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Originally Posted by gily25
2 possibilities:
-Toyota/Subaru partnership was only a limited engagement. Each got what they wanted and now with the cars having distinct groups of buyers they will split and develop the cars separately. We can already see this with the direction of the 10 and STI packages making their way to the market. If the cars were meant to always be identical there wouldn't be two unique packages.
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Right but the FR-S and BRZ differences are mostly astehtic and if the companies split on the partnership, that means Toyota would have to tool their own factories and workers to make limited 2 door RWD production runs. And Subaru would have to cut back on production.
I think we will actually see more partnerships when it comes to sports cars to reduce R&D and manufacturing costs.