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Originally Posted by a2cpc
Not according to Tada. He says they already have several prototype variants.
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Your confusing quotes. He has prototype engines for the refresh (2015) model year. The car itself will still look much the same and be built in a Subaru plant with mostly Subaru parts. The current FT86 is not being killed off in 2 years for a new model, it will be a model refresh.
The other quote Tada made was that they are building concepts for the next generation FT86, where he alludes that the car may not have a Subaru Boxer engine, but none of this is certain.
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If Toyota decides they are going their own way and it appears they are already testing alternatives to the BRZ, I don't see the BRZ lasting another 5 years with out the Toyota sales.
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Toyota won't be going their own way in two years though. If they decided to, again, it would be much further down the line when they completely revamp the FT86 platform. A refresh FT86 in 2015 is not going to be an entirely new car from the ground up. It will most likely offer another engine alternative to the current one (think TRD/STi model) and the car will still be assembled in a Subaru plant.
You are reading into this too much and mixing up what was said.
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I don't think it is hurting sales to other Subarus either the numbers don't lie.
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Exactly. And remember, Subaru could make and sell more BRZ's than they do now, they are simply limited to production.
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I don't think Subaru would even consider keeping the car if they can't sell at least 10,000 a year.
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They are not selling 10K a year now (at least in the US). That was never their intention. They make more than 10K a year now, but most of the models produced go to Toyota.