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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 03:44 PM
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Thumbs up New Subaru RWD Sports Coupe (aka 216a / FT-86) to debut in March!

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Subaru has officially announced this morning that its new rear-wheel drive (yes, RWD) sports car concept (internally known as the “216a”) which has co-developed with Toyota, will be making its world debut at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show in early March. Besides the official confirmation of the debut date, the interesting bit of news here is the confirmation of its RWD layout.

The new concept will be called the 2011 Subaru Rear-Wheel Drive Sports Car Technology Concept - http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=916
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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 04:26 PM
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Subaru loses more identity. Known for boxer engines and AWD, now RWD and i bet its a v6 or flat 4.
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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 04:40 PM
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Doesn't LOOK owt to shout about.
Who are Subaru's designers, these days? Blunkett Design Academy?
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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 04:41 PM
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looks like an S5 that has been subaruised...
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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 05:00 PM
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Looks like any other car to me...
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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 05:31 PM
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If you look at the pics on autoblog.com you can see that it looks sod all like the rendering and more like a cross between the new saloon and the hatchback model, albeit 2/3 door. It'll more than likely be awd/boxer engine.
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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 08:49 PM
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It's a convertible ...
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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 10:08 PM
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You know that's not what the car will actually look like? That's just some designers idea of what they *think* it will look like. Subaru didn't do that design.
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