News out of the US this week is that Toyota has registered the name FR-S as a trademark. With no other known sports cars on the horizon for the world number one carmaker, rumours are now circulating that this will become the production name of the wildly popular FT-86 sports car concept. This latest revelation in the ongoing Toyota sports car saga follows reports in October last year that claimed the new model would wear a Celica badge, paying tribute to the rear-wheel-drive origins of the l.
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Lexus in the US has apparently just applied to trademark the name ‘ES300h’. Although the Lexus ES300 – a luxury version of the Toyota Camry – isn’t sold here in Australia, the Toyota Hybrid Camry is, and this Lexus ES300h could use ... Read Post
The Aston Martin Vanquish Volante has been unveiled today priced from $510,040 plus on-road costs. The all-new Vanquish Volante becomes the flagship model in the luxury British carmaker’s sports car line-up, sitting above the $472,8... Read Post
Scion’s 2013 FR-S sports car succeeds on the most important level: It’s fun to drive. Too bad Toyota couldn’t have had a little more fun with the name. The FR-S is known as the Toyota GT-86 in the rest of the world, and even wears G... Read Post