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Originally Posted by phm14
The car was a joint venture, and does exhibit contributions from Toyota. Toyota owns 11% of Subaru, who sold Toyota the stock because of financial difficulties (another reason I went with the Toyota branded product). This car would never have been developed without funding and input from Toyota.
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Toyota funded it, provided Subaru with the exterior styling, handed them the direct injection system, and lastly, used the keyfob from a Prius...Toyotas hardware involvement ends there. They might have given thumbs up or down along the process, but it's still completely Subaru engineered and built.