Toyota S-FR Concept: The Scion FR-S's Angry Little Brother

  Heading the Toyota debut line up at the Tokyo auto show is the S-FR concept, which stand for Small, Front-Engine, Rear-Drive. Aiming to boost the company's performance image, the small two-plus-two concept car boasts a compact configuration, something Toyota characterizes as an entry-level sports-coupe and it's headed for production.

 

 

 

   Toyota isn't yet sharing details of the car's mechanicals, but we have it on good authority that it's powered by a 1.5-liter naturally aspirated four-cylinder, making about 130 horsepower, which ought to be enough to motivate the 2160-pound coupe.  A wheelbase of 97.6 inches puts the S-FR about midway between Toyota's current compact rear-drive sports coupe, the Scion FR-S (101.2 inches), and the Mazda Miata (90.9 inches). So, too, does the concept's overall length of 157 inches, which is 10 inches shorter than the FR-S and three inches longer than the Mazda. At 66.7 inches wide, the Toyota is narrower than both cars, and it's also taller, at 52 inches.

 

   The S-FR clearly takes its inspiration from the Toyota Sports 800 from the 1960s, with a simple, rounded design that stands in stark contrast to recent Toyotas, which are a crazy quilt of angular sheet metal. The black interior features similarly organic shapes and is brightened with neon-yellow, body-colored accents.

 

 

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