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@rsholland...The chassis is not engineered to be swappable like that.If the engine is mounted further back, there isn't likely room for a transaxle or half-shafts to reach the front hubs. A divorced front differential is probably more complex and expensive than a car like this can survive if it has to pay back the R&D, and amortize the unique parts. People won't buy this car if it is more expensive than it should be. If the rumors are true about an FB-series 2.0L boxer 4 with about 160-180 horsepower, it already may be facing power deficits compared to the Genesis Coupe and Mustang V6, and doesn't have the wider 'roadster' appeal of a convertible like a Miata. They would have to add a turbo, a 6-cylinder, or a convertible top, or a combination.The only other thing they would do, is to offer the 2012 upcoming Impreza, based on the Impreza Design Concept, as a coupe, which would be a different (but related) chassis than this RWD coupe, with the engine in front of the virtual front axle line, just as any other AWD subaru.I highly doubt Subaru is going to have two different chassis coupes with similar equipment levels, and similar prices, both in the showroom at the same time. It would be too expensive for the sales base to support.If Subaru sells a RWD coupe in a chassis that cannot support AWD, which this is... it pretty much assures that they won't be selling an AWD coupe right next to it, which means that they probably won't be selling an AWD coupe at all, and impreza will likely stay as 4 or 5 doors, rather than 2 or 3.
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