The Scion FR-S is a fun, sporty drive.
By Dan Carney, NBCNews ContributorToyota has branded his zippy new sports coupe with the abbreviation "FR-s". It stands for "Front-engine, rear-wheel drive, sport and game." Used cars Toyota Scion are brand abbreviated name given the FR-S, but is Toyota really once popular Celica Sports Coupe.
This means that the car slick looking, affordable, economical and fun, like the early Celicas. Sure, seems the FR-S sure almost every other similar car in fat, drunk oblivion to follow rock star, as he gets to expand weight, performance and colourful facilities in the course of time in a bid to their vocation. Ironically, such movements usually these cars appeal, destroy, as they not new purchasers of interest and for their original target audience become too expensive.
Here's hoping that Toyota can maintain the kind of discipline that has proven Mazda with the MX-5 Miata in the decades since the FR-S is a jewel, this needs not the kind of "Improvements" to ruin such accessible toys.
It will be not only Toyota decision, because the car is the product of a joint venture with Subaru and the Enterprise version is called the class Z. The companies are about their contributions to the finished product vaguely, but the Powertrain features a Subaru flat four-cylinder "Boxer" engine as in the Impreza compact car.
Toyota FR-S describes as a "2++ 2", an allusion to the fact that it not true four-seater. But in this case it is more a "2++ who?" because you will hardly find who fit comfortably in the back seat, while the front seats are occupied. I tried me the back seat and found that it MRI machines, which is less than the Scion + 2 line to restrict.
What I liked and interior design is appreciated on the FR-S its simple straight lines. There is no video display screen with interactive menus fit for cars of various settings. If you want to change the time on the clock? Press the button "H" or "M" to change the hours or minutes. Odometer to reset? Press the reset button of the odometer.
You be bothered trying to find out how "easy" menu, navigate or otherwise trying to figure out how to do something with the FR-S. Find the button and press it; It is so easy. If you want to enable the heat or air conditioning? Turn a round button in the direction of red or blue. Do you want the fan to blow harder? Turn the other button in the East. A distribution of buttons has its aesthetic drawbacks of course, but this is a worthwhile sacrifice for the ease of use and low cost.
This philosophy provides a worthy metaphor for the rest of the car: simple, honest, reasonably priced and easy to use. This means that the car fun by excessive costs, unnecessary technology or inappropriate facilities is not undermined. Perhaps future iterations with $40,000 price tags, automatic lane-keeping assist and makes floor mat Fluffers will be charged, but now we enjoy the Scion raw accessibility.
Gas to get and which gives a Growl, horizontally against Subaru flat four engine the brand enthusiasts that is familiar. Possibly the similarity to the sound of an old VW Beetle recognize older drivers. Power is good for a relatively small engine, with decent torque from low-speed.
But a snappy throttle response is produced fast turns often characteristic of the sports car engines, and that an area where is the FR-S is a slight disappointment. The gearshift is notchy and it clicks positively into and out of each course, with short throws and light effort. The clutch is also light, with perhaps a touch less feeling for the friction is as ideal.
The FR-S has beautiful, big round analog instruments of the sort enthusiasts love. There is a digital speed readout, embedded in the middle of the Central speedometer. This is useful because the dark-faced speedometer is mounted not only on the left side, but is an unlikely 160 mph, driving for every day the numbers that can be buried too far left on the dashboard are deep, numbered. Thus the digital speedometer.
A gripe about the dashboard is that the radio looks like a special best buy; It is a pioneer without rotating radio-control. The sound is not impressive, that makes me suspect that Scion expected that young audiophile own stereos at delivery should be installed.
Speaking DIY upgrades, is the FR-S with the hardest on the least grip economy tires seemingly straight out of the Prius equipped. There should be a healthy market for easy tire, used Prius replacement such as FR-S customers on the first day of property for performance rubber Exchange.
Even with relatively little torque, the FR-S tires under acceleration when turning, is prone to spinning inside rear because the factory Michelin economy tires have so little grip. In the rain, they are especially awful.
But many of the today's rear-wheel drive enthusiasts are fans of drift, to round the driving style, where you turn the rear wheels and slide. This make easier to make hard tires, and the tires last longer, so that perhaps Toyota expects that the FR-S customers will spend their weekends drifting to Cone in a parking lot. All others need to install the tires and genuine rubber ditch.
But forget the tires. And on the radio. The FR-S is that I have driven the most fun new car in my recent memory. It is exactly the kind of car, to insist that the doomsayers, is dead, because they, that children are to be drive in favour of say interaction with their friends online go. Nonsense, I say. Sporty little Coupe lure young driver. These vehicles must be developed only for the today's young riders and not of the past decades.
This is a car for the first time new car buyers way which is original Celica remembers still lovingly in 20 years in the thought now.
2013 Scion FR-S
Base price: $24.930 (including $730 delivery)
as tested: $25.066 (including $730 delivery)
EPA fuel economy: 22 mpg city and 30 mpg highway
pros: fun, affordable, great looking
cons: slow throttle response, ridiculous rear seat, low grip tires
judgment: a new star in the universe sports car.
Standard: 200 hp 2.0-liter four cylinder engine, six-speed manual, torque sensing limited slip differential, 300 Watt pioneer sound system, power Windows, door locks and steering
major options: rear bumper application, brakes
safety equipment: electronic stability control, brake assist with electronic brake force distribution, tire pressure monitoring, front, side and curtain airbags
This means that the car slick looking, affordable, economical and fun, like the early Celicas. Sure, seems the FR-S sure almost every other similar car in fat, drunk oblivion to follow rock star, as he gets to expand weight, performance and colourful facilities in the course of time in a bid to their vocation. Ironically, such movements usually these cars appeal, destroy, as they not new purchasers of interest and for their original target audience become too expensive.
Here's hoping that Toyota can maintain the kind of discipline that has proven Mazda with the MX-5 Miata in the decades since the FR-S is a jewel, this needs not the kind of "Improvements" to ruin such accessible toys.
It will be not only Toyota decision, because the car is the product of a joint venture with Subaru and the Enterprise version is called the class Z. The companies are about their contributions to the finished product vaguely, but the Powertrain features a Subaru flat four-cylinder "Boxer" engine as in the Impreza compact car.
Toyota FR-S describes as a "2++ 2", an allusion to the fact that it not true four-seater. But in this case it is more a "2++ who?" because you will hardly find who fit comfortably in the back seat, while the front seats are occupied. I tried me the back seat and found that it MRI machines, which is less than the Scion + 2 line to restrict.
What I liked and interior design is appreciated on the FR-S its simple straight lines. There is no video display screen with interactive menus fit for cars of various settings. If you want to change the time on the clock? Press the button "H" or "M" to change the hours or minutes. Odometer to reset? Press the reset button of the odometer.
You be bothered trying to find out how "easy" menu, navigate or otherwise trying to figure out how to do something with the FR-S. Find the button and press it; It is so easy. If you want to enable the heat or air conditioning? Turn a round button in the direction of red or blue. Do you want the fan to blow harder? Turn the other button in the East. A distribution of buttons has its aesthetic drawbacks of course, but this is a worthwhile sacrifice for the ease of use and low cost.
This philosophy provides a worthy metaphor for the rest of the car: simple, honest, reasonably priced and easy to use. This means that the car fun by excessive costs, unnecessary technology or inappropriate facilities is not undermined. Perhaps future iterations with $40,000 price tags, automatic lane-keeping assist and makes floor mat Fluffers will be charged, but now we enjoy the Scion raw accessibility.
Gas to get and which gives a Growl, horizontally against Subaru flat four engine the brand enthusiasts that is familiar. Possibly the similarity to the sound of an old VW Beetle recognize older drivers. Power is good for a relatively small engine, with decent torque from low-speed.
But a snappy throttle response is produced fast turns often characteristic of the sports car engines, and that an area where is the FR-S is a slight disappointment. The gearshift is notchy and it clicks positively into and out of each course, with short throws and light effort. The clutch is also light, with perhaps a touch less feeling for the friction is as ideal.
The FR-S has beautiful, big round analog instruments of the sort enthusiasts love. There is a digital speed readout, embedded in the middle of the Central speedometer. This is useful because the dark-faced speedometer is mounted not only on the left side, but is an unlikely 160 mph, driving for every day the numbers that can be buried too far left on the dashboard are deep, numbered. Thus the digital speedometer.
A gripe about the dashboard is that the radio looks like a special best buy; It is a pioneer without rotating radio-control. The sound is not impressive, that makes me suspect that Scion expected that young audiophile own stereos at delivery should be installed.
Speaking DIY upgrades, is the FR-S with the hardest on the least grip economy tires seemingly straight out of the Prius equipped. There should be a healthy market for easy tire, used Prius replacement such as FR-S customers on the first day of property for performance rubber Exchange.
Even with relatively little torque, the FR-S tires under acceleration when turning, is prone to spinning inside rear because the factory Michelin economy tires have so little grip. In the rain, they are especially awful.
But many of the today's rear-wheel drive enthusiasts are fans of drift, to round the driving style, where you turn the rear wheels and slide. This make easier to make hard tires, and the tires last longer, so that perhaps Toyota expects that the FR-S customers will spend their weekends drifting to Cone in a parking lot. All others need to install the tires and genuine rubber ditch.
But forget the tires. And on the radio. The FR-S is that I have driven the most fun new car in my recent memory. It is exactly the kind of car, to insist that the doomsayers, is dead, because they, that children are to be drive in favour of say interaction with their friends online go. Nonsense, I say. Sporty little Coupe lure young driver. These vehicles must be developed only for the today's young riders and not of the past decades.
This is a car for the first time new car buyers way which is original Celica remembers still lovingly in 20 years in the thought now.
2013 Scion FR-S
Base price: $24.930 (including $730 delivery)
as tested: $25.066 (including $730 delivery)
EPA fuel economy: 22 mpg city and 30 mpg highway
pros: fun, affordable, great looking
cons: slow throttle response, ridiculous rear seat, low grip tires
judgment: a new star in the universe sports car.
Standard: 200 hp 2.0-liter four cylinder engine, six-speed manual, torque sensing limited slip differential, 300 Watt pioneer sound system, power Windows, door locks and steering
major options: rear bumper application, brakes
safety equipment: electronic stability control, brake assist with electronic brake force distribution, tire pressure monitoring, front, side and curtain airbags
