Scion 10 series FR-S Limited Edition Announced

[Sasquachulator]

Originally Posted by torqdork

Descriptions from the reveal to the order confirmation suggest the badges will only light temporarily when the smart key holder is within a few feet of the car. That might be why they're called "locator" badges. Then they'll probably turn off at door opening or engine start. I imagine it's illegal to drive with a blue light on so others don't mistake you for a LEO and pull over to get out of your way *hint*. If so, who will be the first to hack a switch into the circuit?

did people actually think they'd be lit up the entire time the car was on?
Ive always figured they'd work like the courtesy lights which will fade after a few seconds.

[Sasquachulator]

Originally Posted by kALMIGHTY

I know. My friend owns a 2008 Yaris and he has the same knobs as the ones on the 2013 fr-s. You'd think they would upgrade in 5 years...
Generally Toyota is the slowest out of most manufacturers when it comes to updating their interior.
Most manufactures are using LCD's and high quality displays, even for something as little as the clocks. Toyota is still sticking with the orange/red alarm clock style in their interior.

Toyota tends to milk their components for as long as possible....

they havent done any updating to the PRDL font/style and their digital clocks have been employed (various colors, typically green or red/orange, depends on the interior lights of their cars) since the dawn of time. (they've only started to replace them in their lexus cars with the trendy analog clocks in 2013....).

i dont think their door locks, window switches, power mirror controls, etc have ever been touched or marked for redesign at all.

[torqdork]

Originally Posted by Sasquachulator

did people actually think they'd be lit up the entire time the car was on?
Ive always figured they'd work like the courtesy lights which will fade after a few seconds.

I think some did. Best I can tell, these will illuminate when the smart key fob holder is within range so you can tell your Series 10 apart from the parking lot full of other Series 10's.

[torqdork]

Originally Posted by Push

I wish they included Toyota Entune, which would sync up Pandora, Iheartradio, Bing, Weather, Traffic and more into the head unit. It looks almost identical to a Camry with the display audio with entune...

Does Entune include Android compatibility now? I've read that it only works with an iPhone 4. Hopefully the new HU will be compatible with both.

[jmaryt]

Originally Posted by torqdork

I think some did. Best I can tell, these will illuminate when the smart key fob holder is within range so you can tell your Series 10 apart from the parking lot full of other Series 10's.

my frs series 10 will have a "lower" serial number than your series 10
so there! ehe! he! he! eh!

[tomkozski]

Originally Posted by Sasquachulator

did people actually think they'd be lit up the entire time the car was on?
Ive always figured they'd work like the courtesy lights which will fade after a few seconds.

You can see them fading in the autoguide.com video from the NYC auto show. Same is true for the 'SCION' glowing thing on the dashboard, only lights up when you enter the car. Makes the Series 10 more bearable. Now about that shift knob...

[torqdork]

Originally Posted by jmaryt

my frs series 10 will have a "lower" serial number than your series 10
so there! ehe! he! he! eh!

Maybe! First in will need to start the badge # thread.

[NyC Zn6]

From what I was told there will be 700 6/mt series 10 out of the 2500 imported into the US ..but then again that is what my rep told me

[jmaryt]

Originally Posted by torqdork

I think some did. Best I can tell, these will illuminate when the smart key fob holder is within range so you can tell your Series 10 apart from the parking lot full of other Series 10's.

yes! this is important! (a world shaker!) anybody got a "price" on this pig
yet?

[NyC Zn6]

Originally Posted by jmaryt

yes! this is important! (a world shaker!) anybody got a "price" on this pig
yet?

My guess would be $1500 to $3000 more than the original MSRP of a FRS due to limited quantities and gt86 features

[jmaryt]

yes! this is what i was thinkin' too!
basically you are paying for a "unique" car,BUT you get more with the brz!
just sayin'

[_hollywood]

I can see these headlights being over 1k easy....if thats the case ill just get a plug and play hid kit and spend my money on other things.....if this car came in black then i would consider ordering one, but to only offer 1 color is kind of lame....

[tomkozski]

Originally Posted by NyC Zn6

From what I was told there will be 700 6/mt series 10 out of the 2500 imported into the US ..but then again that is what my rep told me

That seems kinda low (28%). Anyone know what the current take rate is for manual FR-S's, and BRZs as well?

Originally Posted by jmaryt

yes! this is what i was thinkin' too!
basically you are paying for a "unique" car,BUT you get more with the brz!
just sayin'

It has more features than the BRZ Premium (keyless entry, push button start, dual zone a/c), but less features than the Limited (no leather, no heated seats). If the MSRP comes in between the BRZ Premium and Limited, just view the Series 10 as another option level for the two cars (Base FR-S -> BRZ Premium -> FR-S Series 10 -> BRZ Limited). The more choices, the better!

[torqdork]

Originally Posted by NyC Zn6

From what I was told there will be 700 6/mt series 10 out of the 2500 imported into the US ..but then again that is what my rep told me

Oh? If so, my region (Portland) includes OR, WA, ID, MT and AK and 70 Toyota dealers (don't know how many are also Scion). That means about 32 6M/T's for Portland Region, so most likely the metro stores will be getting one each.

Nationally, 6M/T availability would be shorter based on roughly 1,850 Toyota dealers (estimated, and Scion count unknown) vying for the 700.

That should help resale value if a Series 10 is on your radar.

I don't know what the allocation policy will be, but think they'll fill legit sold orders first and spread the rest to the best performing Scion dealers.