Report: Honda Mulls Bold Answer to Scion FR-S

DEpointfive0

They were asking too much for a jumped up Miata...
$35k for a base S2000 in 2009 with 239hp, 163ft/lbs of tq
2755lbs, with a near 50:50 weight distribution


Toyota is asking $25-26k for a base Scion with 200hp, 151ft/lbs of tq, almost the exact same weight and the same 50:50 weight distribution, and that's 3-4 years later of inflation...


Something doesn't add up to me in Honda's world.




And normally I'm bisaed because I love Toyota, but damn I hate the FRS...

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Caustic

First off it was a convertible, so right off the bat there will be more cost. The interior blows away the FRS interior, even now. The handling is better than the FRS, even now. 240 vs 200 = 20% more hp than the FRS. The engine revved to 9000rpm. Honda has a lot of justification charging what it did for the S2000.

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Red__Zed

Agreed. Redline was down to 8k from 04 on though.

The s2000 was marketed to a much more upscale crowd of driving enthusiasts compared to the FRS

6MT

It's all about money. Honda makes way too much money appealing to the masses. Sports cars don't make money.

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PapoZalsa

It should be named Toyota Corolla since in Japan is an AE86 and they want to bring back the success and retro look of the chassis model in 84 to 86 (SR-5 & GTS). Just to named it Scion is a big let down and Blasphemy for the fans of the AE86.

I'm also a Toyota Fan and my first new car was a 1986 Toyota Corolla SR-5 because the GTS was very limited in my country.

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Isamu

it's not called an AE86 anymore.. it's an FT86... so no, it shouldn't be called a corolla..

I love all sorts of cars... not really a fan boy tho

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JungleZ

Something doesn't add up in the Nissan world considering that the integra, prelude,s2000 were more special than anything Nissan had in the price range and that's sad because those cars had barely any torque...

Also s2000 markup was like 31k at the most and dropped to a very great price. Also as a track car or project car it's been great. Some of those supra and ls swaps were nuts.