Scion 10 series FR-S Limited Edition Announced

[GT 86 Brah]

Originally Posted by bestwheelbase

"Solar-charged illuminating shift knob." Oh you mean glow-in-the-dark. I am really at a loss for words.

HID headlamps are nice, but this tacky light-up emblem thing is lame. LAME.

holy phuk a SOLAR CHARGED shift knob. that means its gonna be force inducted which means itll spool up when you shift and youll shift faster! where do i get one?

[Sport-Tech]

Originally Posted by Quentin

Some kid that they pay $12/hr to update the website missing an item kills your confidence in the company?

Shows a sloppy QA ethic when they don't even have someone check over a major release site update before going live with it. This kind of cost-cutting is something you'd expect from a Chinese car company - makes Scion look third-rate.

[HunterGreene]

Originally Posted by Saber_TRD

Yeah, Scion pissing me off again with this, I knew this was going to happen with the release series. They're forcing a single colour too and keeping the fog lights and other goodies but they put in these crap light up logos, dash, and shift knob? I. Hate. Scion.



Minus fog lights, no mention of leather, heated, seats, the exhaust tips are still lacking the 86mm exits, I doubt they added a lot of other features (see the link in my sig for all of them). But they added craptacular illuminated badges, dash, and shift knob.... oh and forced a single colour that's actually not a colour but a shade of ugly grey. I hate Scion so much. Give me the damn Toyota without the Scion gimicks and Scion stripped out quality.

This almost pisses me off more than the initial offering of the FR-S.

Dude. We get it. Its not your Celica. Get over yourself. You'd be upset even if it was a Toyota.

[Snoopyalien24]

Originally Posted by #87

So pretty much a BRZ with JDM headlights?

No just a USDM GT86

[Snoopyalien24]

Originally Posted by Justin.b

I know they can do the changes to the design easily, but getting from there to a part from a supplier is a pretty involved process. I'm pretty sure headlights for US cars also have to be submitted for DOT certification.

It's not likely they'd go through that just for a limited-run version of a low-volume car. The first car we'll see them on is the special edition but I'd expect to see them on all FR-S's in a coming model year.

Or, they may have just used European headlights from a non-uk country.

-Justin

I'm sorry I mean EDM lights, you're right.

But he is a vendor so he has connections. His has all the TRD goodies as well. Even the door lock metal piece thing lol

[DKPJester]

Originally Posted by Sport-Tech

Shows a sloppy QA ethic when they don't even have someone check over a major release site update before going live with it. This kind of cost-cutting is something you'd expect from a Chinese car company - makes Scion look third-rate.

Yeah. It was Subaru asking about AWD in their satisfaction surveys that put me off the BRZ. Now that I bought an FR-S they go and pull THIS?! Looks like I'm going to have to sell it.</s>

[n2oinferno]

Want. Don't care about the haters. Still, I don't think I could jump on this quite that early unless I get a bonus/early raise this year.

[luisersant]

NOW, I WANT AN FRS!! FINALLY ALL THE GOODIES FROM UK...

[Brzetto]

It proves my theory that the 86 headlights are modular and will work on a USDM FRS.

[Celica00]

well... that's cool scion. kinda glad I didn't wait for the release series

[Snoopyalien24]

Originally Posted by GT86drifter

honestly if i really wanted all that nice stuff i would have gotten a brz

and i have my own steering wheel cover


:happy0180:

Originally Posted by SnapOv3st3r

Concave OMP steering wheel with a NRG Quick release has always been my plan.

Nice I like!

But what I was referring to was for those folks that want a real JDM conversion, and that would include this:

[KING-R]

^^ LOL .... well we all knew this was going to happen. every release series will have some options from JDM. I bet next year it will be fogs with alcantara.

only thing i want is those headlights!!!! rest i could care less about or else i would have gone with BRZ if interior options were that important. to each their own...but like rest those glowing emblems are little to gimmicky for even scion lol should have kept it simple and atleast changed those puny stock exhaust tips to JDM style instead

anyhow congrats to scion for making it 10 years ... and giving us FRS!! love the car regardless of badging.

[switchlanez]

Originally Posted by Saber_TRD

still lacking the 86mm exits

I don't think they'll ever bring that stateside because of some BS about it being a burning hazard to pedestrians for protruding out too far. They'd have to redesign larger tips for the USDM.

[Saber_TRD]

Originally Posted by HunterGreene

Dude. We get it. Its not your Celica. Get over yourself. You'd be upset even if it was a Toyota.

Uh no, I'd actually be very happy if it was a Toyota. In case you haven't seen me around here, I've been one of the biggest supporters of getting the Toyota 86 GT Limited over here, feel free to check the link in my sig as proof.

I have not once complained that I wanted it to be a Celica, I have said the Celica name would fit but not once complained that it wasn't a Celica. Especially when I found out it was the spiritual successor to the AE86.

What I'm pissed off about is that Scion stripped the car of Toyota's quality, features and options. Now they are offering some of those features and options (about damn time too) but they are still leaving things out and adding shit that no one wants (illuminated badges, dash and shift knob, wtf?) as well as forcing less options (single colour). They claimed the fog lights would be available last august, where are they? Still waiting. Where are the leather/alcantara heated seats? I'd rather have those than the in your face glowy scion gimicks.