RE: Subaru's Small Coupe Revealed
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Subaru, being the smaller company, should put in twice as much effort considering this model could save them. Their tardiness means a production ready model will be around in 2012. Surely Toyotas R&D department have far more on their plates than Subaru's, so what's with the delay?
Design a freakin shell please.
Unless....Subaru want their version to handle significantly better....hmmm....
Design a freakin shell please.
Unless....Subaru want their version to handle significantly better....hmmm....
elster said:
GravelBen said:
elster said:
Who to believe...
Announcement by Toyota, or "leaked" drawings to Autocar.
This is a tough one.
The manufacturer, or the magazine that must of printed 15 million made up sketches.
I don't see anything too contradictory about the two reports Announcement by Toyota, or "leaked" drawings to Autocar.
This is a tough one.
The manufacturer, or the magazine that must of printed 15 million made up sketches.
They've been clear all along that the Toyota and Subaru versions will look different.You think one car will be ready for the Tokyo Motor Show and the other wont even be a clay model?
GravelBen said:
elster said:
GravelBen said:
elster said:
Who to believe...
Announcement by Toyota, or "leaked" drawings to Autocar.
This is a tough one.
The manufacturer, or the magazine that must of printed 15 million made up sketches.
I don't see anything too contradictory about the two reports Announcement by Toyota, or "leaked" drawings to Autocar.
This is a tough one.
The manufacturer, or the magazine that must of printed 15 million made up sketches.
They've been clear all along that the Toyota and Subaru versions will look different.You think one car will be ready for the Tokyo Motor Show and the other wont even be a clay model?
Hellbound said:
Subaru, being the smaller company, should put in twice as much effort considering this model could save them. Their tardiness means a production ready model will be around in 2012. Surely Toyotas R&D department have far more on their plates than Subaru's, so what's with the delay?
Design a freakin shell please.
Unless....Subaru want their version to handle significantly better....hmmm....
Sad to say it may well be too late. Subaru were in a certain amount of trouble before the financial crash and it is conceivably possible that they can no longer afford to create the show model, but are rather on a shoe string until they can either find funding or finally go under.Design a freakin shell please.
Unless....Subaru want their version to handle significantly better....hmmm....
Still the car industry does have some unlikely survivors - Mitsubishi (the automotive company, not the whole zaibatsu it split off from in the 1990s) should have folded a good few years ago and still show no sign of going under.
dapprman said:
Hellbound said:
Subaru, being the smaller company, should put in twice as much effort considering this model could save them. Their tardiness means a production ready model will be around in 2012. Surely Toyotas R&D department have far more on their plates than Subaru's, so what's with the delay?
Design a freakin shell please.
Unless....Subaru want their version to handle significantly better....hmmm....
Sad to say it may well be too late. Subaru were in a certain amount of trouble before the financial crash and it is conceivably possible that they can no longer afford to create the show model, but are rather on a shoe string until they can either find funding or finally go under.Design a freakin shell please.
Unless....Subaru want their version to handle significantly better....hmmm....
Still the car industry does have some unlikely survivors - Mitsubishi (the automotive company, not the whole zaibatsu it split off from in the 1990s) should have folded a good few years ago and still show no sign of going under.
Speaking as someone with an Industrial Design degree, I call BS on those pics being representative of what it will look like.
They're either:
a) a selection out of several hundred other concept doodles - they're too rough to be anything else. no self respecting designer would produce a concept sketch that has wheels that are SO out of perspective it looks like a 13 year old has drawn it.
Or
b) a 13 year old drew them and someone has been hoaxed.
If they are proper Scooby design team drawings, they really are f
ked as a company.
They're either:
a) a selection out of several hundred other concept doodles - they're too rough to be anything else. no self respecting designer would produce a concept sketch that has wheels that are SO out of perspective it looks like a 13 year old has drawn it.
Or
b) a 13 year old drew them and someone has been hoaxed.
If they are proper Scooby design team drawings, they really are f
ked as a company.JonRB said:
I want a new Honda CRX, but with 4WD and properly serious performance. A bit like the Prodrive P2 in fact. 
I think we'd all be happy if Honda decided to create an entirely new sub-brand called Type R with the sole purpose of manufacturing reproductions of the CRX VT and Integra DC2, adding safety features and perhaps trimming a little more weight. Bourj said:
That brings back so many memories...Hellbound said:
Subaru, being the smaller company, should put in twice as much effort considering this model could save them. Their tardiness means a production ready model will be around in 2012. Surely Toyotas R&D department have far more on their plates than Subaru's, so what's with the delay?
Design a freakin shell please.
Unless....Subaru want their version to handle significantly better....hmmm....
I would have thought that being beaten into production by a Toyota coupe would be impossibleDesign a freakin shell please.
Unless....Subaru want their version to handle significantly better....hmmm....
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