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Sport-Tech 05-09-2012 01:44 AM
Speed TV FR-S review
 
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The new rear-wheel-drive coupe with the boxer engine is nothing less than a game changer, reacquainting us with how fun and agile an affordable car can be, and returning us to a place in the auto-enthusiast firmament where we haven’t been for a long time.
http://automotive.speedtv.com/articl...kles-on-track/

Lonewolf 05-09-2012 01:54 AM
Where the heck did he get his EPA estimates?

Chee-Hu 05-09-2012 02:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Lonewolf (Post 205050)
Where the heck did he get his EPA estimates?
I was asking the same thing.

smbrm 05-09-2012 03:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Lonewolf (Post 205050)
Where the heck did he get his EPA estimates?

Ah, that would be from the EPA!

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Power...-S&srchtyp=ymm

Lonewolf 05-09-2012 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by smbrm (Post 205127)
I think he updated his article. Yesterday, I could have sworn that he had posted much lower numbers for highway mileage.

pete66 05-09-2012 11:36 AM
TRD aero kit looks great! haha

Linseal 05-09-2012 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Lonewolf (Post 205298)
I think he updated his article. Yesterday, I could have sworn that he had posted much lower numbers for highway mileage.
Yeah he did. It was like 23-25 mpg last night.

HotLavaMann 05-09-2012 12:25 PM
auto vs manual
 
This is interesting feedback from the article.. hadn't seen it before:

"we found that highway driving with the automatic was accompanied with some hunting between fifth and sixth gears on the mildest of inclines. Otherwise, the FR-S cruised smoothly and effortlessly, with scant wind or road noise even in these pre-production cars."

Hunting between gears... pretty much all automatics will do this given a moderate incline, but it's interesting that they found the problem bad enough to comment on.

Glad I got the manual (which I pick up tomorrow.. can't wait!).

Draco-REX 05-09-2012 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by HotLavaMan (Post 205373)
This is interesting feedback from the article.. hadn't seen it before:

"we found that highway driving with the automatic was accompanied with some hunting between fifth and sixth gears on the mildest of inclines. Otherwise, the FR-S cruised smoothly and effortlessly, with scant wind or road noise even in these pre-production cars."

Hunting between gears... pretty much all automatics will do this given a moderate incline, but it's interesting that they found the problem bad enough to comment on.

Glad I got the manual (which I pick up tomorrow.. can't wait!).
I'm sure this can be avoided by putting the transmission in Sport or Manual.

tripjammer 05-09-2012 12:39 PM
So 10k units this year and 20k units next year? Is the next years going to be 2014 models? Will they be switching over to the 2014 model year in early January?

Turbowned 05-09-2012 12:41 PM
Wait, SPEED didn't bash it for not being a body-on-frame, carbureted V8-powered, live-axle dragstrip machine? I'm shocked! :eyebulge:


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