Suburu BRZ Officially AXED!
06-25-2014, 04:02 PM
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06-25-2014, 08:05 PM
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Wow, not only is that guy annoying, he's also a little mis-informed / left out some of the story. Nothing is 100% YET.
taken from - http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-new...4061.html#main
Since the Toyobaru triplets — BRZ, FR-S , and GT86 — debuted for the 2013 model year, the relationship between Toyota and Fuji Heavy Industries, the company that owns Subaru and that Toyota owns a minority share of, has been stressed. Toyota seems ready to move the GT86 forward to a new level of the sport car realm, while Subaru has essentially sat back and said "we build it, so you can’t make any changes unless we allow it." Now a new report from Drive claims that Toyota may take its ball and go home, leaving Suby with no choice but to discontinue the BRZ.
This report stems from a conversation with Toyota chief engineer, Tetsuya Tada, who said that the next-generation 86 could be the brainchild of the BMW BMW -Toyota team up that is already under way. This would not only lead to the almost certain demise of the BRZ, but it would also result in a far more extreme GT86 and FR-S — if the latter is part of the 86 program in the next generation.
This report stems from a conversation with Toyota chief engineer, Tetsuya Tada, who said that the next-generation 86 could be the brainchild of the BMW BMW -Toyota team up that is already under way. This would not only lead to the almost certain demise of the BRZ, but it would also result in a far more extreme GT86 and FR-S — if the latter is part of the 86 program in the next generation.
taken from - http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-new...4061.html#main
06-25-2014, 08:21 PM
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They're talking about the gen2 BRZ. In fact, they even mention that the f/l is getting a bigger boxer (ie: 2.5L EJ257?) and improved exhaust (the long awaited turbo STI edition?) There's been plenty of rumors floating about, and the BRZ has steadily fallen in sales, so releasing a boosted STI model only makes sense to revive the market. Plus if that really takes off there's no reason to think that the BRZ model won't continue past g1. I know my biggest issue was the NA boxer felt like a slug. Especially compared to the 2014 WRX and STI. If given the WRX 2.5L and gear ratio (but keep it rwd) the sales would go through the roof! The 6 speed on the STI makes that chassis much more tame, but the BRZ on the other hand needs to be a little insane at times. Mate that motor and trans, and you'll have a monster of a car.
All this said was that BMW and Toyota are working on the next gen GT86.
Seems like a lot of misplaced speculation.
All this said was that BMW and Toyota are working on the next gen GT86.
Seems like a lot of misplaced speculation.
07-06-2014, 10:49 AM
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nah F*CK turbos and americlap lead-tipped arrow engineering
Let's see em shave 150 lbs out of it and raise the redline by 1500 rpm
Let's see em shave 150 lbs out of it and raise the redline by 1500 rpm