DEVELOPED SIDE-BY-SIDE with Toyota’s upcoming FT-86 coupe, Subaru’s entry-level two-door sportscar has been spied testing this week at the Nurburgring circuit.

With flared guards and a profile similar to the current generation WRX STI, Subaru fans in Australia and the US might be inclined to dub Subaru’s new coupe the spiritual successor to the famed [...]

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With all the names, nicknames and details that keep getting trundled out for the 2012 Toyota/Subaru ‘Toyobaru’ ‘Subota’ 086A Celica rear-wheel-drive entry-level sports car (see, that took up an entire line and then some), we’re going to soon start running out of space to put it all.

Moving on, the ‘Toyobaru’ circus continues.  Best Car magazine – [...]

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If you thought you were confused about the coming Toyota and Subaru rear-wheel-drive entry-level sports car (even that’s a mouthful), then rest assured, this latest news… probably won’t clarify things at all.

The ‘Toyobaru’ - initially conceived to evoke the spirit of the AE86 Corolla - has had a turbulent run, being cancelled and re-instated more [...]

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Earlier in the week, we reported that the joint Toyota and Subaru entry-level rear-wheel-drive project is still on the go, and that we should expect to see it some time around 2012.

While our mail would indicate that the body shape has been largely finalised, there remains some mystery as to the choice of powertrain and driveline.

This may be becoming [...]

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On Sunday we reported on a dubious article posted by the Detroit Free Press which claimed Toyota and Subaru had confirmed that their joint entry-level rear-wheel-drive sports car project had been put on “indefinite hold”.

Now, according to Inside Line and “knowledgeable PR sources in Japan”, we should ignore that news and keep our spirits high – again [...]

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In what will likely be heart-wrenching news for many, Toyota and Subaru have together – according to the Detroit Free Press – confirmed that the small entry-level RWD sports car project the two companies had been working on, is now on indefinite hold.

Codenamed 086A, the ‘Toyobaru’ project (as it had been nicknamed, along with ‘Subota’), [...]

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What happens when the unstoppable juggernaut meets the immovable object? In the case of the global economic crisis versus Toyota and Subaru’s joint rear-wheel-drive sports car, there’s hope that new Toyota president Akio Toyoda has found a solution to that age-old riddle.

In an interview with the press at the recent Tokyo Auto Salon, speed-loving Toyota [...]

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The jointly-developed Toyota/Subaru RWD coupe is undoubtedly one of the more hotly-anticipated new releases on the horizon, but now it seems that those hanging out for a budget tyre-burner from Toyota may have to wait a little longer yet.

Yep, it looks like the world’s slowly capsizing economy will be putting the brakes on yet another [...]

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As manufacturers pull out of the Detroit Motor Show left, right, and centre, Subaru has announced that not only will it be appearing, but that Detroit will be home to the world debut of “a” concept vehicle.

While there’s not been confirmation of what the vehicle will be, we are all well aware that Toyota and Subaru [...]

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In the 90s, companies went on epic shopping sprees like they had one week to live. You could almost imagine Ford raising a “Mission Accomplished” banner on the deck of an aircraft carrier after buying Jaguar…

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We’ve presented plenty of news on the Toyobaru or Subota Toyota/Subaru RWD Coupe. We thought we knew all about it but with every new day comes a new contradiction. It will be cheap, it won’t be cheap, there will be a turbo AWD version there won’t be - you get the picture.

What we think we [...]

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Bloody hell, who knows what’s going on at Toyobaru these days? Not a single one of these rumours about the upcoming Toyota and Subaru rear wheel drive (RWD) sports coupes might ever turn true, but they sure do sell a lot of magazines.

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