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Originally Posted by venturaII
Suspension, brakes, interior, materials, etc. are mostly either Subaru parts bin, or jointly developed for the car. Like I said, it seems like very few things were sourced specifically from Toyota (importance aside).
And the boxer layout is heavy and large, and despite having a clean sheet of paper, they still shoved the motor far forward of the front wheels. There's been countless discussions regarding better overall packaging and weight savings of an I4. Yeah, CoG is slightly lower for a bare motor, but once you start factoring all the accessory componentry being located up high, that advantage mostly goes away. I do like the accessiblity of said components. Spark plugs could have easily been made far simpler to service. And 2x the complexity of valvetrain really doesn't make a strong argument for a boxer of any type. Back when they were pushrod motors, a boxer had a lot more appeal in terms of packaging. Subaru is hanging on to them because it's how they market themselves as different from the other manufacturers...there's certainly no practical advantage to them.
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Toyota components:
ART Pistons
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Taiho Engine Bearings
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Nippon Gasket
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Toyota/Denso Direct Fuel Injectors
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OTICS Fuel Lines
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Denso Iridium Spark Plugs
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Denso Airbox and Filter (Toyota Size)
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Toyota/Aisin Transmission (Tuned by Subaru)
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Toyota/ExxonMobil Transmission and Differential Gear Oils (Factory
Toyota/JTEKT/Denso Electric Power Steering
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Sachs Dampers (Performance Package)
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Toyota ABS/EBD/VSC/TRAC Logic
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Denso Window Motors
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Denso HID Ballast
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Toyota Boshoku Seats (with Moriden and Alcantara Seat Fabrics)
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Tokai Rika Seat Belts
Toyota/Tokai Rika Clockspring and Multi-Function Switches
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Toyota/Tokai Rika/Denso/Jeco Climate Control Switches
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Toyota/Tokai Rika/Denso/Aisin Immobilizer/Remote/Keyless System
Toyota/Denso/Yazaki Body Control Module
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Toyota/Pioneer Multimedia System (FR-S/86)
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Pioneer Amplifier and Speakers
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Not going to even list the massive number of parts that are common to pretty much every Japanese manufacturer.
Beside it is a moot point anyway since neither Subaru nor Toyota are primarily parts manufacturers. If we want to play the game of which company actually MADE the parts than Toyota is the strong leader since they do indeed have parts manufacturing divisions while Subaru does not.