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Subaru cars are known for using a boxer engine layout in most vehicles above 1500cc Most Subaru models used the drive train layout Symmetrical wheel drive since 1972 and flat boxer engine all-wheel drive has become standard equipment for mid size and smaller cars in most international markets in 1996, and is now the standard in most vehicles in the north American market Subaru the only exception is the BRZ introduced in 2012, which uses the boxer engine but uses a rear-wheel drive Subaru structure also offers turbocharged versions of their passenger cars, as the Impreza WRX and legacy 2 5GT 2 5XT versions of the Outback and Forester also include supercharged engine.
Western markets, the Subaru brand has always been popular among buyers a dedicated marketing core is targeted to specific niches centered on those who wish the drive train of the signature of the company, especially the outdoor enthusiasts air and affordable sports car market 7.
Subaru is the Japanese name for the Pleiades cluster M45 or the Seven Sisters one of which according to tradition is invisible six stars in the Subaru logo, which inspired the logo and refers to companies that merged to create FHI 8.
Old logo on a Subaru 360 showing six stars in an arrangement similar to the open cluster Pleiades.
Fuji Heavy Industries FHI first Edit Subaru cars.
Fuji Heavy Industries began as the Aircraft Research Laboratory in 1915, led by Chikuhei Nakajima In 1932 the company was reorganized as Nakajima Aircraft Company Ltd and quickly became a leading manufacturer of aircraft for Japan during the Second World War the end of World war II war Nakajima aircraft was again reorganized, this time as Fuji Sangyo Co., Ltd. in 1946, the company created the motor scooter Fuji Rabbit with spare aircraft parts from the war in 1950 9 Fuji Sangyo was divided into 12 small companies according to the Japanese government's 1950 credit companies Act redevelopment, anti-Zaibatsu law Between 1953 and 1955, four of these companies and a newly formed company decided to merge to form Fuji Heavy Industries Fuji Kogyo these companies have a scooter manufacturer; bodybuilders Fuji Jidosha; engine manufacturers Omiya Fuji Kogyo; chassis builders Utsunomiya Sharyo and the Tokyo trading company Fuji Dangyo 10.
Kenji Kita CEO of Fuji Heavy Industries at the time, wanted the new company to be involved in the automotive industry and soon began plans to build a car with the code name P1 Development M. Kita canvassed the company for suggestions on P1 names, but none of the proposals has been attractive enough in the end, he gave the company a Japanese name that he was cherished in his heart Subaru, which is the name of of stars in the Pleiades Japanese group the first Subaru car was named the Subaru 1500 11 only twenty were manufactured due to multiple supply problems Thereafter, the company designed and manufactured dozens of vehicles including 1500 1954 the small air-cooled 360 1958, the Sambar 1961 and 1000 which saw the introduction of the Subaru boxer engine in 1965.
Nissan acquired April 20 stake in Fuji Heavy Industries, Subaru's parent company, in 1968 during a period of orderly merger by the government of the Japanese auto industry to enhance competitiveness under the administration of Prime Minister Eisaku Sato Nissan would use the bus FHI manufacturing capacity and expertise for their Nissan Diesel bus turn many Subaru vehicles, even today, the Nissan manufacturing keiretsu of use of parts Subaru automatic transmission , known 4EAT is also used in the first generation Nissan Pathfinder While in this arrangement with Nissan, Subaru introduced the R-2, 1969, the Rex and the Leone 1971, the brat 1978 Alcyone 1985, the Legacy 1989 Impreza 1993 and its subtype WRX and Forester, 1997.
On the acquisition of Nissan by Renault stake in FHI was sold to General Motors in 1999 Troy Clarke, General Motors has served as a representative of Fuji Heavy Industries on their corporate board Meanwhile, Subaru introduced the Baja 2003 and the Tribeca 2005 Subaru Forester was sold as a Chevrolet Forester in India in exchange for the Opel Zafira sold as Subaru Traviq in Japan as the concept Chevrolet Borrego was introduced in 2002, a crossover pickup being cut derived from the Japanese on the platform market Legacy Turbo during the brief period General Motors, an engineering badge Impreza was sold in the US as the Saab 9-2X Saab 9-6X Subaru Tribeca SUV was also anticipated December 13 release but Saab has not responded, and the style was recycled in the 2008 Tribeca cool 14.
GM liquidated their holdings of FHI in 2005 Almost all joint projects were abandoned Saab-Subaru at the time, other than the supply of Subaru parts for the Saab 9-2x 15 Toyota Motors bought a little more than 40 of former GM stock FHI, worth 8 7 FHI remaining GM shares went to a back stock repurchase program Fuji 15 Toyota and Subaru have since collaborated on several projects, including the construction of the Toyota Camry in American factory Subaru Indiana from 16 April 2007 Subaru Exiga introduced in 2008.
Toyota increased their share to 16 FHI 5 July 2008 17 Thereafter, Toyota and Subaru have jointly developed the Toyota 86 first sold in January 2012 as the Subaru BRZ and Toyota under various names.
Some advertising slogans Subaru has used in the past include cheap, and built to stay USA 1970 - early 1980, four preferred driving wheels of the world in the UK, most of them think more about the taste of literally drive the more you think, the more we taste or desire, impulse, the french lead the reader in Quebec, 18 We have built our reputation by building a better car, That lead, the beauty of all-wheel drive, Driven by what's in it, think, feel, Drive, Love it's what makes Subaru a Subaru United States beginning in the 2010s and confident movement in North America, the 4 driver Australia and rare genius, a rare stability, uncommon Handling, uncommon Sense in the UK and technology that gives you confidence moving South Asia 19.
Following this clarification necessary refocused advertising campaign, Subaru products began to attract an audience among the young and educated, who see the car as a practical alternative to the popularity of Subaru SUV has always been popular in the northeast eastern United States and the Pacific Northwest According to Automotive Lease Guide, Subaru ranked second in vehicles that have the highest values overall resale predicted from all industries and all luxury vehicles for MY 2009 20 prices derived after carefully studying segment competition, historical vehicle performance and industry trends According to a study by JD Power and Associates for customer loyalty study of 2008, Subaru ranked 50 5, which was higher the national average of 48 21.
Subaru has launched a series of animated Hōkago not Pleiades 放 課後 の プ レ ア デ ス Hōkago not Pureadesu on after the Pleiades school jointly developed with Gainax mini episode 4 part series was published on YouTube February 1, 2011 Google translation feature a parcel magical girl with Subaru as one of the main protagonists.
Subaru headquarters are located in Ebisu, Tokyo.
Subaru is distinguished from many of its Japanese competitors in early 2016, it was still close to 75 of its cars sold internationally in Japan 22 Subaru facilities designated for automotive manufacturing are located in Ota Gunma Prefecture consists of four slots Subaru-chō is the Subaru BRZ is built Toyota 86, after being re-purposed kei car production, Yajima plant is where all current Subaru cars are built, Otakita factory is where commercial trucks kei were originally built a factory location Nakajima Aircraft Company and Oizumi plant is where are built engines and transmissions 23.
only manufacturing facility in the Subaru abroad is located in Lafayette, Indiana; the plant is called Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. Due to the continued growth in sales on the North American markets, car production capacity at the Lafayette assembly plant will grow to 390,000 vehicles per year In the current strategic plan, Subaru will have a total production capacity of 1,026,000 vehicles annually at the end of 2016 24.
In 1976, Canadians got their first exposure to Subaru vehicles when Subaru Auto Canada Limited SACL began offering the Subaru Leone in 1989, the private SACL was purchased by the Subaru based in Toronto, Canada, Inc. which, under the direction the parent company Fuji Heavy industries began an expansion process that would eventually see over 100 Subaru dealerships in service across the country.
Subaru Canada, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries of Japan headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, the company markets and distributes Subaru vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of 88 authorized dealers across Canada.
Subaru has entered the Philippines operations began in 1996 under the Columbian Motors Philippines property but withdrew in 2000 he returned in 2006 under new ownership by frame Motor Pilipinas, Inc. 25 Subaru eleven dealerships in Greenhills countries Fort Bonifacio Manila Bay Alabang Davao Cagayan de Oro Cebu Iloilo Santa Rosa Batangas and Pampanga 26.
Motor Image Pilipinas, Inc. in the group picture Motor, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong -Based Tan Chong International Limited under Business Glenn Tan, the company markets and distributes Subaru vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of six dealers in the Philippines.
In 1974, Robert Edmiston was CFO at the sports car manufacturer Jensen Motors When the business failed, he used a redundancy payment of 6000 to implement the international citation needed Motors which acquired the franchise in the United -um for Subaru and Isuzu Coleshill the company is still the Subaru parent in the UK 27.
Subaru of America was established in 1968 in Philadelphia by Malcolm Bricklin and Harvey Lamm He moved to Pennsauken, New Jersey shortly after and moved to its current headquarters in Cherry Hill, New Jersey when Fuji Heavy Industries has acquired full ownership Subaru of America operates regional offices, area offices and parts distribution centers throughout the Subaru United States of America also operates port facilities on the west and east coasts 28.
In 1989, Subaru and Isuzu partner opened a joint factory in Lafayette, Indiana called Subaru-Isuzu Automotive, or SIA, which manufactured the first Subaru and Isuzu Rodeo in 2001, Isuzu has sold its stake in the plant FHI 1 because of traffic and sales it was renamed Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. SIA was designated a wildlife habitat backyard by the national wildlife Federation and got a zero output designation landfill the first auto assembly plant in the US to earn this designation 28.
According to the Kelley Blue Book in 2015, two models Subaru Forester and Outback in the United States had very little time inventory time between being received by a dealer to be sold 29.
Rally Team Subaru Japan led by Noriyuki Koseki founder of Subaru Tecnica ITS International hosted Subaru coupe Leone DL sedan, RX SRX and RX Turbo in the World Championship Rally between 1980 and 1989 Drivers for individual rallies included Ari Vatanen Per Eklund Shekhar Mehta Mike Kirkland, Possum Bourne and Harald Demut Mike Kirkland finished 6th overall and won the group the Safari Rally 1986 This year Subaru was one of the only manufacturers combining 4WD and turbo after the quattro system successfully Audi was introduced in 1980, but Audi withdrew from the WRC after safety problems and serious accidents Ford at the beginning of the 1986 season Subaru changed the rally Legacy RS model for the period 1990 1992 and participated the first full season in the World Rally Championship with the same model in 1993.
Modified versions of the Impreza WRX and WRX STi have been competing successfully in pilot Colin McRae Rally 1995 Richard Burns 2001 and Petter Solberg won the 2003 drivers in the World Rally Championship titles with the Subaru World Rally Team and Subaru won the constructors' title three years in line 1995 1997 Subaru cars of the world Rally Championship are prepared and managed by Prodrive team of British motorsport success Several endurance records were set at the beginning and middle nineties by the Subaru Legacy Subaru Justy also holds the world record for the fastest in 1 0L car without turbo 123 average 224 miles per hour, it was fixed in 1989 30.
Subaru was briefly involved in Formula One racing circuit when it bought a majority stake in the Italian tiny Coloni team for the 1990 season Coloni 3B The 12-cylinder engine was badged as a Subaru and shared the layout boxer with its own engine of the company, but it was an existing model built by the Italian firm Motori Moderni cars were overweight and underpowered and the partnership broke down before the season finished 31 with the rise of rally racing and the import scene in the United States, the introduction of the Subaru Impreza WRX highly anticipated in 2001 managed to bring compact cars to high AWD performance in the mainstream sports car Subaru provides a factory backed team, Subaru Rally team USA for Rally America and won six times as the driver, most recently in 2011 with David Higgins word 32 orsports awarded with Subaru Grassroots Editors Choice Award in 2002, the full citation needed.
On December 16, 2008, it was announced that Subaru no longer competes in the World Rally Championships 33 DECISION was made by the parent company of Subaru, Fuji Heavy Industries FHI, in part because of the economic downturn, but also because it was considered Subaru has achieved its objectives and sports marketing Ikuo Mori denied that changes to the WRC technical regulations in 2010 or deterioration rumored in the working relationship with Prodrive had an impact on the decision he also said that the possibility of a Subaru car back in the top category of the WRC in the future is not zero, but this time there can be no assumption of a return 34.
Since 2005, Cusco Racing have entered Impreza sedan and BRZ in the Super GT Championship in 2008, the Impreza was the first 4-door and first 4WD vehicle to win a race.
From 2006, Subaru of America SOA, as an official distributor of Subaru vehicles in the United States participates in the Subaru Road Racing Team with SRRT Subaru Legacy GT Spec May 2-B in the Street class Grand-Am In Tuner 2010 SRRT campaigns in a Subaru Impreza WRX STI in the grand Sport class 35 in 2011, SRRT pass the sedan to 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI sedan.
In 2011, Mark Higgins used a Impreza to establish a lap record on the Isle of Man TT course 37 In 2016, Higgins broke the record again in a WRX STI modified 38.
Frankfurt International Motor Show 2007 saw Subaru introduced a cooling water horizontally opposed turbodiesel common rail with a variable geometry turbocharger called the Subaru EE engine, the first of its kind to be mounted on a passenger car Volkswagen had experienced this idea in the 1950s and has two diesel boxer air cooled prototype engines that are turbocharged VW installed in a type of engine 1 and the other in type 2. 39
The Subaru engine was rated at 110 kilowatts 150 hp; 148 hp and 350 N m 260 ft lbf with a displacement of 2 liters 0 In March 2008 provide Subaru Legacy sedan and wagon and wagon with Outback 2 0 liter turbodiesel in the EU a manual transmission 5-speed 40 41 .
In September 2008 Subaru announced that the diesel Forester and diesel Impreza will be presented at the Paris Motor Show in 2008 with sales of Forester to begin in October 2008 and sales of the Impreza diesel to start in January 2009 42 Forester and Impreza will have a box 6-speed manual transmission, while the Legacy and Outback manual transmission 5 speed.
32 7 City Beaches mpg US 7 2 L 100 km; 39 3 33 6 mpg US 7 0 L 100 km; 40 mpg highway Ranges 4 45 2 20 L mpg US 5 100 km; 54 3 0 49 mpg imp mpg US 4 80 L 100 km; 58 August 43 mpg imp.
In June 2006, Fuji Heavy Industries, Inc FHI launched his Subaru Stella electric vehicle plug-in that is a kei car equipped with a lithium-ion battery The vehicle has a short 56 miles 90 km, but it actually costs more than the Mitsubishi iMiEV at 44860 US 4,380,000, including taxes on the Japanese government consumption with an exemption of 2240 will also be eligible for a rebate of up to 14200 Japanese government, bringing the price to the 30660 vehicle is a little like the iMiEV, with a 47 kilowatts engine and a quick charge capability, but the mini two-door car has a square shape FHI plans to begin shipping at the end of July and plans to sell 170 vehicles by 44 March 2010.
In Japan, Subaru is currently testing two electric vehicles called the Subaru G4e and the Subaru R1e.
Subaru Hybrid Tourer Concept is a four-seat vehicle with butterfly doors that combines a supercharged direct-injection gasoline engine of 2 liters with a continuously variable transmission and two motors mounted on the axle battery pack lithium ion provides a energy storage 45 for the vehicle.
Since the 2005 model year, Subaru has adopted the CAN bus technology for US and Canadian markets Starting in the 2007 model year, all Subaru vehicles use CAN quote the technology Typically, two CAN buses used on vehicles a high speed cAN operating at 500 kbit s for a powertrain of communication, and a low speed can be operated at 125 kbit s for body control functions and dashboards an integrated unit body-BIU is used between these two networks.
Clarion and Harman Kardon are among the audio, video and navigation technology providers for Subaru products in North America 46 Clarion announced in 2015 it introduced its Smart Access platform, previously available only on aftermarket products Clarion, the units to be installed in certain 2015 models Subaru North American Smart access is able to work with the smartphone driver either iPhone or Android and provides access to various vehicle safety applications running on phone via the integrated display in the car infotainment 47 48 Clarion Subaru and also with Liberty Mutual insurance, presented the RightTrack application in the vehicle that will be able to monitor driver habits, make suggestions for conduct safer, and perhaps offer insurance discounts 49 50.
Subaru claims to have implemented advanced policies which include recycling, reducing harmful emissions, and education of their employees their efforts have helped them in their environmental initiatives Subaru plant in Lafayette, Indiana SIA was the first plant automatic assembly to achieve zero discharge state; 51 nothing of the manufacturing process goes into a landfill The company has developed a recycling plan for the end of life of their cars Most of their modern products use highly recyclable materials throughout the vehicle, in the engine , transmission, suspension and around each Subaru vehicle leaving with a rate of 3 97 rEPORT recycling for end of life vehicles 52.
An excerpt from the website said Subaru In 2006, SIA received the US Gold Achievement Award from the Environmental Protection Agency as a high achiever in the agency WasteWise program to reduce waste and improve recycling Site also said that he also became the first US automotive assembly plant to be designated a wildlife habitat.
Subaru is currently offering a partial zero emission PZEV Legacy certified vehicles, Outback, Impreza, 53 XV Crosstrek 54 and Forester models 55 that are available for sale throughout the Subaru US PZEV vehicles meet Super Ultra-Low-Emission standard for 'exhaust emission vehicles in California 51 All other models have been certified LEV2.
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