Scion

Here are some Toyota GT 86 (or Scion FR-S for us in America) images posted by a Japanese website from the big release they have done on the car now in Japan. The car has a Subaru boxer engine which has been rumored well in the past. The interior has a simplistic feel which I would expect from a Scion branded car and a nice three pod gauge cluster just above the radio. I really love the gauge cluster of the car and hope the USDM market gets an identical one.

This is the car now going to be what Ken Gushi is starting with for a 2012 Formula Drift project car. The car looks quite different from the concept car we saw at the 2011 SEMA Show. I love the car from some angles and I am not thrilled about it right now from other angles but I think it should grow on me over time. What do you think about this new Scion FR-S?

Source: http://autoc-one.jp/toyota/report-908981/photo/

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Speedhunters journalist and former Wrecked Magazine photographer Dino Dalle Carbonare posted this on his Facebook earlier today. This is a test mule Scion FR-S he snapped at an event in Japan right now over at Fuji Speedway. According to someone at the event the car in Japan will be branded just as the Toyota GT 86. A finalized stock version of the car should crop up very soon. We have even more news about the Scion FR-S in drifting coming up right around the corner as well!

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We haver quite the confirmation (about 99%) that Ken Gushi will be driving a Scion FR-S for the 2012 Formula Drift season. Our source also heard that RS*R will not be building the new Scion FR-S for the Scion Racing team but more news on that later. What does everyone think about Ken Gushi driving a Scion FR-S next year? Will anyone step up in the new Subaru BRZ STI as well? I personally cannot wait to see Ken Gushi in a new platform with some new support to push him in the right direction!

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The 2011 LA Auto Show has presented some awesome cars and one of those awesome rides in the Toyobru whatever collaboration concept we have been promised for what seems like years. The car exceeds my expectations already in looks and we only can hope the production version isn’t this watered down. Scion and Subaru are going to have a showdown trying to sell this one once they hit dealerships. We will get you guys some more information as Subaru releases it. What do you guys think of the concept?

Hat Tip to Jalopnik for the Scoop: http://jalopnik.com/5860120/subaru-brz-concept-sti-almost-the-real-thing

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Tanner Foust’s Rockstar Scion tC makes its way into the video game world by becoming the newest DLC for Dirt3. The amount of detail on this car is amazing. Everything on the real car has made it into the game. Yes, It comes with the NASCAR V8 under the hood. 650hp will throw this car sideways easily in the Gymkhana mode. In the car info is shows the drivetrain being RWD… but once you start the race there is a slight bit of power going to the front wheels too.  Sadly its the only mode you are able to use the car on. Shame we cant attempt Rally with it.

Regardless of only being able to use the Scion tC in Gymkhana and it not being truly RWD its an amazing car to drive, and definitely put a smile on my face when I heard the engine rev up to 9k. You can purchase Tanner Foust’s car in the Xbox Live Market Place  for 160 points, and also in the PSN store for $1.99.

You can also check out a preview video: Tanner Foust’s Rockstar Scion tC

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Rogue Status Visits Road Atlanta

The boys at Rogue Status are back in 2011 making new videos from the 2011 Formula Drift season. They follow around the Scion Racing drivers Fredric Aasbo and Ken Gushi as they took on the second round of the series. They bring a great flair to drifting videos and they are always filled with burnouts.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/rogue-status-visits-road-atlanta-

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The Scion Racing driver Ken Gushi blogged again about his adventures in Formula Drift. He was much more calm and mostly just came to the conclusion that his car is cursed. Ken Gushi loved the style of the Atlanta crowd by commenting on them drinking at 10:00am for him. I grabbed some of the best parts of his blog post. After his quotes I pulled in you can follow a link to his complete blog post. We documented some of the early troubles they had at Road Atlanta with a blog post.

Now that the pressure was off, I pushed slightly harder on my second run and scored a 90.9!!! So I finished qualify in 6th place. We are pretty content with that. For now.

Saturday. Do these people realize what time it is?! It’s 10am and they are drinking!! Amazing.

Practice went as we had planned. Tried out some different approaches in the horseshoe and it worked!! I was stoked. 
Then came top 32. I was up against Charles Ng again. 
He improved so much from yesterday I was really nervous. But we pulled it off and moved on to what became a road block and stopped. A blown diff.

I don’t know what to say anymore. Maybe the car is cursed.

Source: http://kenshirogushi.blogspot.com/2011/05/formula-drift-atlanta.html

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We just received a few renders of the two Scion TC’s that we can expect to see on the grid in the 2011 Formula Drift season. One is the 2011 Papadakis Racing/Need for Speed Scion TC which will be piloted by Fredric Aasbo, and the other is Ken Gushi’s 2010 Hankook/Scion Racing TC which is returning this season with a slightly tweaked version of the red 2010 DTA/Scion Racing livery. As you’ll notice, both of the TC’s in Scion’s stable will be on Hankook tires as we’ve previously reported.

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Stephan Papadakis Talks Drifting at Seibon Carbon

We caught up with Stephan Papadakis at Seibon Carbon late last week before the Team Need for Speed announcement and had him answer some questions that the Wrecked Magazine readers asked him in this “Ask Stephan Papadakis Post.” He answered every single question except the ones about Tanner Foust but we now know he is not returning and Fredric Aasbo is on board with Team Need for Speed.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/stephan-papadakis-talks-drifting-at-seibon-ca

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As the news is pouring out today it looks like here is the new look to the Scion tC being built by Papadakis Racing. The 2010 rookie of the year Fredric Aasbo will be replacing Tanner Foust the Quitter who walked out on the sport this morning. The Team Need for Speed Scion tC will be taken over by the 2010 Rookie of the Year and we cannot wait to see him at the wheel of this new build. Congrats to everyone at Need for Speed, Scion, and Fredric Aasbo on this one!

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