Report: Toyota FT-1 concept does not indicate any upgrades to the GT-86/FR-S
Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota, has been channeling a lot of positive energy into the company, supporting cars like the Ft-1, and pushing designers to take chances and to give the bestselling cars on...
View ArticleReport: Toyota GT 86 sales not as high as expected, jeopardizes performance...
A report from AutoExpressUK states that the Toyota GT 86 has fallen short on sales expectations in major markets. As a result, this has put the possibility of a highly-demanded performance model in...
View ArticleReport: Toyota GT 86 variants apparently back in the rumor mill
Motoring in Australia down yonder is claiming that Toyota is back in game of expanding the GT 86 lineup. In the past, rumors and reports have suggested that Toyota will expand the GT 86 lineup with a...
View ArticleReport: Scion FR-S Convertible on the way, according to MotorTrend
MotorTrend reports that they’ve received the scoop on a convertible Scion FR-S, following back and forth rumors surrounding multiple variants to the Toyobaru GT-86 family. These rumors include the...
View ArticleVideo: Cosworth teases new performance packages for Subaru BR-Z/Toyota GT 86
Many fans and automotive journalists alike continue to wonder to this day: why aren’t Toyota and Subaru producing more powerful variants to the current GT 86 and BR-Z? While this question continues to...
View ArticleScion enhances the FR-S for 2015, suspension upgrades and visual tweaks
Scion got on the wire to inform us that the 2015 FR-S has been slightly updated for the new model year, including some enhancements to the suspension. Set to go on sale later this summer, the 2015...
View ArticleCosworth reveals engine upgrade package for Toyobaru triplets, can boost...
For all the time that Subaru and Toyota refused to offer a forced-induced version of the GT 86/BRZ/Scion FR-S, renowned engine firm Cosworth picked up the slack by revealing a special Power Package....
View ArticleReport: Subaru’s parental boss confirms second generation BRZ, negates past...
Previously, Australia’s Drive.com claimed that the Subaru BRZ was to be the first and last model as contextual factors such as slow sales and Toyota’s recent pairing with BMW have cast a grim light on...
View ArticleScion launches the FR-S Release Series 1.0 at dealerships w/ video
Toyota and Scion seem to be giving buyers exactly what they’re not quite looking for. While potential buyers have been clamoring for a more powerful variant with help from forced induction, Scion seems...
View ArticleScion reveals their SEMA concepts for this year’s exhibition
Scion just revealed their latest concepts for SEMA in Las Vegas. The three concepts are based off of the Scion FR-S, the Scion xB, and the Scion tC and they seem to all have gone retro. We being with...
View ArticleReport: Scion still says no to convertible or turbo FR-S
It seems like the prospect of a turbocharged or convertible, or even any sort of Scion FR-S/Toyota GT 86 variant is a beat-up dead horse of rumors. And to nail another one into the coffin is WardsAuto,...
View ArticleReport: Next-gen Scion FR-S could use Mazda Miata MX-5 platform
Some news is floating in about the next generation Scion FR-S, which Australia’s Motoring says could use the new Mazda Miata MX-5’s platform as a starting point. This seems possible since the...
View ArticleReport: Next-gen Toyota GT86 to get hybridized with F1-style KERS system
Some new news rings from Motoring, supposedly regarding the next-gen Toyota GT86, which will happen, despite having some initial setbacks with sales for the first generation (sadly). According to the...
View ArticleScion introduces FR-S Release Series 2.0
Scion released a follow-up successor to their FR-S Release Series 1.0 with the version 2.0. Exactly as its named the new version 2.0 of the Release Series FR-S is basically a Release Series 1.0, but...
View ArticleReport: The Toyota GT 86 mid-cycle refresh to yield lots of tweaks and new...
Toyota’s sports car chief, Tetsuya Tada, spoke to Motoring, who learned that the Toyota GT 86 will get a pretty involving mid-cycle refresh pretty soon. The refresh is said to include some tweaks to...
View ArticleReport: Subaru and Toyota to continue collaborating on next-gen BRZ/FRS/GT...
Subaru and Toyota joined forced to make the BRZ/FRS/GT 86 trio, a very special car designed with one thing in mind–driving fun. And I’m one to not care about all of the magazine racers demanding more...
View ArticleAfter 13 years of operations, Toyota kills Scion
Scion is done. It’s a wrap. After 13 years of operations and attempts at trying to win more younger buyers to the Toyota portfolio, the Japanese auto giant decided to close the doors on the “youth”...
View Article2016 New York Preview: Scion’s lovely FR-S sports coupe finally gets the...
One of the more notable marketing fails that ultimately and probably led to the death of Scion was Toyota’s decision to name the excellent GT86 rear-wheel drive sports coupe, the Scion FR-S. By then,...
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