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Originally Posted by airjonny
Does this mean Subaru can do as they please with the car? I mean minus the styling and the D4S system, couldn't Subaru keep the platform since they made it?
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I don't think they would continue because it's not a "typical" Subaru it doesn't have the Subaru "look"/D4S/have four doors/AWD, the only similarities it has to the rest of the family is the factory, squeaks, and Subaru nameplate. Ever notice in Subaru TV & radio advertising the BRZ is never referenced?
It was a mistake for Toyota not have done this fully in-house, the Subaru team wanted no part of it, the production numbers are skewed in Toyota's favor (not that Subaru is going out of their way to sell them), QA could have been a little better (but to be fair it could've also suffered from one of Toyota's many recent recalls).
I can see the sharing of technology but not the manufacturing, look at the:
3000GT and Stealth (3000GT was cooler)
Precis and Excel (nobody cares)
Eclipse and Talon (first two Eclipse gens were best)
Matrix and Vibe (Pontiac went belly up and took them both down)
323 and Laser (meh)
-none ended so well