Find the redundancy...

Scion Website said: With a front-mounted flat boxer engine and a 6-speed transmission, the rear-wheel drive FR-S has motorsport running in its veins

Hey it could be a V-boxer

Well, it could be a tilted boxer engine... in the same vein as a slant-six.

I see only irony......the problem is, toyota/scion buyers generally have no clue whats in them.....

Department of Redundancy Department.

ask the average person in the target demographic for this car what a "boxer" engine is and they won't have a clue- much like the clueless people that are employed in the marketing departments that are tasked with getting said target demographic to buy this car..

ugh.. marketing is dead... there are NO new ideas

Flat/Boxer

Maybe it was a misprint and it's actually a flat Boxter engine (in which case it's still redundant)

T.J. wrote: Department of Redundancy Department.

I always thought it was the Redundancy Department of Redundancy.

novaderrik wrote: ask the average person in the target demographic for this car what a "boxer" engine is and they won't have a clue-

Car guy at work once told me that Subaru's were fast because the have Porsche motors in them. Really? Yup. Boxster.

GameboyRMH wrote: Hey it could be a V-boxer

Did anyone ever make a 180 degree V engine?

VIN number .. and most folk don't realize how fail they are ... same for PIN number ....

"Pizza pie" is guaranteed to send me into an apoplectic frothing at the mouth rage.

Don't forget the Automated Teller Machine machine.

Or the hot water heater.

Zomby Woof wrote: Or the hot water heater.

Wouldn't that be like one of those USB-powered coffee mug warmers?

Zomby Woof wrote:

novaderrik wrote: ask the average person in the target demographic for this car what a "boxer" engine is and they won't have a clue-

Car guy at work once told me that Subaru's were fast because the have Porsche motors in them. Really? Yup. Boxster.

did you reply that Porsches were so fast because they had VW Beetle motors in them?

OMG so it has an engine from a Porsche Boxster?

(this is what most dumb non-car-knowin' Americans will think first).

EDIT: whoops, didn't see someone already said that, more or less....

mad_machine wrote: ugh.. marketing is dead... there are NO new ideas

i don't know about that- Toyota is actively pursuing the portion of the male demographic that likes "shiny wheels" with their latest ad... that's a pretty new way of going about it..

my least favorite reduntant phrases:

"free gift" (not really a gift to you if you have to pay for it)

"past history" (is there any other kind?)

"close proximity" (by definition, proximity is close)

"foreign imported cars"

"revert back"

irish44j wrote: my least favorite reduntant phrases: "foreign imported cars"

So what would a Honda Accord, Toyota Camry, Subaru Legacy, Mercedes Benz ML, BMW X5 and VW Jetta be?

Flight Service wrote:

irish44j wrote: my least favorite reduntant phrases: "foreign imported cars"

So what would a Honda Accord, Toyota Camry, Subaru Legacy, Mercedes Benz ML, BMW X5 and VW Jetta be?

The bane of the UAW?

Flight Service wrote:

irish44j wrote: my least favorite reduntant phrases: "foreign imported cars"

So what would a Honda Accord, Toyota Camry, Subaru Legacy, Mercedes Benz ML, BMW X5 and VW Jetta be?

IDK, is a Ford Cosworth Sierra or a Ford Mondeo a "domestic" car to Americans?

Flight Service wrote:

irish44j wrote: my least favorite reduntant phrases: "foreign imported cars"

So what would a Honda Accord, Toyota Camry,

Those are "American assembled, partially from imported parts"