So I went to Subaru's Japanese site, and saw it's teasing a shot of the Subaru version of the FT86... pretty sure this hasn't been posted yet since it just went up. Image confirms it will be RWD.
Teaser site here:
http://www.subaru-global.com/boxersports.html
PDF in Japanese here (which just says it'll later show press conference info)
http://www.fhi.co.jp/contents/pdf_68375.pdf
Quote:
Press Release:
FHI opens Special Site for the 81st Geneva International Motor Show
- Teaser Image of "BOXER Sports Car Architecture" released -
Tokyo, February 22, 2011 - Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), the maker of Subaru automobiles, today announced the opening of a special website for the 81st Geneva Motor Show (Press day: March 1 and 2; Open to the public from March 3 through 13, 2011). FHI will also release a teaser image of its "BOXER Sports Car Architecture", a technology exhibit initially referred to as "Subaru Rear-Wheel Drive Sports Car Technology Concept". FHI is setting up this special website with a view to increasing customers' understanding of the philosophy underpinning this unique technology exhibit.
The SUBARU "BOXER Sports Car Architecture" embodies the technology concept of Subaru's Rear-Wheel Drive Sports Car, currently under joint development with Toyota Motor Corporation. It also represents a proposal of Subaru's new platform technology, build around its key component - the Horizontally-opposed
Subaru Boxer engine.
The special site will be opened today at 15:00 on the Subaru Global Site
http://www.subaru-global.com/boxersports.html
The site will feature information updates relating to the Geneva motor show and include the movie of Subaru's press conference.
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