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Scion Officially Confirms New 2013 FR-S Coupe's Pricing and Specs, Starts from $24,200*

After a leaked dealer document hit the web-o-sphere on Wednesday night revealing the MSRP of the 2013 FR-S, Scion today came out with an official announcement confirming both pricing and specifications.

There will only be one trim level for the FR-S with buyers having the option of a six-speed manual gearbox model that starts at $24,200 (€18,300) or a 6-speed automatic transmission model with paddle shifters and an asking price of $25,300 (€19,200).

If you add a $730 destination and handling fee (*), prices rise to $24,930 and $26,030 for the manual and automatic models respectively. Sales will begin this spring.

Leaked Dealer Document Reveals 2013 Scion FR-S Prices, Starts from $24,200

The Toyota-loving crew over at FT-86 Club has got its hands on a leaked dealer document that reveals U.S. pricing for the new 2013 Scion FR-S sports coupe. If all that's said in the document is true, then Scion will come out with official pricing tomorrow, March 22.

According to the paper, Scion will offer a single trim level of the FR-S with prices, excluding a processing and handling fee, starting from US$24,200 for the model equipped with a 6-speed manual gearbox and from US$25,300 for the version fitted with the 6-speed automatic transmission.

EPA Releases Subaru BRZ and Scion FR-S Fuel Economy Numbers

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has beat both Subaru and Scion in releasing the official fuel-economy ratings for the new BRZ and FR-S sports coupes.

Being that the Subaru BRZ and the Scion FR-S are in essence identical twins, the fuel efficiency and greenhouse emission numbers are the same for both models.

According to the EPA, when the rear-wheel drive coupes' 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine is matched to the standard 6-speed manual gearbox, they return 22mpg city, 30mpg highway and 25mpg combined.

Subaru Kicks Off Series Production of BRZ and Toyota 86 in Japan

Subaru held a special ceremony today at its Gunma factory in Ota-city, Japan, to mark the series production start of the Subaru BRZ and Toyota 86 (named GT 86 in Europe) rear-wheel drive coupes. The presidents of both companies attended the event.

The factory, which will produce both models as well as the Impreza by March 2013, underwent several changes to cope with the extra capacity.

Toyota 86's Chief Engineer Says Roadster Version is in the Works

Even though convertibles hold a much smaller slice of the sports car market than coupes, Toyota doesn't seem willing to leave Mazda and its MX-5 roadster to dominate the entire segment.

And why should it after the presentation of its (GT) 86 and Scion FR-S rear-wheel drive coupes, both which are sister models to the Subaru BRZ.

Speaking with German car magazine Autobild, the 86's chief engineer, Tetsuya Tada said that the company is working on the development of an open top model. "The GT 86 was designed from the outset to be built as a convertible," Tada told the publication.

HKS Dyno-Tests Toyota 86 Drift Racer, Prepares New Tuning Lineup that Includes a Supercharger

Famed aftermarket and motorsport specialist HKS has released a new video of the Toyota 86 race car it is working on to participate in the 2012 season of Japan's D1 Grand Prix production car drifting competition. The new clip shows the 86 being tested on the dyno.

As well as the motorsports version of the 86, which you should know by now is a sister model to the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ rear-wheel drive coupes, the Japanese company is also preparing a raft of tuning parts for the production model.

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