[SirBrass]

The 86 is also a "not-your-usual-me-too" car either. It sort of fits. Scion is Toyota's "youth" brand, and the demographic they're selling the car to fits their Scion demographic as well.

Not that I entirely agree, but seen from Toyota's perspective it makes logical sense.

Thing is, the complaint about sales is being made on Toyota-badged GT86's in Europe. From what I understand, the FR-S is hitting the sales numbers just fine here in North America.

What I do NOT understand is why the rest of the world's GT86's and BRZ's get exhaust tips to match the valences, while North America FR-S's and BRZ's get these dinky exhaust tips. It's not that the axlebacks are different (they're not), just the tips. Why have an entirely different cosmetic part just for one part of the world? And one that absolutely uglifies the car for no legal reason (unlike the orange sidemarkers, which are ugly as hell on these cars but are there b/c of Federal regulations here in the US).