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The curtains won't be falling on the Frankfurt Motor Show extravaganza until the end of this weekend, but the automotive world is already getting prepared for the next big car meeting, the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show in Japan at the end of October. One of the cars that are rumored to make their debut at the Japanese show is the new Subaru Justy. Citing inside sources, Japan's Best Car magazine claims that the next Justy will be a rebadged Toyota Ractis with its own unique fascia. The current generation Justy is a... rebadged Daihatsu Sirion with a different front-end treatment.
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About as sporty as it is an original Subaru, the Justy 1.0R is a new special edition version of Subie's rebadged Daihatsu Sirion that will be produced in a limited run of 100 units. Available in Black Mica or Shining Red, the Justy 1.0R justifies...
Cars
New Subaru Justy Rumored to Premiere at 2009 Tokyo Motor Show in October
The curtains won't be falling on the Frankfurt Motor Show extravaganza until the end of this weekend, but the automotive world is already getting prepared for the next big car meeting, the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show in Japan at the end of October. One of the cars that are rumored to make their debut at the Japanese show is the new Subaru Justy. Citing inside sources, Japan's Best Car magazine claims that the next Justy will be a rebadged Toyota Ractis with its own unique fascia. The current generation Justy is a... rebadged Daihatsu Sirion with a different front-end treatment.
Confused? Well, it's even more complicated than you think. See, both the Daihatsu Sirion (which by the way, is sold in Japan also as the Toyota Passo...) and the Toyota Ractis are based on the underpinnings of the Toyota Yaris. Kinda like a Japanese automotive incest fest...
If the story about the Justy-Ractis turns out to be true, we can't wait to find out what Toyota has in store for us next.
Via: Best Car
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The wait for the most hotly anticipated (and teased, may we add..) sports cars of the year, the production version of the Toyota FT-86 2+2 coupe, is finally over as the Japanese automaker came out with all the juicy details ahead of the car's world...
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Meet the all-new Trezia, the latest in a long line of Toyota models turned into Subarus as part of the ongoing partnership between the two Japanese automakers. It's essentially a rebadged version of the Toyota Verso-S (called Ractis in Japan), which...
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About as sporty as it is an original Subaru, the Justy 1.0R is a new special edition version of Subie's rebadged Daihatsu Sirion that will be produced in a limited run of 100 units. Available in Black Mica or Shining Red, the Justy 1.0R justifies...