Subaru and Toyota confirm the manufacture of the second generation of the BRZ and GT86

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The Japanese brands want to revive the sports access to their range and through a strategic alliance have decided that it is time to work on the second generation of the Toyota GT86 and Subaru BRZ, just as it had been years ago when they collaborated to create the first Delivery of these copies.

One of the reasons why these sports coupes stopped being marketed was due to the demanding environmental regulations that were beginning to emerge, in addition to the low volume of sales that they represented at that time for their respective companies.

Now, after Toyota has decided to decorate its product catalog with its most recent launch the Supra, and with the Subaru WRX STI giving good performances in rally championships, both brands have announced that the alliance will be strengthened not only to develop The next generation of the aforementioned BRZ and GT86, but this will also serve to begin a collaboration that will allow them to jointly develop a series of vehicles with integral traction system, as well as start taking their first steps in the car segment electric.

In addition to this, it is planned that the collaboration will help Subaru to make use of the hybrid technology that Toyota develops, to provide its first vehicles with engines that use this type of technology, and even begin to plan a future of connected and autonomous vehicles for both brands.

We are almost certain that Toyota's new TNGA platform will be used for the construction of the new generation of GT86 and BRZ, while mechanics will be in charge of Subaru's turbocharged four-cylinder boxer engine, which, according to the chief engineer of Toyota as a whole would perform better than the current Toyota Supra.

In economic terms we have that Toyota now owns 20% of Subaru's shares, while the star brand has also decided to invest just over 700 million dollars to acquire part of its counterpart's shares.

Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota, has stated the following: “During this period of profound transformation, even if the changes in connectivity, autonomy, shared cars and electric cars change what cars will be, driving enjoyment will remain an inherent part of cars and it's something that I strongly believe we should preserve. ”