New Subaru Sports Coupe Spy Photos Show Interior, Nose

May 31, 2011 at 3:04pm by David Gluckman

For us auto journalists, there’s a familiar face (and shirt, and shoes) in these latest spy photos, which show a Subaru rear-wheel-drive coupe prototype surrounded by company hangers-on. For everyone else, the important bit concerns the clearest shot yet of the cabin. There, a pretty plain shift lever is visible, as are a row of toggle switches on the center console. The steering wheel appears to be equipped with shift paddles, as promised.

The photos also provide a good look at what we can confidently say is the Subaru nose, which will in fact resemble the Toyota/Scion’s. The cars will share most if not all body panels and will differ minimally, possibly with unique front and rear fascias, but maybe in badge only. As we’ve reported previously, the cars’ overall shapes resemble a toned-down version of the styling seen on the most recent concept version, the Scion FR-S.

The extent of all the badge-engineering should become clear at the end of November when the Toyota and Subaru versions of the car are unveiled at the Tokyo auto show.

Tags: Scion FR-S, Subaru, Subaru coupe, Toyota FT-86 |

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2012 Scion FR-S / Toyota FT-86 / Subaru RWD Sports Car Spy Photos – Future Cars

May 16, 2011 at 6:29pm by Jon Yanca

The Scion/Subaru/Toyota rear-wheel-drive coupe gets caught testing in a camouflaged production-ready body.

Toyota is such a tease. Way back in the fall of 2009, it showed a swoopy yet angry-looking rear-drive, two-door sports-car concept called the FT-86. Although we weren’t big on its looks, we were excited by the thought of a north/south powertrain once again gracing a Toyota coupe—and surprised that Toyota was working on the car with Subaru, which will get its own version. Then, at Geneva this year, we saw a slightly redesigned version with a bigger maw accented by LEDs, appropriately called the FT-86 II concept. Our mouths watered, and at the New York show we learned that the car would arrive in the U.S. as a Scion, which was previewed by the FR-S concept. But, based on these shots from our spy photographers, it seems that the FT-86/FR-S will lose much of its visual snap in production.

Keep Reading: 2012 Scion FR-S / Toyota FT-86 / Subaru RWD Sports Car Spy Photos – Future Cars

Tags: coupe, Japanese, Scion, Scion FR-S, sports car, spy photos, Toyota, Toyota FT-86 |

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Name that Shifter, No. 24: Subaru XT6

May 18, 2011 at 3:55pm by Car and Driver

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On Monday we presented this week’s shifter and asked you to identify the make and model of the vehicle from whence it came. A few of you were thrown by the lack of a traditional shift boot, but lh415cd was undeterred and correctly identified this week’s shifter as belonging to a Subaru XT6. lh415cd will receive a Save the Manuals button and sticker as a reward.

The XT6 pictured here participated in an eight-way sports coupe comparison test in our July 1989 issue. The $18,346 Subaru sported four-wheel drive and a flat-six engine producing 145 hp. If you think the boot-less shifter is unique, keep in mind that it lives in a rather unique interior highlighted by a steering wheel with asymmetrical spokes (one spoke extends horizontally from the center of the wheel to the rim at the 3-o’clock position, while another extends down to the six-o’clock position).

Tags: Name That Shifter, Subaru XT6 |

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2012 Subaru Impreza Debuts @ 2011 New York Auto Show – Video

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