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tacoss23 · 08-20-2013, 03:08 AM

IMO the most likely scenario is that they will try and see cost of production of a larger displacement Boxer engine (new generation), 2.5 is my guess. If that is still costly effective to develop and produce they will go for it, since the "low gravity" formula of GT 86 is working so great and that's one of the aspects that gets praised the most by reviewers and articles. Which translates in sales.

I think Toyota will only consider going for an inline 4 cylinder if it's too expensive to R&D a larger displacement boxer. That being said, it's not bad at all. Look at the Civi Si, it uses the 2.4 inline of the Accord, of course tuned for performance and works great. Specially for aftermarket FI.

Regardless I don't think it's remotely a possibility that Subaru will be left out of this project. Subaru brought a lot of prestige and respect to this platform, and even if Toyota takes over designing the power train for the next generation, it's still Subaru the one that did such a great job for the most praised attributes of this car, which are handling, chassis, suspension and overall feel of how the car drives.

08-20-2013, 03:08 AM	#28
tacoss23 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: '08 328i, '13 Accord Sport, '13 BRZ Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 159 Thanks: 36 Thanked 75 Times in 46 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	IMO the most likely scenario is that they will try and see cost of production of a larger displacement Boxer engine (new generation), 2.5 is my guess. If that is still costly effective to develop and produce they will go for it, since the "low gravity" formula of GT 86 is working so great and that's one of the aspects that gets praised the most by reviewers and articles. Which translates in sales. I think Toyota will only consider going for an inline 4 cylinder if it's too expensive to R&D a larger displacement boxer. That being said, it's not bad at all. Look at the Civi Si, it uses the 2.4 inline of the Accord, of course tuned for performance and works great. Specially for aftermarket FI. Regardless I don't think it's remotely a possibility that Subaru will be left out of this project. Subaru brought a lot of prestige and respect to this platform, and even if Toyota takes over designing the power train for the next generation, it's still Subaru the one that did such a great job for the most praised attributes of this car, which are handling, chassis, suspension and overall feel of how the car drives.