| OICU812 |
07-11-2013 11:06 PM |
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Originally Posted by Symmetrical
(Post 1060800)
All true, but Subaru did a majority of the engineering work. All the things people love about driving it is because of Subaru. So it's not a true Toyota.
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False.... this has been well discussed and documented actually. The Subaru naming on all the parts if because of where it was built as an agreement. Being that Tada San was the one who designed the look "obviously Toyota not Subaru as Subaru is not a curvy company" AE86, 2000 etc... as the baseline car design....The frame and much more was completely designed by Toyota, the suspension and the motor and more of course is all Subaru minus some Toyota engine features/mods etc... Much of yes a collaboration in the end.
As it also has been very well documented and discussed the Subaru people originally wanted nothing to do with a non turbo non awd car, at that point Toyota would have built it themselves and went with a rotary motor instead etc... Utilizing Toyotas ownership in Subaru and geo graphical placement of the Fuji plant it made sense to build it at that plant, Toyotas main plants are at full steam anyhow. All the BRZ/FRS/96s roll of the same line etc...Outside of exterior difference aside from moustache and badges.. the spring rates differ on the BRZ cause they thought for the Subaru crowd its more to their feel "what used to" of the AWD series they have made for years etc...
In conclusion I am happy that the joint venture was made and that Toyota showed Subaru it was worth the joint venture to come alive other wise final results may have been different.
If anyone needs multiple links to prove any or all of that I am sure when have time I can post for you but it's all buried here and been discussed and argued about several, several times..... |
