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Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo
Not necessarily true. Plenty of cars come with a RWD/AWD option. You just need a different transmission and front subframe. The tranny is already outsourced from Aisin, Subaru could easily platform share the twins with the WRX.
Nissan used the same platform for the 350Z, G35, FX. That platform supported RWD, AWD, A V6, A V8, and was eventually adapted for the current GTR.
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yep!
Subaru has said they will make all of their vehicles on the new platform by 2021. That means everything from the Forester to the new and yet unnamed plug in EV will all use it. Platform sharing does not mean that the final cars have to be the same.
The Lancer, the Jeep Compass, Dodge Caliber and Chrysler 200 shared a platform and they are not even remotely the same set ups. In the 80s the Fox platform was used for the Mustang the LTD and the Thunderbird which again are radically different. For over a decade Chrysler built almost everything on the K platform. Something like 80 (or more?) different vehicles used it.
Same "platform" does not mean that each chassis is identical just that it uses the same basic set up and parts. Floor pans, drive setups, engines and many other aspects can be totally different.