{"id":853,"date":"2012-12-03T14:41:34","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T18:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ardmoretoyota.com\/?p=853"},"modified":"2012-12-03T14:41:34","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T18:41:34","slug":"philadelphia-inquirer-story-on-13-scion-fr-s-a-sporty-funster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ardmoretoyota.com\/blogs\/97\/philadelphia-inquirer-story-on-13-scion-fr-s-a-sporty-funster\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Inquirer story on &#8217;13 Scion FR-S: A sporty funster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday December 2nd, 2012, The Philadelphia Inquirer did a piece on the 2013 Scion FRS. Here is an excerpt and the full story:<\/p>\n<p>The new-for-2013 FR-S is the product of a Toyota\/Subaru joint venture. Its Subaru counterpart, the BR-Z (are you growing weary of these cattle brands yet?) is largely identical mechanically and aesthetically, although there is some styling differentiation up front.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its reasonable price (it starts at $24,200 with the manual gearbox and $25,300 with the automatic), the FR-S is a true sporting machine, a real funster. It&#8217;s blessed with excellent driving dynamics, thanks in part to its suspension design and the fore-to-aft weight balance afforded by its rear-drive layout.<\/p>\n<p>As a consequence, the FR-S proved a lot of fun to throw around on a back road.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.philly.com\/2012-12-02\/news\/35550093_1_scion-fr-s-gearbox-smart-car\">Click here<\/a> for the full story\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/classifieds\/cars\/20121202__13_Scion_FR-S__A_sporty_funster.html\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We want to ask you, what are your thoughts of the new 2013 Scion FRS?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardmoretoyota.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Scion-FRS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-854\" title=\"Scion FRS\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardmoretoyota.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Scion-FRS-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ardmoretoyota.com\/blogs\/97\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Scion-FRS-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ardmoretoyota.com\/blogs\/97\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Scion-FRS.jpg 591w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday December 2nd, 2012, The Philadelphia Inquirer did a piece on the 2013 Scion FRS. 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