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Originally Posted by spin9k

News Flash from that article @ http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/201...e/#more-420599



So the car is really Daihatsu made!?



So these aren't the final cars in the flesh?! WTH

First, the way that top quote works is as such:

1) Subaru frees up it's kei-car plant by moving all production to a Daihatsu (Toyota Sub.) factory.
2) Subaru uses the empty plant to build all 3 three variants of the AS1 (FR-S, 86, and BRZ). Note that this plant has the ability to build 80k cars a year.
3) Both Subaru and Toyota nee Daihatsu are selling (theoretically) every thing they build with no loss of productivity.

Second, the last bit is PR spin; these are the final version but some smaller aspects may change before the final price and launch for each region is revealed - little things like color of the turn signal housing or whether the car comes with 16" wheels stock, etc. Nothing major like if the engine is going to be turbo-charged or if a whole new rear end will be designed.