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" Unless you&amp;#039;ve been on sedatives prescribed by Dr. Conrad Murray for the past year, you&amp;#039;ve probably heard about the much hyped Subaru/Toyota lightweight, rear-wheel drive collab. If you haven&amp;#039;t, here&amp;#039;s the skinny: a 200 bhp 2.0-liter flat-4 engine producing 150 lb.-ft. of torque; 6-speed manual or auto; MacPherson struts front, double wishbone rear; 166.7-in. length, 69.9-in. width, 51.2-in. height, 101.2-in. wheelbase, 59.8-in. front track, 60.6-in. rear track; and so on and so forth. For a plethora of information dating back to spy shots of the car running around the Nurburgring, type in the following terms in the search box located on the top right: 86, FR-S or BRZ.  Now that the formalities are out of the way, let&amp;#039;s move on to something more current, namely what went down Wednesday night. At a studio in Hollywood, California, Scion unveiled the FR-S, Toyota&amp;#039;s official U.S. version of the car. Photos of said car are of the red Scion that was on center stage. More curiously, though, is what was shown in the ante room: a white 1986 Toyota Corolla GT-S and a modified black FR-S.  The former car, the Corolla, or AE86, is the spiritual predecessor to the modern Scion. This pristine example belongs to Brandon &amp;quot;B&amp;quot; Leung of BowlsLA.com, a Los Angeles-based street wear retailer and specialized tuner of the Honda Ruckus, a popular scooter. Unlike many who got caught up in the drift craze\u2014yet have never smoked a tire in anger, except for donuts in a parking lot\u2014Brandon wasn&amp;#039;t looking to build a beat-up drifter. The Corolla being his first car, Brandon wanted to build a street machine, a proper one at that. And more than 10 years later, the 15-in. Volk TE37V wheels, Yokohama A048 tires, J-Blood aero kit, rare HKS valve cover, HKS exhaust, Seibon carbon-fiber doors, Cusco rollcage and custom coilovers, to name just a few of the modifications\u2014bring words like polished, pulchritudinous and peerless to mind. Especially considering Brandon&amp;#039;s Corolla went from 80 wheel horsepower on its tired, original 4AG engine, to its current 200 wheel horsepower, courtesy of an engine rebuild using HKS parts and a HKS turbo kit (tuned with a HKS V-Pro).  The latter vehicle, the black FR-S, doesn&amp;#039;t have nearly the amount of modifications as Brandon&amp;#039;s car. Built by Greddy Performance Products of Irvine, California, the FR-S features the company&amp;#039;s SE Spectrum exhaust, prototype coilovers, prototype big brake kit (4-piston front, 2-piston rear), as well as 19-in. Rays G12 wheels, Hankook tires and custom interior. If it sounds lacking for Greddy, here&amp;#039;s why: They only had three days to work on the car. That&amp;#039;s a whole lot of measuring, developing, welding and bolting in a tiny bit of time.  With the debut event over, Kenji Sumino, President of Greddy, revealed his future plans for the FR-S. &amp;quot;The first thing on the agenda is a turbo kit. Placement is going to be tricky with the engine configuration\u2014the FR-S is more of a front midship design so space for a turbo is limited. Now that we have some time, our engineers are going to be busy.&amp;quot; Besides boost, a host of aftermarket parts such as exhaust systems, intake kit, headers, lowering springs, strut bars, control arms, oil cooler kit, radiator, as well as accessories, are all being developed by Greddy. Kenji plans on offering a full engine part catalog to augment the turbo kit down the line.  Greddy currently campaigns a Scion, a 2012 tC, at time attack events. Official motorsport plans for the FR-S haven&amp;#039;t been announced, but Greddy has something big in the works for 2013. I can&amp;#039;t say much but I can guarantee it will be something smoking hot. In the meanwhile, check out the &amp;quot;Performance Overload&amp;quot; story to see what Greddy did with a Nissan GT-R. Stats like 2.45 sec. 0-60 mph and 9.9 sec. @ 144.5 mph quarter-mile times should whet the appetite.  Related posts:  Sneak Peek at all-new 2011 Scion tC 2011 Scion tC: Quick Thoughts Rally Scion xD \u2013 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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