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Originally Posted by rvoll

So if all of the measurements in a platform are variable, why have one? If they are "scalable", then you have the issue of the platform being inappropriate for the BRZ. That negates the purpose of a "platform" because you no longer have manufacturing line efficiencies. And you conveniently disregard Subaru's statement that AWD is an integral part of the platform. You seem to be force fitting your desires into an argument. In addition, the BRZ is the ONLY car in Subaru's lineup that was designed by Toyota. Why would a car designed by Toyota be built around a Subaru platform? Does Toyota have the knowledge and expertise of Subaru's platform? We know that it is the Toyota guy that is designing the new Twins, not Subaru.

You have no facts to back up your arguments. No where in the description of Subaru's Global Platform do they talk about scalability. In fact, we don't know how scalable the new platform will be or what elements will be scalable. It is just not factual. One of the major aspects of the new platform is front end crash safety. How can you get that massive front end under the low hood of a BRZ? On the other hand, it is a fact that Subaru says that AWD is part of the platform. Nowhere does it say RWD is part of the platform. It is a fact that Toyota is designing the next Twins, not Subaru.

There is a difference between using your engineering background to manufacture "fake news" regarding the next BRZ rather than taking the facts that we know and coming to logical conclusions. I do understand your arguments, but without facts, they are just fairy tales.

In the end, neither of us will know about the new BRZ until the 2021 models (which is also a fact, by the way). But it is far more probable, GIVEN THE FACTS THAT WE KNOW TODAY, that the global platform will not be used. That said, I do expect some commonalities in specific parts, infotainment systems, interior materials, etc. But in the big scheme of things, these are very small items.

Dude, calm down. We are speculating about a car that does not exist. We don't even know for sure if this marriage between Toyota or Subaru will continue....or how it was consummated in the first place