Sitting in a manufacturer meeting the other day I heard some interesting information about the 2012 FT86 and its later debuting Subaru badged sibling. The FT86 would in fact be a 2.5L boxer as already speculated and it would be a Scion, however the interesting news was the fact that this 2.5L engine would debut a Subaru first...Direct Injection! It will be normally aspirated, at least in Toyota trim. Apparently this was made possible as Toyota investment allowed FHI the funding to develop this technology for the boxer application. Also noted was the transmission choice, a Toyota sourced 6 speed manual that would be shared with Subaru. This means an AWD variant may not be in the cards for either brand, and certainly not at launch.