Just picked this off
http://www.ft86club.com
According to Subaru Australia managing director Nick Senior following the unveiling of the Toyota FT-86 at the Tokyo Motor Show, currently under way...
“There are elements of that car (FT-86) that don’t fit with our Subaru DNA in Australia,” Senior said. “We understand that car is a global car and we will at sometime have to sit down and think about how it fits in terms of all-wheel drive and some other things.
“But where I sit today it doesn’t fit and it would be a brave decision to take it. At the moment I would say we are unlikely to see it as a Subaru.
“The obvious issue is it is rear-wheel drive and quite plainly no-one is building an all-wheel-drive version at the moment so there is one key thing.
“We have hung our hats on all-wheel drive for nearly 12 years now, so why would we step away from something that has been ultra-successful for us and given us the highest share of any major Subaru distributorship in the world?”
So it sounds like:
1) there's no Subaru AWD version in the works right now
2) if there's no Subaru AWD version then Australian fans won't see any subaru version of this car.
To me this is the first official indication from Subaru that this will be a RWD coupe for them. Can't believe they're actually releasing a non-AWD car
