John Coyle, Author at ScionLife.com - Page 2 of 6

On Wednesday, I was out at New York’s Monticello Motor Club driving the new RC and RC F on the private road course. While driving impressions are under embargo until September 4th, I can say I had a total blast. At the bar after roughly four hours of hots laps, a bunch of the writers […] More »

While seemingly everyone in the automotive press has heaped praise on the FR-S, as a whole, Scion itself hasn’t exactly been swimming in accolades. That’s what we here in the industry call putting it mildly. So it was cool to see the Chicago Tribune’s Robert Duffer throw some kind words at the sports car’s humble stablemate, […] More »

There have been plenty of folks in the automotive community who’ve stepped up to do the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, and Rutledge Wood of Top Gear USA fame put a smoky twist on his video by using a 2JZ-powered, RWD-converted Scion xB to deliver himself to the waiting cold shower. Even before the IBC, you’ve […] More »

Over the weekend a bunch of California iQ owners met up for their annual cruise, and fortunately, they took a bunch of photos. My favorite ride in the rally was this tank-themed ride. Seriously, how bad ass is this baby?

I’ve never seen videos from this pair. But to be honest? Pitting the FR-S and tC against each other on these two different environments is a little like making LeBron James and Stephen Hawking battle it out in the classroom and out on the basketball court. Still fun to watch though! Check out the videos […] More »

You don’t have to be Chris Rado to do Redline Time attack—though it probably doesn’t hurt if you have a crazy, double-winged, outrageously overpowered purpose-built race car to hit the track with. But if you’d ever wondered what it would look like to lap Willow Springs would look like from behind the wheel of something that […] More »

“And you get paid for that?” Since I’ve been writing about cars, I’ve heard that phrase plenty of times. And damn, did I hear it a lot over the past few days. But that’s going to happen when you’re at your friend’s birthday party and you get to answer the innocuous “so how was your […] More »