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Toyota Scion cars renames; FR-S sports car is 86.
Toyota Motor Corp. renames its Scion FR-S fan favorite Toyota 86, a name currently used for sports car in countries outside of North America The name change was announced on Thursday, six weeks after the Japanese automaker announced that kills its youth brand Scion and orientation absorb most of its vehicles in the Toyota brand.
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Toyota Scion cars renames; FR-S sports car is 86.
Toyota Motor Corp.'s Scion renames favorite amateur Toyota FR-S 86, a name currently used for sports car in countries outside of North America.
The name change was announced on Thursday, six weeks after the Japanese automaker announced that it kills its Scion brand for youth and absorb most of its vehicles in the Toyota brand.
When we announced the transition of models Scion Toyota we hadn t expected to change the names of our cars, but the demand for our sports car, we decided to adopt the name of 86 overall, said Toyota Group vice president Bill Fay Division in a statement enthusiasts have a strong association with the motor heritage front, rear propulsion the Hachi-Roku, and dynamic performance it offers.
Nancy Hubbell, director of corporate communications, said a lot of thought went into the name change for the FR-S, with many executives weighing.
In addition to the name change in 2017 86 Toyota, Scion iM hatchback will become the Toyota Corolla and Scion iM iA sedan will move to the Toyota Yaris iA for the model year 2017 Scion tC sports coupe will end production in August
Hubbell said the 86 Toyota will begin production in July, followed by the Yaris and Corolla iA iM in August All are due in dealerships this fall, she said.
Toyota also rebadged Scion Concept C-HR he has shown at the Los Angeles Auto Show is a Toyota concept version of US production of the C-HR will be presented later this year and the vehicle will go on sale in spring 2017 in 2018 model , the company said.
Hubbell said the 86 and C-HR will make his Toyota debuts next week on the show floor of the New York International Auto Show, which will also be the last car show Scion is selected.
In his time at Toyota, the 86 sports car adopts a more aggressive style with an intake largest center focusing on the low position and off the car The front of the car has a new design with redesigned headlights and LED turn signals, a new window fog and revised bumper.
The back now sports LED taillights and a new bumper design alloy wheels feature a spoke design and twisted 86 logos have been integrated into a badge on the front fender and inside headlights.
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