Scion executives and customers were both excited at the prospect of more FR-S model variants. That could have included a convertible or turbocharged variant.
Unfortunately Toyota has not made a business case for either proposal. Development costs are said to be too high for what the uptick in sales would be.
Unfortunately Toyota has not made a business case for either proposal. Development costs are said to be too high for what the uptick in sales would be.
Scion has released a FR-S Release Series 1.0, which has some ascetic tweaks and lowered suspension. That model costs $5,000 more than the base model."I think we were pretty aggressive on our (submitted plan), but we looked at what we would have conceivably lost on the [convertible] and said, 'We're not going to even push it further,'" Murtha told Wards Auto in a recent interview, adding that the rumored turbocharged edition is "not something that's coming."