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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0
Has Toyota ever worked with Honda? They partially own/invest in Subaru, Mazda and Yamaha. Toyota has worked with BMW currently, and I believe in the past, and they have worked with domestic companies. I believe they are rivals with Honda too much. Am I wrong?
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According to Bob Hall, the entire Mazda product line at least in the past was in direct competition with Toyota.
Toyota also worked with Lotus in the early 80's, the MR2 was no coincidence imo.
The Subaru investment was forced upon Toyota by the Japanese gubment when GM wanted out. Didn't Nissan rescue Subaru in the late 80's after the Legacy project used up all the dough? It was like the Volvo 850 of Subaru.
I guess anything could happen, but somehow I could never see a Toyota + Honda collaboration. Toyota is part of the old guard of Japanese car makers. Honda was the NKOTB and the old guards like Nissan and Toyota initially tried to block Honda from entering the car market by lobbying the Japanese gubment IIRC.
The SF-R looks like a Daihatsu Copen variant more than anything.