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Originally Posted by Anaxilus
I think the problem is how little people comprehend or are educated to how much the GT86 is primarily a Toyota conception and design. There's a reason Subaru's Gunma plant only cranks out 1 BRZ per every 4 86s/FRSs. It's a car Subaru never wanted to build at all and wouldn't have if not for Toyota's vision, engineering oversight, management and funding. The only reason Subaru is making the car is because Toyota bought into FHI and wanted to use a boxer engine. Otherwise, Subaru would never have been involved. Btw, I own an actual Subaru too.
There's some weird revisionism that comes from recent selective short term memory where new kids seem to associate Subaru w/ performance and Toyota w/ bland Camrys. Therefore, Toyota get's little to no credit for anything. Despite the fact that Toyota has historically done more and won more in all of motorsports than Subaru or most other car makers have combined.
The problem with the article and anyone that agrees w/ it is that it is just ignorant on so many levels to say the FRS is just a rebadged Subaru. I like my Subaru too, but if you think buying a BRZ will save you from exposure to icky Toyota Cooties, think again. Embrace the truth, the twins are a Toyobaru, revel in it.
Next up, Toyobimmeru.
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Thank you! Exactly my intent. Both companies deserve recognition as it took both to bring this car to us. Apologies friends, I did not mean to troll or stir up the badge/branding debates...