I grew up thinking Toyota was the best bang for your buck. Cars like the Corolla (AE86), MR2 and Supra were great deals for what you got. Fun to drive for the working man...without the muscle car fuel economy.However, the Corolla quickly lost it's rear drive (and soul), the Supra died and the MR2 turned into the MR-S...and died. By now, I had believed Toyota had cut off it's own balls and gave it to Korea. Basically, if you wanted a rear drive sports car that cost less than $30k was to buy the Hyundai Genesis or a Ford Mustang (V6)....(I might be over generalizing so feel free to bash be in comment form).
But with the return of a Toyota Family Member in control of the company, I feel like the soul is returning and this is the proof. The Scion FR-S (pictured) and Subaru BRZ look great and sounds like it drives great, with some tuning differences between the two companies.
The one thing that bothers me: I feel like Subaru did most of the work and Toyota gets the credit. Toyota's contribution is the design and it's direct injection technology...and Subaru got the rest of the car. I kinda hope Subaru gets more of the sales.
At least Scion has the right tag line: "Bringing the sport back to the car."
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Dont forget the nissan 370z! awesome ride and under 30k. BRZ is definitely getting way more sales over here. The markup is insane! I tried to get one and they told me I had to pay about 6k over MSRP. Looked at the FRS and I could get it at MSRP, but I decided against it and went and bought a used car instead. The other day I saw one with a 3M Matte Black wrap! What a waste of paint and a waste of time...
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