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I voted for YES because of several factors:
1- Low horsepower
2- Power is best at peak RPM
3- Lightweight (but not too light - looking at you Elise!)
4- Safety rating
This car is perhaps the best iteration for RWD cars out there right now that is affordable to first time drivers. Its essentially the same price as a low end midsize but you get a car that will teach and educate you without you having to do stupid things. Like most reviewers have said, the limits are low and you can learn to approach the limits without killing yourself.
I drove the family beaters for years before buying my first car - a used 1987 MR2. See the trend? Lightweight RWD. Good way to learn how your back end is supposed to work. Then I moved on to the IS300 which I think would have been much more dangerous had it been my first RWD car due to the amount of torque available down low. In fact, it caught me slightly off guard once when I hit a patch of oil doing a left turn but thankfully I knew how to react appropriately in a public road and didn't get stupid.
I think the FR-S would be ok for a starter car but not the car I would buy for my kid as his first. Do the beater first and learn from that.
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