A Message to Toyota

[NemesisPrime909]

ok look, here in the states you have your Scion brand and We know you're trying to make it more popular. but giving them the FT-86 is a bit of a slap to the face to the Toyota enthusiasts.

at the start, you said this car was to to be reminiscent of the AE86 one of your more popular cars and a care many of us fell in love with much like the 2000GT, the GT-Four, MR-2, and Supra.

for me personally this said to me, "Toyota's finally going to have a sports car again, not only that, but an affordable one too!" and this thought generally made me happy, the only issue is, I reading alot of media saying the FT will retain it's Toyota badge in Europe, Japan, and Austrailia, but get the Scion name ONLY here in the states to this I say, I hope you at least give us the option of having it as a Toyota or a Scion or you may just see a spike in sales of Toyota badges and steering wheels


(Note- I do not hate the Scion name I just feel the character/spirit of the car will be somewhat lost)

[WingsofWar]

[Mr.Jay]

200GT?

[ToyotaObsession]

Originally Posted by NemesisPrime909

ok look, here in the states you have your Scion brand and We know you're trying to make it more popular. but giving them the FT-86 is a bit of a slap to the face to the Toyota enthusiasts.

at the start, you said this car was to to be reminiscent of the AE86 one of your more popular cars and a care many of us fell in love with much like the 200GT, the GT-Four, MR-2, and Supra.

for me personally this said to me, "Toyota's finally going to have a sports car again, not only that, but an affordable one too!" and this thought generally made me happy, the only issue is, I reading alot of media saying the FT will retain it's Toyota badge in Europe, Japan, and Austrailia, but get the Scion name ONLY here in the states to this I say, I hope you at least give us the option of having it as a Toyota or a Scion or you may just see a spike in sales of Toyota badges and steering wheels


(Note- I do not hate the Scion name I just feel the character/spirit of the car will be somewhat lost)

You just think that the badge on the front is going to change the aerodynamics and add 30 HP right?

Gotcha.

[ToyotaObsession]

Originally Posted by WingsofWar

We need a monocle smiley.

[Dark]

Please for f***sake.

[ft86cbx]

Originally Posted by NemesisPrime909

ok look, here in the states you have your Scion brand and We know you're trying to make it more popular. but giving them the FT-86 is a bit of a slap to the face to the Toyota enthusiasts.

at the start, you said this car was to to be reminiscent of the AE86 one of your more popular cars and a care many of us fell in love with much like the 200GT, the GT-Four, MR-2, and Supra.

for me personally this said to me, "Toyota's finally going to have a sports car again, not only that, but an affordable one too!" and this thought generally made me happy, the only issue is, I reading alot of media saying the FT will retain it's Toyota badge in Europe, Japan, and Austrailia, but get the Scion name ONLY here in the states to this I say, I hope you at least give us the option of having it as a Toyota or a Scion or you may just see a spike in sales of Toyota badges and steering wheels


(Note- I do not hate the Scion name I just feel the character/spirit of the car will be somewhat lost)

FFS! Its happening so get over it!

All in favour of the ban stick say 'i'

[Riden86]

How about call it "Scion Supra"! Sound very good right?

[Sabastian]

If anything, the Scion badge on the nose of the car will likely help to keep the price under control. Plus, if it really bothers you that much, there's always the Subaru version.

[bofa]

Are you sure you don't drive a Bravia?

[Laika]

Slap on some Toyota badges and call it a day. I don't like it either but it's happening. You still know that deep down it's a reincarnation of the ae86 so who cares? Hell if anything the fact that it's a flat 4 and Subaru will have one too should be taking away from it's spirit yet it's still the one I'm buying

[NemesisPrime909]

Originally Posted by ToyotaObsession

You just think that the badge on the front is going to change the aerodynamics and add 30 HP right?

Gotcha.

no but have you seen the Scion marketing lately? or even the revealing of the FR-S? It feels like it's run by an old dude desperately trying to be young

secondly, branding it as a scion means introducing it to new buyers (i.e. teens looking for first cars and the like) and let's face it. teenagers are morons when it comes to being behind the wheel

and call me crazy, but I get the feeling a lot of them will want this car so they can be like Fast and the Furious and end up wrecking them, which will in turn, raise insurance on the car it self

one reason why I said release it as a toyota and scion (give us the option of buying either) you know? They've done it before (see Toyota Matrix and Scion xA/xD Toyota Celica and 1st gen tC) so why not now?

[NemesisPrime909]

Originally Posted by WingsofWar

my bad dude

[NemesisPrime909]

Originally Posted by Sabastian

If anything, the Scion badge on the nose of the car will likely help to keep the price under control. Plus, if it really bothers you that much, there's always the Subaru version.

indeed, but what do you do when you want to own both?