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Originally Posted by nikitopo
There are many ways to improve a car. When Toyota requested in first generation to achieve a 100ps/liter, the first reaction of Subaru engineers was that this cannot be achieved and that they should increase the engine displacement. Toyota insisted that there should be another way and introduced the D4-S system together with other engine improvements. We haven't seen much on the new car yet, but for me some things are bad decisions and contrary to popular belief the involvement of Toyota wasn't the same as in the first gen. About the rest you can check below.
There isn't any bias at all. They did it in the past and now they are not doing it. This was exactly what they meant by saying "built by passion not by committee". Like the option to offer two different climate control units – one for the enthusiast and one for the ordinary buyer with dual zone – and the option of an A/C delete without caring about the extra manufacturing costs. It is the little details that count.
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Totally disagree. The clearest point of difference between these two cars is the engine.
In the efforts to give the enthusiasts what they wanted they have kept to their guns on the car,
at the expense of the entire EU market.
By going up in engine capacity, instead of whacking on a turbo and be done with it, they have essentially killed its price for EU - Subaru wont even try.
The engine not being 100hp per litre anymore has nothing to do with passion or committee, I mean I think you have been hooked into a media marking line if I'm being honest.