Will Subaru wait for TMS now that Toyota made an official release?

[Buggy51]

Yeah yeah yeah... I'll eat my words :P

[Kostamojen]

We still don't have the details about the car, other than two photos and a hand full of statistics :p

We haven't even seen an interior shot of the BRZ!

[pastuch]

Originally Posted by Navi

Base BRZ, FR-S and GT86 will all be the same with minor differences, price will be exactly the same.

They will not start competing with each other i think.

Subaru will release an BRZ STI later on with the appropriate pricetag ofc.

ROFL.... If the Subaru isn't at least $5000 more than the Scion in Canada I'll eat my shoes. Subaru Canada pricing is ridiculous.

[brewksy]

For the record, SOA blog has stated that these two cars will be marketed differently. The stake that Toyota has in FHI is too small to convey outright ownership - so therefore, the price, the marketing, and the sales of these cars has to be kept confidential and there cannot be any price collusion between the two companies.

Unlike a joint GM/Pontiac badge engineered project where prices were known and calculated for each model to target as many market segments as possible (or to overload a single segment).

[ryun84]

Originally Posted by brewksy

For the record, SOA blog has stated that these two cars will be marketed differently. The stake that Toyota has in FHI is too small to convey outright ownership - so therefore, the price, the marketing, and the sales of these cars has to be kept confidential and there cannot be any collusion between the two companies.

Yeah, saw that post by SOA Blog on NASIOC.

[brewksy]

Originally Posted by ryun84

Yeah, saw that post by SOA Blog on NASIOC.

Yes, I forgot my sources - sometimes forget which forum I'm on nowadays

brewksy/manticus

[Allch Chcar]

Originally Posted by brewksy

Yes, I forgot my sources - sometimes forget which forum I'm on nowadays

brewksy/manticus

Manticus!?

Kostamojen.

Scrappydo isn't here too is he? >.>

It's tubular that we have some forum vets from NASIOC coming over here.

Originally Posted by Kostamojen

I think now that they've developed this chassis and drivetrain and if its very successful they might branch it out into other models in order to make money.

Sedan version
Hatchback version (shooting brake)
Hybrid version

Sky's the limit now that they have the basic architecture in place...

That would be so cool.

I might buy a sedan version of this for a family car someday, should I ever need one that is, and if it goes on sale.

[MrVito]

Originally Posted by brewksy

For the record, SOA blog has stated that these two cars will be marketed differently. The stake that Toyota has in FHI is too small to convey outright ownership - so therefore, the price, the marketing, and the sales of these cars has to be kept confidential and there cannot be any price collusion between the two companies.

Unlike a joint GM/Pontiac badge engineered project where prices were known and calculated for each model to target as many market segments as possible (or to overload a single segment).

If SOA Blog is implying that Subaru intends on charging more for the same car, well, they've lost my business. I suppose I should go drop that on NASIOC, since Subaru clearly doesn't pay attention to this site.

[tranzformer]

Originally Posted by MrVito

If SOA Blog is implying that Subaru intends on charging more for the same car, well, they've lost my business. I suppose I should go drop that on NASIOC, since Subaru clearly doesn't pay attention to this site.

I don't see SOA charging more to charge more. Either they will be very similar in price and features, or the BRZ will come with more features and cost more to account for that.