Subaru will stop accepting orders for the BRZ Japan in July 2020.

According to Japanese publication Best Car, Subaru will cease accepting orders for the BRZ in Japan in July 2020. After verifying the information with the Japanese press relations’s department, the automaker has ceased taking orders. The Tokyo Subaru dealer body also published the date of the end to orders on its BRZ website .

The next-gen BRZ and its Toyota 86 sibling will arrive in March 2021 at the earliest. However, the coronavirus epidemic could force it to arrive later. According to Best Car they will ride on a modified version the current chassis despite previous rumors about a switch to Toyota TGNA.

The Subaru FA24 2.4-liter flat four engine, which is naturally aspirated in the BRZ and 86, will be used. The engine will produce 217 horsepower (162 Kilowatts) as well as 177 pound-feet (242 Newton-meters), of torque. Comparatively, the 2.0-liter flat-four powerplant produces 205 horsepower (152 kW) as well as 156 lbft (211 Nm), or 151 lbft with an automatic gearbox.

According to reports, the six-speed manual gearbox will continue to be used in the new models. However, a new automatic transmission will be available that focuses on performance in a sporty vehicle. According to Best Car, automatics have been growing in popularity, particularly in North America. The companies plan to make the vehicle more appealing to this market.

In September 2019, Subaru and Toyota jointly announced that the next-gen BRZ/86 would be produced by them. They did not provide any details at the time. Subaru’s Final Edition86 was launched in Germany to further confirm the model’s imminent end.