![]() ![]() ![]() The Scion tC sports coupe will end production in August. In addition to the 2017 Toyota 86 name change, the Scion iM hatchback will become the Toyota Corolla iM and the Scion iA sedan will move to the Toyota Yaris iA for the 2017 model-year. ![]() Nancy Hubbell, a company communications manager, said a great amount of thought went into the name change for the FR-S, with “a lot of executives weighing in.” “When we announced the transition of the Scion models to Toyota we hadn’t planned on changing the names of our cars, but by popular demand, for our sports car, we decided to adopt the global name of 86,” said Toyota Division Group Vice President Bill Fay in a statement “Enthusiasts have a strong association with the front-engine, rear-drive heritage of the ‘hachi-roku’ and the dynamic performance it offers.” The name change was announced Thursday, six weeks after the Japanese automaker announced it was killing its youth-oriented Scion brand and absorbing most of its vehicles into the Toyota brand. is renaming its enthusiast-favorite Scion FR-S the Toyota 86, a name used currently for the sports car in countries outside of North America. ![]()
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