Subaru "216A"

It didn't take long just as soon as the Toyota FT-86 was born and came to the world at the Tokyo Motor show, it’s twin brother is about to hit the stage.

It’s well known that both of Subaru & toyota have been developing the FT-86 but one question that remains, if they are developing the same car, can the two be different? Well the Subaru was concentrating on the 086A/FT-86 and is going to bring some very Special Subaru style magic to the table.

the best news that the car is turbocharged and all wheel drive and the rumors about that are now in fact confirmed. However the first thing to differ will be the codes which the cars will be known by was revealed by subaru development of the project. While the version of the FT-86 to go on sale in Japan will be known by the code 086A and in the US and Europe as the 087A and 088A respectively, the Fuji Heavy Industries version will be branded as the 216A. This is to “clearly distinguish between the Toyota and Subaru version of the car”. Things get juicier from there though with the confirmation of what many have been suspecting all along. The car will be driven by a 2.0 liter turbo charged powerplant feeding power to all four wheels. This will either come in the flavor of a revised, lower power but more efficient 250ps and 34.0kg/m EJ20 from the Impreza 2.0 GT or the EJ20 Turbo from the current Impreza WRX STi pumping out 308ps and 43.0kg/m of torque. Our guess is the latter may well be used for an STi version of the car down the track. No pun intended.

The body of the Subaru version will be bigger and badder but at the same time the car is heavier than the Toyota version as it has 100kg more than the 086A. This is a reasonable weight gain because of the 4WD that has been added and due to the dimensions that have been increased in the region of 20mm all around. Total height and width will go from 1260mm to 1280mm and 1760 to 1780mm respectively. Wheelbase and total lengths have also been extended, with overall length reaching 4180mm and the wheelbase gaining 30 to 50mm, up to around 2600~mm from 2570mm. This is almost spot on to the current Impreza’s 2620mm so the possibility of them sharing parts or being very similar is undoubtedly high. The final distinguishing factor between the two? Well that will be the price. The increased performance, all wheel drive and pumped body will be adding around half a million yen to the tag bringing the car to around 3 million yen come 2011. This is not only to cover the extras over the Toyota but also to distinguish itself from the FT-86 version.