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Subaru confirms rear-drive coupe

Geneva Motor Show debut for concept version of Subaru’s rear-drive coupe.

Subaru Coupe concept front

By Tom Phillips

14th January 2011

Subaru’s new Coupe is go! The Japanese firm has confirmed that a concept version of its long-awaited Coupe, jointly developed with Toyota, will make its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March. No pictures have yet been released, but our exclusive renderings give you an idea of how the newcomer will look.

What’s more, the firm has confirmed that the car will be built on an all-new platform, and while the Coupe will feature Subaru’s trademark horizontally-opposed boxer engine, it won’t get the firm’s symmetrical all-wheel drive. Instead, like to Toyota model, it will be rear-drive, giving the firm a rival to Hyundai’s Genesis Coupe in the US market. 

Subaru has also confirmed that it will show its new Impreza Concept, which was first seen at the LA Show last year, and the firm’s new Trezia model which is a B-segment MPV that’s essentially a rebadged version of Toyota’s forthcoming Verso-S.

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Progression

Subaru are one of those car companies who regularly progress through the years despite the economic downturn. Its because they build their cars to last. Also they have joint ventures with their fellow country (Japan) companies to build cars to minimize costs across the board.
And when they have a joint venture (like this one with Toyota) they build stylish cars with the chassis setup operated by both parties.
But both the coupe and saloon look amazing.
Subaru cars are in essence the performance gods. Only Lotus and Mitsubishi can pose a threat to them, that's it.
Subaru's are so expensive, even when your trying to get a used model. This is because the performance of their cars are matched to superior build quality and reliability.
Even Toyota cannot match this.

By lucasworld on 14 January, 2011, 3:56pm

Nice

From the side view...it kinda has an M3 feel about it....I'm not really 'digging' the rear tail lights and sculpting though. Looks like it's been hacked? Otherwise...bound to be a great car.

By badboyrocco on 14 January, 2011, 4:50pm

Excellent!

I hope Ford are taking notice of this design; no more sacking us off with FWD roof-chopped focus junk and trying to pass it off as a Capri... make a RWD fastback! At least the Japanese understand!

By Wobbletastic on 14 January, 2011, 6:49pm

just buy the toyota

we were expecting the main difference between the toyota and the subaru to be AWD but now they are identical. There are no other small reasonably priced AWD sports cars out there. this would have been unique but now it is fust a reskinned ft86 which they designed in the first place to be AWD.
Toyota wants Subaru to just be their engineering arm and they are killing it as a manufacturer (larger imprezzas, boring legacies)

By qdewolf on 14 January, 2011, 9:47pm

'Scooby' Doo 4WD or bust...

Very disappointed the coupe won't have 4WD. The Impreza concept on the other hand is the dogs gonads...

I'll not comment on the Trezia as Subaru shouldn't be producing a vehicle in this market sector, that is what Toyota do best.

By sgtgrash on 16 January, 2011, 9:29pm

Subaru Coupe

Best looking coupé out there, if they can make it like this.

But... remember how good the Scirocco concept looked and then we just got a squashed Golf

By Independentopinion on 20 January, 2011, 10:26am

@Independentopinion

Hahaha, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that of the Scirocco. IMO it is pig-ugly...

By sgtgrash on 20 January, 2011, 4:05pm

Fantastic

Hope Subaru do not tone down the look of the car in the pictures - it looks superb and I would buy this anyday.

By cousins11 on 20 January, 2011, 6:03pm

A seriously bad sign

This is in many ways awful news. It is confirmation that Toyota (a firm that builds dull and boring appliances) is spreading their influence into Subaru (a firm that knows how to build exciting fun cars). Subaru is forgoing its soul by building a non awd drive car. While a rear wheel drive coupe will be a big step up in excitement for Toyota building a non turbo rear wheel drive Subaru that is slower than almost every model line Subaru makes (just try keeping up with the turbo sport cute Forester) is hardly progress. It just shows that Toyota is diluting the Subaru gene pool rather than leveraging Subaru's expertise in building exciting fun to drive cars Toyota is pushing its conservative and boring thinking onto Subaru, a very bad sign indeed.

By JLOWE99 on 20 January, 2011, 6:04pm

A seriously bad sign

This is in many ways awful news. It is confirmation that Toyota (a firm that builds dull and boring appliances) is spreading their influence into Subaru (a firm that knows how to build exciting fun cars). Subaru is forgoing its soul by building a non awd drive car. While a rear wheel drive coupe will be a big step up in excitement for Toyota building a non turbo rear wheel drive Subaru that is slower than almost every model line Subaru makes (just try keeping up with the turbo sport cute Forester) is hardly progress. It just shows that Toyota is diluting the Subaru gene pool rather than leveraging Subaru's expertise in building exciting fun to drive cars Toyota is pushing its conservative and boring thinking onto Subaru, a very bad sign indeed.

By JLOWE99 on 20 January, 2011, 6:04pm

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