slissner Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 http://wardsauto.com/ar/toyota_subaru_engineers/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imprezawrcblue Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Toyobaru and Subata???? Camgacy? or Legary?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartg Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Interesting. However I think Toyota is only in the game for use of the manufacturing facilities and to reduce their own costs. AFAIK Subaru had no intentions of utilizing hybrid technology, instead wanting to adapt bio-diesel. I think it is a bad move for Subaru to look at Toyota for moving forward. Toyota had its day of producing cheap, dependable and reliable cars. Sporty cars even (from 88 - 96 anyhow). If Subaru was worried about maxing the output of the facility they could bring manufacturing of the Imprezas to the states. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tytek Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 What is more fascinating is that Subaru has over 100 engineers to send out!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red beast Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 “I suspect (Toyota is) fascinated with our AWD technology,” says Timothy Mahoney, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at SOA. are you friggin kidding? all toyota had to do is buy a impreza and rip it apart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godwhomismike Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 http://wardsauto.com/ar/toyota_subaru_engineers/ Shit!!! Hopefully the Subaru engineers sent their "pizza and soda" guys over to Toyota. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisted Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 hope they swapped designers....cuz the new camry and new concept for celica FTTS or whatever and supra look hawt....and we all freakin know what they did to the 08 legacy and impreza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisted Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 What is more fascinating is that Subaru has over 100 engineers to send out!!! and not one of them was smart enough to challenge the design teams atrocity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLegacy99 Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 “I suspect (Toyota is) fascinated with our AWD technology,” says Timothy Mahoney, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at SOA. are you friggin kidding? all toyota had to do is buy a impreza and rip it apart Our first AWD vehicle was a '93 Previa All-trac. My parents loved it. Not sure why Toyota discontinued All-trac, but it definately benefitted Subaru. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLegacy99 Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Interesting. However I think Toyota is only in the game for use of the manufacturing facilities and to reduce their own costs. AFAIK Subaru had no intentions of utilizing hybrid technology, instead wanting to adapt bio-diesel. I think it is a bad move for Subaru to look at Toyota for moving forward. Toyota had its day of producing cheap, dependable and reliable cars. Sporty cars even (from 88 - 96 anyhow). If Subaru was worried about maxing the output of the facility they could bring manufacturing of the Imprezas to the states. I think I disagree with most of that. 1. If theyre swapping engineers it would be very easy to get hybrid technology and Subaru has already showed an interest in it. 2. Toyota had its day of making dependable, reliable cars? Most of the people in my family have Toyotas/Lexuses. My bro, mom, sister, bro in law, sis in law, aunt, grandpa, etc. The service records are pretty damn good. My mom's RX300 was plagued was the same age/miles at my LGT and accumulated the same amount of repair work/costs. In my house we run em till they die (except for my mom's RX that replaced for the 400h). My point: Toyotas run and run and run. Havent gotten that far with a Subaru to know you, but its been good with my Legacies so far, not my Impreza. 3. It would probably be more expensive to refit a whole line to produce Imprezas in the States rather to just ship them over. Definately more cost effective for Toyota to make cars on the empty line. IMO, maybe Subaru should become a division of Toyota. Then it could be Scion, Toyota, Subaru, Lexus. A new car empire. But I doubt it will happen and perhaps it shouldnt. But affiliation with Toyota is better than with GM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lie495s14 Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 It's just a marketing stretegy to make both companies look better. See you guys have already started talking about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iyalla Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 ^+1 I bet there is a similar thread at the Toyota forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigT Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I bet not.. people who drive Camrys and corollas don't have enthusiast forums LMFAO! Although maybe subaru can learn a little something about a business plan. For all intensive purposes Subarus and Toyotas run for about the same time. The only differences are that Toyota pays attention to details (ie. the same piece of plastic won't fall of 25 times) and subaru has AWD & more performance based products. Toyota extends their excellence to every part of the car, not just the mechanics. Oh, and they have an idea on how to run a business. (Marketing, design, product options etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iyalla Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 ^+1 and I am sure the Supra and TRD crowd would be a little offended about the "not enthusiasts" thing. http://www.2008toyotasupra.net/ http://www.trdusa.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNeilB Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Sorry to kill the buzz... but.. er... http://www.camryforums.com/ snooze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godwhomismike Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Sorry to kill the buzz... but.. er... http://www.camryforums.com/ :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: OMG!!!!! hahahahahaha I bet all they talk about is their gas mileage, cup holders, and what cds they listen to when going from Point A to Point B. :lol: :lol: :lol: / Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red beast Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 i would be more interesting if they swapped wives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLegacy99 Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 i would be more interesting if they swapped wives hahahaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincedog3 Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Does this mean we will Scion WRX or a Subaru TC?? Strange, but hey when you got the money to buy anything you want. Anything can and does happen. For your car audio/video needs:D Audio Crafters IS it. In Pasadena Ca. Arthur rules. www.audio-crafters.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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