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Originally Posted by Vides990
My reasoning is the disolving relationship between toyota and subaru
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Not picking on you in particular @
Vides990, so please don't take offense
I find these comments amusing. How is the relationship dissolving?
Toyota owns a portion of Fuji Heavy Industries. Which in turn owns Subaru outright. Therefore, by definition, they have a relationship, whether people want to believe it or not.
The articles are all corporate speak. Just because Tada says "That's a possibility" doesn't make it so. He can't speak about the development of the next gen 86 because... its in development. So he can't confirm or deny anything really.
Now, lets say that the next gen 86 is a BMW/Toyota developed car. The current production line is all Subaru driven, so there's a good chance the BRZ would continue, but based upon the existing chassis. So they'd split. This is not necessarily a bad thing either, as it offers more choices to us, the consumers.
Keep in mind too, a well engineered chassis can be used for a long time. The NC was putting smiles on faces for 10 years before Mazda released the new ND.
So, considering how good the FT-86 chassis is, seems a little early to me to be talking about a new partnership already. Or at the very least, talking about a new chassis.