Scion FR-S-based sedan coming in 2016?

December 22, 2013
A new report finds Toyota’s Scion division will introduce a four-door sedan based on the acclaimed rear-wheel drive FR-S sports car in 2016.

Called 734A internally, the yet-unnamed sedan will stretch 187 inches long, 70 inches wide and 55 inches tall, dimensions that will make it roughly the same size all around as a Subaru Legacy. The sedan will likely feature frameless doors and a specific rear end treatment, but the coupe’s front end will be grafted to the sedan with only minor modifications.

The Subaru BRZ-based Cross Sport Design Concept that bowed in Tokyo last month hints at what the upcoming Scion sedan could look like.

“It’d be easy to bring the B-pillar forward, add a rear door and slant the rear roof section to create a viable sedan look,” revealed an anonymous inside source at Toyota.

The coupe’s 200-horsepower, 2.0-liter flat-four is not powerful enough to briskly move the extra weight added by sedan body style so engineers will fit the car with a turbocharger in order to raise its output to around 250 horsepower. The upgraded mill will also find its way under the hood of the coupe.

If the public’s response to the turbocharged sedan is positive, Toyota will launch a range-topping all-wheel drive version of it equipped with a gasoline-electric hybrid drivetrain consisting of the aforementioned turbo four powering the rear wheels and electric motors connected to lithium-ion battery packs driving the front wheels.

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