Scion FR-S Race Car: Detroit Auto Show 2012 drift games - Nissan Juke GTR

By Stephan Bähnisch Scion FR-S, Subaru and Toyota GT GT 86: Three names for an athlete who wants to inherit the Toyota Celica. But what the teen-oriented Toyota subsidiary Scion now at the Detroit Auto Show 2012 conjures out of the hat, playing in a league all its own. Scion raises along with the racing forged “GReddy” a 600-hp FR-S from the eaves, will be put into the U.S. racing series Formula Drift at the start. Behind the wheel drift king Ken Gushi, the youngest ever winner of the Challenge. Other technical data delivered Scion yet.

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.When the production version of the Scion FR-S the situation is different: the smallest with 4240 mm length, 1285 mm height and 2570 mm wheelbase four-seater sports car in the world is a two-liter four-cylinder boxer in motion, the 200 hp and 205 Nm sends torque to the rear wheels – either via a manual six-speed manual box or a six-speed automatic with paddle shifters. For this, the Toyota GT 86 (or GT or Subaru Scion FR-S) with approximately 1200 pounds of weight is extremely light, which is considered safe with Argus eyes of the competition.

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