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Originally Posted by paros28
Toyota is the concept originator. As a matter of fact, it did not start out as a joint project. Toyota was going it alone. However, Mr. Toyoda who is himself a sports car enthusiast was not entirely satisfied with the early FT-86 prototypes. He wanted something that would handle even better and sent the engineers back to the drawing boards. To improve the handling, they had to lower the center of gravity even further and they figured they could do that with a flat engine that sits low to the ground. And guess who the boxer specialist in Japan? So yes, the car is built by Subaru but it's not your typical Subaru and looks like no other Subarus...because it's a Toyota by design.
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The early FT86 prototype already had a boxer... unless you know something I don't? So which engine did the early prototype you speak of utilize?