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Originally Posted by rvoll
- Therefore, what's important here is what Toyota does with the 86 and not what is done to the BRZ.
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Keep in mind that the Twins' chief engineer, Tetsuya Tada, is from Toyota. A lot of the hardware is Subaru or Subaru derived, but direction comes from Toyota. Tada also heads the Supra development. He's back as chief engineer for the 2nd gen 86 and I'm sure gets direction from Akio Toyoda. Akio recently made them significantly revise the Supra chassis setup quite late in the development because he didn't think it was exciting enough to drive.
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Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG
Subaru and Toyota know this is a niche car and it isn't going to sell the most units. They are capitalizing on a market where the only other car is the Miata. I think the car will stay true to form, or it will not exist at all.
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I think this is accurate. They already have a plushier, bigger sports car in the upcoming Supra. The 86 will stay relatively hardcore like the first gen, or perish in the shadow of the Supra altogether.
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