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Originally Posted by tripjammer
It's not a Celica! It's a successor to the AE86, which was corolla based. They should have just sold it as a toyota in the states...Toyota 86.
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They're definitely cashing in on the AE86's cult status to hype the car, but really, in terms of size, weight, styling, it's much more a modern version of a 70s or 80s rwd Celica than the AE86. And it's really more a modern S13 240SX than anything else.
But of course it's a lot easier to build hype around AE86 mystique given that the Celica had been fwd (or fwd-base awd) since around 1986 or so.
Anyway, I like "FR-S" better than "Celica" or "GT86" or "BRZ" for this car.
Regarding it being Scion instead of Toyota, the only thing I don't like is there's no factory leather available. I do like the Scion badge about a million times better than Toyota's bumpy/lumpy/dumpy looking badge of ellipses...