Scion 600 HP Scion FR-S GReddy Formula Drift racecar

[Levi68]

Detroit – January 9, 2012 – Scion today unveiled its Scion Racing/GReddy FR-S race car during a press conference at the 2012 North American International Auto Show. The FR-S will be competing in the 2012 Formula DRIFT series with veteran driver Ken Gushi behind the wheel.

The 600-horsepower FR-S race car is the result of a collaboration between Scion Racing and GReddy, a performance-products company that has been involved with Toyota and racing for over twenty years.

The race car is inspired by the 2013 Scion FR-S, a compact rear-wheel-drive sports car that will go on sale in the spring of 2012. The high-performance coupe is the fifth model to join the Scion family.

 

[ateekt]

Dang!! I'd love to see that insane machine in action with someone like Ken Block behind the wheel.

 

[hoffmeister_fan]

600 HP?!?!? Gadzooks! They must of reinforced the hell out of it! Is it still a flat-4 underneath? Turbocharged?

insane!

 

[martinbo]

I would guess that there's a heavily tuned turbocharged previous generation Boxer engine by Cosworth under that hood.

 

[Mr Robert]

Now we're talking! Ditching that sad engine and making it what it should be! The 2.5 from the STi should do just fine ;-)

 

[Levi68]

It is surely the "old" turbocharged EJ25 of the Impreza WRX STI with Cosworth racing parts. The FA20 is not really good for turbocharging, that is why the car is built with the same engine mounts to easily swap an EJ engine.

 

[Bartek S.]

So this is 600 HP put in a ugly plastc box. What a pity.