Report: Toyobaru delayed until 2012 or later

Report: Toyobaru delayed until 2012 or later

Filed under: Sports/GTs, Japan, Subaru, Toyota, Rumormill



The rumors of the sports car that Toyota and Subaru were working on have been replaced by rumors that the car has been put on hold. Earlier news had posited a rear-wheel-drive sports car with "wonderful style," based on the current Subaru Legacy platform, with a boxer engine putting out around 200 hp through a six-speed manual. Originally due in 2011, now, according to Nikkei, the car has been pushed back to at least 2012. If things get worse before they get better, we have a feeling that 2012 will also come and go without Toyota fielding another dedicated sports car entrant. So move along, folks, there's nothing to see here, please return to your Camrys and cue up Queen: another one bites the dust...

[Source: Bloomberg]Report: Toyobaru delayed until 2012 or later originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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Figured. The rear sorta has BMW on it...

im kinda dissapointed on the look it look likes a stretch Ford escort im sorry toyota u fail on this one

agree ford escort front end and bmw rear end,i think they probally will compete with the hyundai genesis turbo coupe

That thing looks horrible and I rather have a root canal than have to work on a boxer engine.

i should eliminate the trun signal lights or whatever is in the bottom of the headlight.

I actually think it's a BMW Exige.

there is no official design of the car that i know of yet. i believe everything posted on the car is someones guess of what they think it will look like.

yep

too much speculation, not enough real substance

that sounds like the definition of the internetz...

i dont like those two lil lights in the middle

i highly doubt that the prototype pics(above)will have a dramatic change and the front end will as is

another one bites the dust indeed