SCION organizes existing ASes into groups of independent routing planes, called isolation domains, which interconnect to provide global connectivity. Meanwhile, a partially camouflaged, lightly refreshed version of the Toyobaru - most likely the 2017 Toyota FR-S - has been spotted undergoing testing. SCION is the first clean-slate Internet architecture designed to provide route control, failure isolation, and explicit trust information for end-to-end communication.
FR-S in North America, GT86 in Europe and New Zealand, 86 in Asia, Australia and South America, and (weirdly) FT-86 in Jamaica and Nicaragua. While this will in some ways simplify things for the rear-wheel drive sports car - it’ll only be sold under two brands rather than three - this now means that Toyota will sell it under four different names worldwide. Rear-wheel drive automobiles are as old as cars themselves, but this drivetrain still has some. We were told that the “current plans” are to keep the FR-S badge, creating the ‘Toyota FR-S’. The Scion FR-S is only available in rear-wheel drive (RWD).
The press release made no mention of the GT86 name the car is given in Europe however, so we asked Toyota USA what the rebranded car would be called.
If you are looking for turbo related parts for Scion FRS, you have come to. Given that all Scion models bar the tC are due to be badged as Toyotas from the 2017 model year onwards, many were pleased at the prospect of the Scion FR-S finally being badged as the Toyota GT86 in North America, as it is in Europe. Toyota GR86 / Subaru BRZ 22+ 86/BRZ/FR-S Appearance Performance Air Intake. Following Toyota’s announcement about the discontinuation of the Scion brand earlier this week, there was a common theme in the comments section of the report.