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The BRZ has been a big hit over in Australia (at least from the sheer number of them I see around) - is it just the FR-S and Scion re-badges that are the issue?
by voltagex_ 8y ago
The BRZ has been a big hit over in Australia (at least from the sheer number of them I see around) - is it just the FR-S and Scion re-badges that are the issue?
- mulmen 8y agoThe BR-Z is a fantastic car, don’t get me wrong. I totally love them. It’s just not a Toyota. It’s a Subaru.
- ako 8y agoThe subaru BRZ and toyota scion/ft86/gt86 are apparently the same car: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_86 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_86 How can the subaru BRZ be a fantastic car, when the toyota scion is not?
- RickS 8y agoI believe this is a statement about who gets credit, not quality difference between models. They're the same car. But, in the eyes of the comment you're replying to, subaru is responsible for the engineering decisions that make it great.
- mulmen 8y agoThe Toyota Scion is not a car. The Scion FR-S/Subaru BR-Z is a fine car, it just isn’t a Toyota. As I said, it’s a Subaru. Scion was a failed marketing ploy that betrays Toyota’s deep misunderstanding of the youth market.
- toomanybeersies 8y agoSubaru fans will say it's not a Subaru as it's RWD. It's really a bastard child of Toyota and Subaru. I've actually never heard anyone in New Zealand (where they're also very popular, as the Toyota 86) complain about it being a "Subaru". I think that badge engineering (i.e. putting a Toyota badge on a Subaru or a BMW) isn't looked down upon so much over here, as it's been commonplace for decades.