow. This video is a piece of art.

It's like if Top Gear decided to do an GT-86 special.

This video gave me goose bumps and I'm now goin' in my FR-S to burn some gaz.

You've done crazy job.

Great video and good job on your soundtrack selection.

That was pure excellence!

Makes my 8 month wait even longer!

:clap: Bravo! Bravo! :clap: Enjoyed every minute of it.

The comments, my eyes, they bleed

Loved the vid. Can't wait to get my car in October. Sucks waiting.

Great video, I only wished I could drive some of those roads.

jdm looks ftw