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About Subaru:
Subaru is the automobile manufacturing division of Japanese
transportation conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (FHI).
They are known for their use of boxer engines in their vehicles and full-time
AWD, as well as their turbocharged performance vehicles, such as the Subaru
Impreza WRX.
Fuji Heavy Industries, and in turn, Subaru are currently affiliates of Toyota
Motor Corporation, which owns 8.7% of FHI.
Modified versions of the Impreza WRX and WRX STi have been competing
successfully in car rallies; drivers Colin McRae, Richard Burns and Petter
Solberg have won World Rally Championship titles with the Subaru World Rally
Team. The Subaru World Rally Championship cars are prepared and run by Prodrive,
the highly successful British Motorsport team. Several endurance records were
set in the early and mid-nineties by the Subaru Legacy.
It is currently an affiliate of Toyota Motor Corporation, with their owning
8.7% of FHI. They acquired that stake from General Motors, who bought 20% of FHI
in 1999 to have an extended presence in international markets, and collaborate
technologically with FHI. Before that, the stake owned by GM was owned by
Nissan, who acquired the stake in 1968 during a period of government-ordered
merging of Japanese auto industry to merge in order for improved competitiveness
under the administration of Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. Later on, they would
utilize FHI's bus manufacturing capability and expertise for their Nissan Diesel
line of buses. In turn, many Subaru vehicles, even today, use parts from the
Nissan manufacturing keiretsu. In fact[citation needed], it was Subaru that
introduced Renault to Nissan when they asked for assistance in all-wheel drive
(AWD) technology, when FHI told Renault to discuss their plans with Nissan, the
discussions eventually led to the successful Renault-Nissan alliance.
In the United States, the Subaru attracted a following among the young and
educated, and as a lightweight SUV alternative to the likes of the Ford Bronco
and Jeep Wagoneer or even the expensive Volvo. It has historically been popular
in US regions such as the Pacific Northwest , the North American Rocky Mountains
region and New England, with relatively high resale values and owner loyalty
rates. However, facing pressure from competition from the large Japanese brands,
Subaru would switch to marketing only AWD cars and wagons. The Subaru Outback
wagon, based on the Legacy and modified with SUV-like stance, bumpers, and roof,
became the best selling wagon in the US during the 2000s as many other wagon
body styles declined and vanished, notably the Audi Allroad.
Subaru Impreza Rally CarIn the 1990s the company moved away from small
commercial vehicles and concentrated on the development of mainstream passenger
car models, starting with the Legacy and including the controversially styled
six-cylinder SVX (1992), and the Impreza (1992).
When Subaru introduced the Legacy in 1989, it was a new direction for Subaru, as
the Legacy was considered mainstream in its appearance and a departure from
their previous vehicles, which had a reputation of being "quirky". It was
perceived by some as Subaru's attempt to compete with new luxury brands Lexus,
Infiniti and Acura, as Japanese vehicles were increasing in popularity,
particularly in the USA.
With the rise of rally racing, and the Import scene in the US, the introduction
of the highly anticipated Subaru Impreza WRX in 2001 was successful in bringing
high performance, AWD compact cars into the sports car mainstream just like
VW/Audi did years before.[1]In 1995 the company created the Sambar EV electric
van. In 1997 the Forester was introduced to the world market, followed by the
third generation design of the Legacy platform (1998).
During the General Motors period, a modified Impreza was sold in the United
States as the Saab 9-2X. A SUV (Subaru Tribeca / SAAB 9-6X) was also
planned[2][3]but the SAAB version did not proceed.[4]
From 1995 to 2000, Subaru ran a series of advertisements for the Subaru Outback
which starred Paul Hogan. The advertisements were intended to highlight Subaru's
all wheel drive, and depicted the Outback in a number of rugged Australian
locations. The tagline "the world's first sport utility wagon" was successfully
used by Subaru, though the AMC Eagle had tried much the same idea, with less
success in the 1980s.
On October 5, 2005 Toyota stated that it will purchase 8.7% of the shares of FHI
from General Motors. GM announced that it will divest its 20% stake in and
eventually sever all ties with FHI. FHI has stated that there have been 27
million shares (3.4%) acquired before the start of trading by an unknown party
on October 6, 2005. It has been speculated that a bank or perhaps another
automaker was involved. Toyota announced a contract with Subaru on March 13,
2006. The under-utilized Subaru of Indiana Automotive plant in Lafayette,
Indiana will hire up to 1,000 workers and set aside an assembly line for the
Camry model, beginning in spring 2007.
About Subaru cars: Worldwide Subaru models,
permanent all wheel drive with boxer engine.
Tribeca
Forester
Impreza
Impreza WRX
Impreza WRX STI
Legacy/Liberty
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