Squeeze on the throttle at corner exit and the car begins to track out, with just a hint of oversteer. Get greedy and the tail will gently start to rotate. Ease off and the car tucks back in line. It does what you tell it to, no more, no less. The Scion FR-S is a return to the roots of what makes a sports car a sports car.
It's not the raw driving machine many may expect. Its not visceral like a Lotus Elise or as singular in purpose as a Honda S2000, and it won't beat you up. In fact, it's quite civilized. It is, however, very much a purist's car and one that company CEO Akio Toyoda aptly remarked, "rewards proper driving technique."
A better description of the FR-S, or Toyota 86 as its called in Japan, there isn't. The antithesis of modern sports cars, Toyota set out to create it as such, purposefully avoiding AWD, turbos, excessive technology and even high grip tires.
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