The day the newswires lit up with details of the new back-to-basics sports car from Toyota was the day I wanted to own one. I’d been so disheartened with the state of the automotive industry and the type of cars it was making for so many years, I’d all but switched off. Driven by marketing departments rather than…

It's kind of tragic that the Mazda RX-8 and Honda S2000, two of the very best Japanese performance cars of the last decade, are no longer in production and never produced any heirs to their legacy. So how would the Scion FR-S measure up if it went toe-to-toe with with Honda's roadster and Mazda's last rotary?

If you're still not convinced that the Scion FR-S was sent from the gods, check out this video of Monster Tajima tearing up a dirt track in Japan's little hoonmobile.

I'm a big fan of the Subaru BRZ RA and Scion FR-S/Toyota GT86 RC, so I decided to make my own in Forza Horizon. Just spent a week with a Subaru BRZ and loved it. I realized, if I bought one of these cars, this is how I'd do the aesthetics. How'd you do it?

How would you like to see a whole family of models spawned from the Scion FR-S/Toyota GT-86/Subaru BRZ like what BMW has done with Mini? If your answer is "hell yes," then you'll be happy to know that Tetsuya Tada, the chief engineer of the Toyobaru, wants that to happen as well.

Go ahead and sit down if you aren't already, because I have some news that may upset you: it is possible that our beloved Toyota GT-86 (aka Scion FR-S, aka Subaru BRZ, aka The Toyobaru) could get a hybrid version in the near future. Gasp!

If you're anything like me, you just slogged through a freezing-ass winter, and a drive in a convertible on a sunny afternoon sounds extremely appealing right now. That's why I dig this video of the droptop FT-86 in action.

The Mazda Miata has dominated the small, open top rear-drive market for nearly 25 years now. It's a personal favorite of mine as well as many on staff here. But the Toyobaru twins have been able to match it on the fun to drive scale. They just didn't have that open top flair.

Earlier today, John Davis dropped by and dropped some knowledge on all y'all.

Just because the New York Police Department isn't using Scion FR-Ses doesn't mean the criminals can't use them. Everyone's favorite new Japanese rear-wheel-drive sportscar was apparently used as the getaway car in the armed robbery of a New Jersey Wawa on Monday night.