Am I the only one here who finds this whole idea completely baffling . First you have Toyota that already has the Yaris GR and the Corolla Hatch with a possible GR version. Then you have Suburu who pretty much is deathly afraid of manufacturing anything that would effect WRX and STI sales. Hence the resistance to put a proper Turbocharged engine in the BRZ.
Now all of a sudden they are talking about making a hot hatch in Combo with Toyota. Excuse me if this does not look like both companies metaphorically and economically shooting themselves both in the foot.
I mean ya if Suburu kills he WRX which they would never do. Oh and like M sport fan mentions make it a hybrid for Pro Rally Homologation But see Toyota really does not need any of Suburu for that. They already have the Yaris GR they already have class leading hybrid tech it would be very easy for them to adapt it to the Yaris rather than spending time and money on a whole new platform.
No no no. this is crazy talk by crazy speculation.
I don’t care if the magazine has a great rep for speculation. Being a Japanese car guy for years, I have seen so many Japanese car mags speculate on new cars by Nissan and Toyota that never came to exist. I would take this one with a grain of salt. .