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Originally Posted by feedbag
This car isn't like any other in that their factory is producing both Toyotas and Subarus at a 2:1 ratio. It's actually less efficient for both parties involved to route into a Subaru port than a Toyota port since there will be more FR-S's. I'm sure whatever complications involved in shipping to a nonstandard Subaru port are negligible compared to the expenses and paperwork of docking in unecessary extra harbors. I mean what all do they have to do? Scan a barcode and pull off some stickers?
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Again, this ship is not just carrying FR-S and BRZ automobiles.
If we assume 1,000 FR-S and 500 BRZ that leaves space for 4,700 other cars. Those other cars are random Subarus.. so what makes more sense:
1. Ship 5,200 Subarus to a Toyota port and deal with the logistics
2. Ship 1,000 Toyotas to a Subaru port and deal with the logistics
3. Ship 5,200 Subarus to a Subaru port and then have the ship continue to a Toyota port to deliver 1,000 Toyotas. Both use existing agreements and distribution networks.
To me, #1 makes the least sense by a large margin.
These would only be the first BRZs if the ETA is off and the ship arrives at the Subaru port within a week or so.
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