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Old 07-01-2010, 08:20 PM   #71
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Originally Posted by corbin View Post
Because right now its the performance benchmark. Nothing else comes close to its performance at a reasonable price... GT-R's and Viper's are close in terms of performance but they cost twice as much.
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I think you have the wrong idea of what this car is supposed to be. It will likely be competing with the current Miata and that's about it. If we are lucky it will be track-competitive with a Porsche Cayman (not the 'S' though).
We don't even know the engine configuration yet but I can tell you, like others here, this FR-S is definitely not Toyota's flagship sports car so it's not even safe to compare.

It's a very entry level just like how the '85 GTS was. So maybe WRX, Mazda 3, IS350 territory.
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