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LordGoofus · 08-25-2011, 09:39 AM

I love the styling of the car and idea behind it, but I'm really having a hard time taking the name seriously. Scion FRS? Subaru BRZ? Are they seriously trying to take the p*?

"What do you drive?", "Oh, I've got a Scion Farce", "Serious? I've got the Bro's. My bro's fully forged...benches around 250-280. It's sic as!"

82mm 4g63 · 08-25-2011, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by LordGoofus

I love the styling of the car and idea behind it, but I'm really having a hard time taking the name seriously. Scion FRS? Subaru BRZ? Are they seriously trying to take the p*?

"What do you drive?", "Oh, I've got a Scion Farce", "Serious? I've got the Bro's. My bro's fully forged...benches around 250-280. It's sic as!"

I don't see that conversation ever taking place in reality.

SUB-FT86 · 08-25-2011, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by 82mm 4g63

I don't see that conversation ever taking place in reality.

RRnold · 08-25-2011, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by LordGoofus

I love the styling of the car and idea behind it, but I'm really having a hard time taking the name seriously. Scion FRS? Subaru BRZ? Are they seriously trying to take the p*?

"What do you drive?", "Oh, I've got a Scion Farce", "Serious? I've got the Bro's. My bro's fully forged...benches around 250-280. It's sic as!"

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Originally Posted by 82mm 4g63

I don't see that conversation ever taking place in reality.

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Originally Posted by SUB-FT86

Right!!

Maybe down in Aussie land but in Southern California (where a lot of slang derives from) you wouldn't hear anybody say Farce or sick as.

cyde01 · 08-25-2011, 03:01 PM

scion force?

[u2b]GjySNEVjZsQ[/u2b]

tranzformer · 08-25-2011, 05:29 PM

What other stars/celestial names could Subaru use? Aren't there a few names in the Pleiades Subaru hasn't used yet for a production car?

Neutral_Eyes · 08-25-2011, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by tranzformer

What other stars/celestial names could Subaru use? Aren't there a few names in the Pleiades Subaru hasn't used yet for a production car?

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The nine brightest stars of the Pleiades are named for the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology: Sterope, Merope, Electra, Maia, Taygeta, Celaeno, and Alcyone, along with their parents Atlas and Pleione. As daughters of Atlas, the Hyades were sisters of the Pleiades. The English name of the cluster itself is of Greek origin, though of uncertain etymology. Suggested derivations include: from πλεîν pleîn, to sail, making the Pleiades the "sailing ones"; from pleos, full or many; or from peleiades, flock of doves.

Celaeno (Celeno or 16 Tauri) is a star in the constellation Taurus and a member of the Pleaides open cluster of stars. Celaeno is sometimes called the Lost Pleiad,[9] a name alluded to in a poem by Alfred Austin. Star gazers often only see six of the seven Pleiades sisters with the unaided eye because Celaeno, with an apparent magnitude of +5.45, requires clear, dark clear skies to be observed.

That kinda fits with the BRZ being "not quite a Subaru."

1660 · 08-25-2011, 09:46 PM

I shall unravel the mystery of Scion FR-S, Subaru BRZ. Picture yourself on the assembly line. You're the person who stick the name on the back of the car. They have a jig that you place in the proper location and then you align the three letters in the jig and press.

By standardizing the name they standardize the assembly of placing the name.

Giccin · 08-26-2011, 04:10 AM

216a. Lol

What did that "a" stand for anyways... or the 216.

Random_Art · 08-26-2011, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Giccin

216a. Lol

What did that "a" stand for anyways... or the 216.

"afterthought"

OldSkoolToys · 08-26-2011, 01:42 PM

Its just the name of the concept car.

Technically FT-86 is still the name of the concept car outside the states. Highly doubt that's going to be its name.

Jordo! · 08-26-2011, 04:31 PM

Staggeringly terrible name.

Eh. I guess it's just the concept name...

EDIT: Oh, already noted above :p

SharedProphet · 08-26-2011, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by OldSkoolToys

Its just the name of the concept car.

Technically FT-86 is still the name of the concept car outside the states. Highly doubt that's going to be its name.

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Originally Posted by Jordo!

Staggeringly terrible name.

Eh. I guess it's just the concept name...

EDIT: Oh, already noted above :p

No, it's not.

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Originally Posted by Hachiroku

Tokyo, August 23, 2011 - Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), the maker of Subaru automobiles, today announced that Subaru's new rear-wheel drive sports car, which is currently under joint development with Toyota Motor Corporation, will be named "SUBARU BRZ".

The name of the concept is different:

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Originally Posted by Hachiroku

FHI will exhibit the technology concept of the "SUBARU BRZ", named "SUBARU BRZ PROLOGUE - BOXER Sports Car Architecture II - ", at the 64th Frankfurt Motor Show in September 2011. (Press day: September 13 and 14; Open to the public from September 15 through 25, 2011)

Allch Chcar · 08-27-2011, 11:25 AM

Honestly, I'm looking forward to seeing the new chassis display. I already know vaguely what the car looks like. But the chassis layout is more relevant to my interests.

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08-25-2011, 09:39 AM	#155
LordGoofus Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Drives: Turtle Location: Australia Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s)	I love the styling of the car and idea behind it, but I'm really having a hard time taking the name seriously. Scion FRS? Subaru BRZ? Are they seriously trying to take the p*? "What do you drive?", "Oh, I've got a Scion Farce", "Serious? I've got the Bro's. My bro's fully forged...benches around 250-280. It's sic as!"

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tranzformer Delights in pure handling Join Date: Apr 2011 Drives: Zoom Zoom Location: KS Posts: 4,854 Thanks: 0 Thanked 15 Times in 14 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s)	What other stars/celestial names could Subaru use? Aren't there a few names in the Pleiades Subaru hasn't used yet for a production car?

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1660 On the Rise Join Date: Oct 2009 Drives: Toyota Location: Anaheim Posts: 289 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Mentioned: 0 Post(s)	I shall unravel the mystery of Scion FR-S, Subaru BRZ. Picture yourself on the assembly line. You're the person who stick the name on the back of the car. They have a jig that you place in the proper location and then you align the three letters in the jig and press. By standardizing the name they standardize the assembly of placing the name.

08-26-2011, 01:42 PM	#165
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Jordo! Enjoy it, destroy it. Join Date: Oct 2009 Drives: Datsun Racing Hen Location: Blank Generation Posts: 820 Thanks: 6 Thanked 61 Times in 48 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s)	Staggeringly terrible name. Eh. I guess it's just the concept name... EDIT: Oh, already noted above :p

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