# Subaru TPH: This looks promising... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [October 7, 2005, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/subaru-tph-this-looks-promising/3144 "2005-10-07T07:18:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/subaru-tph-this-looks-promising/3144/1 "2005-10-07T07:18:46Z")
Shown at the 39th Tokyo motorshow… ![http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/images/large/2478-1.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/3/9/393566d561c73918afc706690d705833540ec401.jpeg) From [http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame.php?file=car.php&carnum=2478](http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame.php?file=car.php&carnum=2478) > Symmetrical [all-wheel drive](http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame.php?file=car.php&carnum=2478#) specialist, [Subaru](http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame.php?file=car.php&carnum=2478#), is to display a high-powered concept car at the ‘39th Tokyo [Motor](http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame.php?file=car.php&carnum=2478#) Show’ which is also an environmentally-conscious [hybrid](http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame.php?file=car.php&carnum=2478#). Called the B5-TPH, for ‘Turbo Parallel Hybrid’, the three-door [coupe](http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame.php?file=car.php&carnum=2478#) combines a 260 PS 2.0 litre ‘boxer’ [engine](http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame.php?file=car.php&carnum=2478#) with an electric generator/motor fitted between the engine and transmission. This provides a low-cost solution to giving driving enthusiasts lively acceleration and a high top speed but with excellent fuel consumption and low exhaust emissions. > > The four-cylinder horizontally-opposed petrol engine features a Miller Cycle system which improves engine efficiency by reducing pumping losses thanks to a combustion expansion stroke that is longer than the compression stroke. Normally this system makes an engine sluggish at low speeds but thanks to the electric motor, standing-start [torque](http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame.php?file=car.php&carnum=2478#) is boosted beyond even an Impreza Turbo’s. > > The electric motor itself produces 10 kW and 150 Nm torque while the petrol engine has a 191 kW output with 343 Nm torque. A new type of manganese lithium ion battery charges to 95 per cent capacity in five minutes and operates not just in city driving but also when cruising. What it all boils down to is… 260 hp turbo 2.0 - no lag! And… 40 mpg :tup: :tup: ---
**Author:** ![psphinx81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/subaru-tph-this-looks-promising/3144/2 "2005-10-07T07:20:52Z")
> [@azndc5er](#): > > What it all boils down to is… > 260 hp turbo 2.0 - no lag! And… > 40 mpg :tup: :tup: wow!! damn thats pretty damn cool :tup: ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 7:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/subaru-tph-this-looks-promising/3144/3 "2005-10-07T07:21:10Z")
> [@azndc5er](#): > > What it all boils down to is… > 260 hp turbo 2.0 - no lag! And… > 40 mpg :tup: :tup: Can’t say I love the look but the stats are nice.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 7:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/subaru-tph-this-looks-promising/3144/4 "2005-10-07T07:23:10Z")
The hatch is more of a test mule, the TPH engine is going to be implemented on Subaru models such as the Forester and Legacy. I’m not digging that chassis either. ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 7:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/subaru-tph-this-looks-promising/3144/5 "2005-10-07T07:31:02Z")
the body looks like some early 90’s ford cncept car ---
**Author:** ![King](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/king/32/7329_2.png) [@King](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/King)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/subaru-tph-this-looks-promising/3144/6 "2005-10-07T12:14:26Z")
yeaa looks like shit