Consumer Reports Delivers The Tofu
Will the Scion FR-S drift? My opinion could be summed up as: who cares? Drifting ain’t fast, yo.
Consumer Reports, however, has decided to answer this question with the same diligence they usually reserve for toaster duty-cycle measurement. In the above video Jake Fisher handbrakes his way to glory in the little Toyobaru. This is a sequel to a similar, and well-received, Subaru BR-Z test.
If nothing else, the video buries the image long-cultivated by Car and Driver, among others, that the CR guys are a bunch of lab-coat dipsticks who are too busy compiling reliability data to have any fun.
TTAC will have an FR-S track test video coming up in the next few weeks. Don’t look for me to showboat the car. For that, apparently, you’ll need to visit America’s most-respected consumer advocacy publication.
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Am I the only one who isn't going ga-ga for the new Toybaru? I have nothing against it and I hope it does well, but its hardly the only sporting rear-wheel drive car ever made! The lines are clean but offer nothing really new or interesting, and will soon be cluttered with gobs of ricer after-market go-fast crap anyways. Is it interesting soley because it comes from the world's most boring car maker, partnered with a company that's been trying really hard to catch up in the boring race? Is it all fanboi/internet/auto-journalist hype? Just curious....
Took delivery of an automatic FRS last week and so far, it has lived up to my expectations and then some. I am waiting for the break in period to expire to take it out on a local track, I know the manager and he'll let me use it for a bit of fun.
how is the this car any different than the rx8. both cars won every review bc of great feel, balance, lightness and fun to drive quotient. But in real world, with absolutely no torque, nobody bought the rx8 after year 1. I do know the bad gas mileage and rotary issues are also a big probalem which this car doesn't have. but no power except at redline, lots of road noise, stiff ride, no room would seemingly make this car less appealiing to the majority of buyers who buy cars for daily driving
Now if we could just get the 'enthusiast' car magazines to learn to review 'appliance cars' in a non-enthusiastic way. Nobody shopping for a CUV or Corolla gives a rat's ass about 'terminal understeer' or 'the lack of on center feel'. It's all about features, roominess and fuel economy.