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04-02-2008, 09:20 AM
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It might not be long until Subaru is just another subsidiary of Toyota, sitting alongside Scion and Lexus as the carmaker’s performance brand. Japanese reports claim Toyota is set to increase its stake in Subaru to 17%, up from the current 8.7%, depending on an approval from Japan’s Fair Trade Commission.
The transaction involves Toyota buying another 64.25 million shares in Subaru, which will cost about ¥30 billion ($294.4 million), reports the Nikkei. The source also claims both carmakers are working to collaborate across several areas including the development of a new RWD sports car.
Back in November Toyota’s German Chief Markus Schrick confirmed Toyota was working on several new sports cars including a replacement for the Celica, and several Japanese sources claimed the car will be the result of collaboration between Toyota and Subaru. The two carmakers have been sharing production facilities and swapping engineers ever since Toyota bought a stake in Subaru early last year, and now the partnership is set to spawn the first co-developed model. You can read more about the new RWD sports car in our previous story by clicking here.
http://www.motorauthority.com/cars/subaru/toyota-planning-to-increase-stake-in-subaru/
It might not be long until Subaru is just another subsidiary of Toyota, sitting alongside Scion and Lexus as the carmaker’s performance brand. Japanese reports claim Toyota is set to increase its stake in Subaru to 17%, up from the current 8.7%, depending on an approval from Japan’s Fair Trade Commission.
The transaction involves Toyota buying another 64.25 million shares in Subaru, which will cost about ¥30 billion ($294.4 million), reports the Nikkei. The source also claims both carmakers are working to collaborate across several areas including the development of a new RWD sports car.
Back in November Toyota’s German Chief Markus Schrick confirmed Toyota was working on several new sports cars including a replacement for the Celica, and several Japanese sources claimed the car will be the result of collaboration between Toyota and Subaru. The two carmakers have been sharing production facilities and swapping engineers ever since Toyota bought a stake in Subaru early last year, and now the partnership is set to spawn the first co-developed model. You can read more about the new RWD sports car in our previous story by clicking here.
http://www.motorauthority.com/cars/subaru/toyota-planning-to-increase-stake-in-subaru/