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Toyota officially confirms the Toyobaru sports car

tryme submitted on 8/6/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:18:35 PM

11 user comments | Category: New Cars | Source: | SOURCE: www.4wheelsnews.com

Toyota and Subaru, in a joint venture, plan to build a “fun-to-drive” rear-wheel-drive sports car dubbed the “Toyobaru,” to be launched within the next few years.

Toyota owns a stake in Subaru’s parent company, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.

New Toyota president Akio Toyoda said that they hope to create “an exciting and fun driving experience” that’s affordable as well. At a recent US conference, Toyoda said that he plans to fasttrack the production. Toyota US executive Jim Lentz said that the joint venture would be “great for sales and great for Toyota’s image.” He confirmed that Toyota plans to start mass production of a hydrogen fuel cell car by 2015.

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Toyota officially confirms the Toyobaru sports car

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Yonder7

If that is the car, It looks very atractive.

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Posted on 8/6/2009 3:26:02 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

qweasdzxc

The rear lights looks like HONDA language though.

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Posted on 8/6/2009 4:28:11 PM | | Votes: 1   

theoptimisticpessimist

"Fun to drive" = Sporty car not sports car.

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Posted on 8/6/2009 3:28:30 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Joe_Limon

I agree, it could be argued that the Yaris is a fun to drive car...

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Posted on 8/6/2009 3:45:26 PM | | Votes: -1   

Yonder7

The numbers will tell us it that is an sporty or an sport car.

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Posted on 8/6/2009 3:54:22 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Gambit

Sports cars are fun to drive though...the rear wheel drive makes it sound promising.

please don't call it a toyobaru, Toyota, please

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Posted on 8/6/2009 4:21:11 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

adamsaf723

It looks kind of like a Honda Accord from the side... and an RX-7 from the back...

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Posted on 8/6/2009 6:12:25 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

huu76

"Toyobaru" has got to be a joke name. Looks like a more sleek and straightline 90s Celica stance :)

Not sure what the mass produced hydrogen cars by 2015 has to do with this new car but if they go through with it, all the better.

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Posted on 8/6/2009 7:06:42 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2   

tango

On the contrary, I say let Subaru handle 99% of the engineering of the car. Subaru has had a far more colourful recent racing history (WRC Rally) than Toyota has. They have a better understanding of what current drivers want (witness the Impreza WRX STi). Toyota on the other hand should handle assembly, where quality can be kept in check.

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Posted on 8/6/2009 11:53:07 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

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