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Originally Posted by JR
This may have been discussed already, but, if Toyota did not partner with Subaru to make the 86, do you think the 86 would be better or worse? That is if they decided to make it on their own of course.
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Almost an impossible question to answer really. There will be fanboys that will say that a whole Toyota would be better no matter what but the vision just could not be completed with what Toyota had. The big thing was they didn't have an engine that they felt was appropriate and that would be a huge stumbling block. Sure they could have developed their own but then the car would have cost an incredible amount more. Read page 11 of the attached and you will see what I mean. It just simply would not be the same car as it is if they had gone on their own. Whether it would have been "better" or "worse" would depend on what you think is wrong with it now.
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