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Originally Posted by 1UPZ

As a former supplier engineer for Toyota, yes I know how panels and resin parts are sourced and manufactured globally. Small volume vehicles will tend to be manufactured from a single source.

Many of Japanese Domestic market only cars (Kai cars) have suppliers locally. The globally sold cars like Camry, Fortuner, Corolla etc have parts from 4-5 countries as these countries have manufacturing plants. Some of the more complicated modules and parts are supplied by Japanese suppliers and these components are highly priced components... justifying the wages in Japan. So the simple to manufacture parts are usually done South East Asia, especially the global cars.
With the Zupra, its a BMW except for the badge, which was imported from a Toyota supplier. Some said Toyota designed the suspension, but not really, its sourced and sub-contracted from one of the big suspension OEMs off the shelf with minor tweaks. Even the suspension structure is BMW, so the Zupra is pretty much a BMW.

But going back to the point, the GR86 is VERY disappointing its staying as 5x100... even the GR Yaris is 5x114.3.

Not for me! I get to put my wheels on it if I ever decide to buy one.