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Jyn · 01-12-2015, 04:44 PM

I know, another "twins forced induction rumors" thread, but I think there's some interesting insight from the VP of Scion.
Taken from http://jalopnik.com/will-we-ever-see...ore-1679026612

macanamera
Will we ever see a forced induction, or otherwise more powerful, FR-S?

Doug Murthamacanamera
There is no plan for a factory forced-induction version. No significant power changes in the short order. There will be a mid-cycle change to the product, but in terms of changing powertrain classes that's not in the works as much as we'd like it to be.

But in another comment thread:
http://jalopnik.com/i-think-that-a-l...-as-1679025918

ReforMatt
I think that a lot of people would like to see Scion as a more performance oriented brand or at least offer some more performance oriented options. Currently the FRS is the only sporty car that Toyota/Scion is building, and so my question is what are your thoughts on this as well as thoughts about turbocharging cars since Toyota/Scion do not seem to believe in using them while many of the other companies are embracing them throughout their range.

Thanks!

Doug Murtha
We're not going to move the entire lineup in that direction. Am I extremely happy to have a car like the FR-S? Yes. Is there more we can do? Either with FR-S or down the road? Absolutely. Do we have something fundamentally against forced induction? Not at all. That's something we really need to resolve with the engineers.

There are some affordability issues, but we're emboldened with the success of selling a $26,000 Scion so we're open to doing more in that space and open to forced induction.

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So while there isn't any official word of a stock F/I platform for the 86 (kinda glad for that), Scion seems to be open to the concept of putting it on some of their later offerings. With the way other manufacturers are using using F/I now (although more for economy/MPG use cases), and Scion being the "fun" brand, hopefully they'd push more towards the power side?

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Jyn Noob Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: FR-S Mammogram Location: Austin Posts: 1,594 Thanks: 577 Thanked 888 Times in 485 Posts Mentioned: 24 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Scion VP on Jalopnik I know, another "twins forced induction rumors" thread, but I think there's some interesting insight from the VP of Scion. Taken from http://jalopnik.com/will-we-ever-see...ore-1679026612 macanamera Will we ever see a forced induction, or otherwise more powerful, FR-S? Doug Murthamacanamera There is no plan for a factory forced-induction version. No significant power changes in the short order. There will be a mid-cycle change to the product, but in terms of changing powertrain classes that's not in the works as much as we'd like it to be. But in another comment thread: http://jalopnik.com/i-think-that-a-l...-as-1679025918 ReforMatt I think that a lot of people would like to see Scion as a more performance oriented brand or at least offer some more performance oriented options. Currently the FRS is the only sporty car that Toyota/Scion is building, and so my question is what are your thoughts on this as well as thoughts about turbocharging cars since Toyota/Scion do not seem to believe in using them while many of the other companies are embracing them throughout their range. Thanks! Doug Murtha We're not going to move the entire lineup in that direction. Am I extremely happy to have a car like the FR-S? Yes. Is there more we can do? Either with FR-S or down the road? Absolutely. Do we have something fundamentally against forced induction? Not at all. That's something we really need to resolve with the engineers. There are some affordability issues, but we're emboldened with the success of selling a $26,000 Scion so we're open to doing more in that space and open to forced induction. ------------ So while there isn't any official word of a stock F/I platform for the 86 (kinda glad for that), Scion seems to be open to the concept of putting it on some of their later offerings. With the way other manufacturers are using using F/I now (although more for economy/MPG use cases), and Scion being the "fun" brand, hopefully they'd push more towards the power side? __________________ :@ChaoyD Last edited by Jyn; 01-12-2015 at 05:35 PM.