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" While Subaru&amp;#039;s highly anticipated version of the Toyota FT-86 rear-drive sports coupe hogs the media spotlight, the automotive arm of Fuji Heavy Industries is leveraging its alliance with Toyota on a more utilitarian front too. Witness the Subaru Trezia, a crisply styled front-drive 5-door hatch with huge helpings of Toyota DNA, a car that would make an ideal foil for Honda&amp;#039;s Fit in the U.S. should Subaru decide to bring it stateside. The Trezia is based on Toyota&amp;#039;s Verso-S, revealed at the 2010 Paris Auto Show, which has the dimensions of a rear-ended Fit\u2014at 157.1 in. long, it&amp;#039;s 4.5 in. shorter but a full 2.8 in. taller. Yet with wheels pulled to the corners, it rides on a longer wheelbase, 100.3 versus the Fit&amp;#039;s 98.4 in. So there&amp;#039;s a ton of head room and generous space for the rear occupants, but the fold-down rear seats don&amp;#039;t offer the completely flat load floor of the Honda. Subaru calls the package a B+, bridging the gap between B- and C-segment vehicles.    Two Engine Choices   Power is a little meager by U.S. standards, but might be wholly acceptable when gasoline hits $4 a gallon. A 1.3-liter VVT-i inline-4 gasoline version makes 99 bhp and 93 lb.-ft. of torque and is paired with a 6-speed manual, while a 1.4-liter diesel producing 90 bhp (and more significantly, 151 lb.-ft. of torque from 1800\u20132800 rpm) can be had with the manual or what&amp;#039;s call the 6MMT, a single-clutch automated manual. Again, these are Verso-S numbers and may change slightly with Subaru&amp;#039;s tweaks.    Other notable features (seen on the car shown briefly before its official Geneva show debut) are a single articulated wiper that spans the generous windshield, a floating console that juts out from the center stack, leather seats with contrasting white stitching and one of the largest panels of tinted glass ever fitted to a car&amp;#039;s roof. Subaru has done a good job of giving it a corporate likeness, with the signature uni-band of curving grille and headlights.   Stateside, Subaru has seemingly laughed at the Great Recession and posted its best sales year\u2014ever\u2014based largely on the strength of the new Forester. And with cars like the Trezia shoring things up further (if it comes to the U.S., that is), the future looks bright. Now, about that FT-86 variant... "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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