Scion FR-S Turbo Hybrid coming?

[campy]

Originally Posted by Turbo95eg6

lol reminds me of when I went into a certain Subaru dealership in August trying to preorder a 2014... They said Subaru hasn't released that there will even be a 2014 model, trying to make me look stupid. Went to different reputable Subaru dealer and went ahead with the preorder.

Dealerships may have very well not heard anything about 2014 models, which is why the first one didn't want to promise to sell you one. After all, a rwd sports car is probably a hard sale for the usual person who wanders in to a Subaru dealership.

The second one probably just wanted to get your signature on a contract before you went somewhere else. Hard to say which dealership is the bad guy and which one was being honest.

[Ammunition]

When I was ready to purchase my car back in August of this year the dealership didn't even have pricing information about the 2014's available (that were supposed to be arriving at the dealerships in less than a month at that point).

I also e-mailed my salesman earlier in September asking him about the touchscreen that was to be standard on all of the 2014 models, and I linked him to the information about it from Scion's website, and he replied to me thanking me for the link, and saying that he hadn't yet heard about that (and this feature was suppsoed to be standard on all 2014 Scion models), but would try to look into it for me.

That being said, I would take anything that a dealership says with a grain of salt. Honestly at times they seem to be almost appallingly uninformed with regards to information about the vehicle's they're selling.

I don't think they're unaware that a lot of people would like get more power out of this car, so it wouldn't surprise me if they came out with a model that offered that sooner or later, but I think it's safe to say that it would come with a significant if not steep increase in the price tag - which I think is one of the things that makes this car appealing, and accessible to a lot of people.

We'll see!

[drewbot]

If something isn't around the corner for 2015, well, it'd be pretty disappointing to have basically three years without some sort of refresh.

[taylork057]

scion/toyota/subaru have repeatedly said they were not turbocharging it. It would compete against their other turbocharged models (subaru, and they're the ones who build it, so what they say goes)

[the new guy]

And my dealer said a more powerful engine isn't coming because of a supra remake...lol

Take everything with a grain of salt

[Rio]

This post reminds me of all of the rumors at the Mazda dealers of an RX7/9 come back since 2001.

[Turbo95eg6]

Originally Posted by drewbot

If something isn't around the corner for 2015, well, it'd be pretty disappointing to have basically three years without some sort of refresh.

A minor refresh would be nice. I myself would like to enjoy my car a couple more years before considering a model upgrade... Maybe something along the lines of a third generation BRZ.

[gutbomb]

Originally Posted by Ammunition

When I was ready to purchase my car back in August of this year the dealership didn't even have pricing information about the 2014's available (that were supposed to be arriving at the dealerships in less than a month at that point).

I also e-mailed my salesman earlier in September asking him about the touchscreen that was to be standard on all of the 2014 models, and I linked him to the information about it from Scion's website, and he replied to me thanking me for the link, and saying that he hadn't yet heard about that (and this feature was suppsoed to be standard on all 2014 Scion models), but would try to look into it for me.

That being said, I would take anything that a dealership says with a grain of salt. Honestly at times they seem to be almost appallingly uninformed with regards to information about the vehicle's they're selling.

I don't think they're unaware that a lot of people would like get more power out of this car, so it wouldn't surprise me if they came out with a model that offered that sooner or later, but I think it's safe to say that it would come with a significant if not steep increase in the price tag - which I think is one of the things that makes this car appealing, and accessible to a lot of people.

We'll see!

Mostly sounds like the guy was trying to get you to buy a 2013 instead of waiting for a 2014.

[Ammunition]

Originally Posted by gutbomb

Mostly sounds like the guy was trying to get you to buy a 2013 instead of waiting for a 2014.

I don't think so - I had already put down a deposit on my 2014 that was coming in. I actually wanted a 2013, but that late into August they could only locate 1 car with the specifications I wanted, and it was across the country - an FR-S in asphalt, AT, no spoiler.

[reni]

The job of dealerships is moving the cars currently being rolled off the assembly line, not making customers want to wait for some hypothetical future model which might never exist.

Manufacturers don't tell anything to dealers about their future plans that haven't been officially announced, to do so would be shooting themselves in the foot.

[Mikem53]

Originally Posted by kosoku

I somewhat agree with this.

I'm a dealership employee. Half the stuff we see or hear is no more different from what the general public sees or hears. Now if you get some information from a Corporate employee I would be more interested in that.

8 months ago the dealership told me they had the real HPFP fix and to bring my car in. Glad I didn't bother..

[R3d]

Originally Posted by Shutter

dealership "employee's" seem to have a skewed view of reality...and/or the way they perceive things.

I wouldn't waste one second on what a car salesman/dealership employee says

being that im a car sales man, im gonna say listen to this guy.

[Ocala FR-S]

Don't believe it. There is a guy that hangs out at the local coffee shop next to the dealer here and he has it on good authority that this is only 92.7% confirmed.

[protpibe]

Ive worked for a Toyota dealer for almost 10 Years and I know a lot of people at the corporate level. From random conversations I've had, I would not count on any of what was originally posted.

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