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Originally Posted by 70NYD
Wow I like your speech there except for the parts bin part.. Which MAJOR part of this car is from something else? The way I see it alot of parts from this car will go towards others, but this is by no means a parts bin car...
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The entire suspension is parts bin (minus the spring/strut specifications). The basis for the engine is parts bin (part of the new FB engine line, Subaru already has several iterations of it). The rear diff is supposedly parts bin. Heck, even the interior door handles in the photos are from a 2000 Legacy.
There are going to be a lot of other bits and pieces we don't see that are parts bin, and that was the goal of this car as Toyota/Subaru have stated, to keep the price down by using what they could.
Of course the transmission had to be designed for this car, but I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of it closely resembles other Subaru transmissions (its cheaper to modify an existing blank for a part than to make a whole new design from scratch).
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Originally Posted by aids333
Seriously dude? Where can get a 20k sports car right now? Let alone one with RWD.. the TC is 20k.
30k is steep for a rwd 4 cyl. But you know what.. it will still sell. Just because you've got corolla money, doesn't mean toyota is going to sell you a race car.. they'll sell you a corolla.
Save up - the 27k will be worth it. If you don't like it - you can get a Genesis. Or a mustang. Or a civic Si.
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27k for this car is too much unless its loaded with good stuff as I mentioned. Corolla's are sub-$20k cars, the Mustang V6 starts under $23k and you get 300hp with that but its too heavy and not interested in it anyway.
But keep in mind, other than the direct injection, this is just a RWD converted Subaru platform with a new design chassis. There is no reason for this car to cost even close to $30k.