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Killer Scion FR-S with TRD Kit Gets Bronze Vossen Wheels

You don't need anything more than four cylinders!? Yeah right, Scion. At least give us a WRX engine or something!
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But try as we might to hate the FR-S, there's something exotic about owning a real import. It's not like one of those Hondas built in Alabama; this thing is made in the heart of Japan by a team of crafty ninjas from Subaru.

As you may have figured out already, we aren't dealing with an ordinary Toyobaru. This is the 2015 Scion FR-S Release Series 1.0, costing over $31,00 and packed with goodies. As standard, you get a whole bunch of parts designed by TRD, including a sexy front 3-piece spoiler, side skirts, quad tip exhaust, lowering springs, HID headlights, LED accents and a new paint color called "YUZU". Even dual-zone climate control and a TRD shift knob are thrown in for good measure.

Around the back, you may notice a GT-style trunk spoiler. We don't think those are factory LED taillights either!

The project car also has a few unknown bits, such as the add-on rear diffuser that isn't a TRD part. It makes the FR-S drift car and shows the owner knows a fair bit about import car parts.

The factory black wheels have been swapped out for a set of the latest Vossen VFS-2 alloys. These multi-spoke alloys have a bronze finish that sets off paintjob while giving the Scion a race-ready appearance. Even the wheel nuts have replaced by sexy new titanium ones. Way to splurge out on your Scion, sir!

All in all, we're looking at a $40,000-ish car that started out as an affordable sports coupe. You could buy a Mercedes-Benz for that kind of money.That goes to show you the power of a cult car – if people love it, they will treat it like it's made of solid gold.
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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