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Originally Posted by Perfectlap
The narrow tires are not the only reason why the FRS gets thumbs up from the magazine guys.
The FRS engine has a lower COG than the Boxster/Cayman only the F360 and LFA are lower as far as mass produced-conventional engine road cars (according to SCION).
Plus it's got a reliable, low maintenance boxer engine with RWD. You're not going to get that with any new car for that price. Not even close. And No need to spend $2-3K on "IMS" stuff like we do. Sure you can buy an old Porsche and get the RWD/Boxer but you'll be taking your chances on thousands of dollars in unexpected repairs/maintenance. As someone who has spent at least $14K on such (well before the car even hit 100K mile), I can see the appeal of the FRS for under $25K with a nice, handy warranty.
Toyota deserve credit for putting a car like that together even when there's not really an obvious budget-market demand for it.
skinny tires, fat tires, it's getting around Jarama GP circuit just fine here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=romf-G6CZ7g
80% of what a Boxster/Cayman can deliver at any track for only a fraction of the price? That's called common sense use of money in sport. |
I don't see that car going around the Jarama GP circuit just fine. This is one of the journalist I'm talking about, praising the car, when it's handling is rubbish. The car is sliding all over the place, wow that's impressive. Seriously? An underpowered car gets a set of Prius tires thrown on it so it feels like it has power.
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