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Originally Posted by Spec C Wannabe
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That was the question I asked last week. Waiting impatiently for the first drive and full review articles from the media.
I am feeling that the car, specifically the engine, is not completely finalized and thus not ready for the press test drive. I've read in the UK forum that the UK market will not get any changes to the engine and so no power bump due to strict emission that FA20 has already reached the limit, or something alike...
May be Toyota/Subaru is trying the reconcile these differences between geographical markets.
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Let's hope that they will not manage to have such a mess! They already specified different engine specs between manual and auto transmissions. If they change now the specs in the UK and the rest of Europe, then it will be a complete disaster. What else we know? That we 'll get a performance package with Sachs suspension and upgraded brakes. The Sachs suspension is not a new thing and the upgraded brakes is again a joke. We know that if you want better stopping power, first thing you change is the tires. Tires is what they stop you. The brakes were already big enough. Ironically, the tires in the performance package still remain the old ones.
I recall a year ago that there were again some intense relations between the two companies. There were questions about the future of the platform and discussions that Toyota is trying to find another manufacturer. Eventually they told us that the differences were sorted out. Let's hope all this situation to not have consequences in the future of the platform.