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Remember the twins are an all Japanese built and designed car. Parts are unique and the DI is just as unproven as BMW engineering. And in the last decade the Subaru boxer reliability has been worse for major engine repair than BMW in-line 6. Time will but in a few years of road time maintaining a Toyobaru may be just as difficult as a BMW, this isn't a corolla by any means. Also an I-6 is much simplier to work on than a crammed in boxer.

I don't think long term reliability is a given over a BMW 1 series by any means.

That said the chassis of the Toyobaru is much better than the 1-series. BMW dropped the ball with the 1-series with too much under-steer and too much weight, it could have been a return to their roots but those are gone.

I was close to buying a 1-series but chose a new FR-S instead, but my fingures are crossed. There are no guarantees in this industry anymore.