Subaru : Confidence in Motion
Subaru is the automobile division of world famous Fuji Heavy Industries of Japan and transportation conglomerate. As of 2011 the company stood in 26th place in the line of automobile manufacturers around the world. The company undertook assembling of automobiles under contract and also introduced its first car to the automobile industry in the year 1954. Founder of the company is Kenji Kita, and his predecessor Chikuhei Nakajima established this company on July 7th 1953.
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Headquarters of Subaru is located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan and the key members who play important roles in the company’s running are the President and CEO of Fuji Heavy Industries, Ikuo Mori and Takeshi Tachimori President of Subaru America. Subaru automobiles are earmarked for utilization of boxer prototype in vehicles over 1500 cc and all wheel drive train layouts. Now this has become the typical gear for all vehicles that are produced for the North American market and for smaller and mid-sized cars for its international market.
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Subaru also manufactures versions that are turbocharged passenger cars an example being the Impreza WRX. The main company, FHI is also in corporation with Toyota Motor Company who has bought 16.5% of the company’s shares. The first Subaru vehicle was named as Subaru 1500 and Subaru means “Pleiades star cluster” in Japanese. The company in between 1954 and 2008 manufactured several vehicles and they included the small air cooled 360 in 1958, Sambar in 1961, 1000 with the boxer engine of Subaru during the year 1965, R-2 in 1969, the Leone and the Rex in 1971, Alcyone in 1985, Legacy in 1989, Impreza in 1993, Forester in 1997, Tribeca in 2005, the Exiga in 2008 and the BRZ in 2012.
Subaru has been involved in car rallies and Subaru Rally Team participated in several races between 1980 and1989 in the World Rally Championship. The team was led by the organizer of Subaru Technica International Noriyuki Koseki and ran Subaru Leone Car, RX Turbo and RX (SRX.), sedan DL in the races. Improved versions of the Impreza WRX and WRX STi have been successful in winning World Rally Championship drivers' titles. Subaru also tangoed with Formula One Race for a brief period and has won the driver’s title in the Subaru Rally Team USA for Rally America six times. The recent one was in the year 2011. The company maintains high standards of environmental safety and their assembly plant in Lafayette, Indiana is the in the auto industry to achieve zero landfill category.
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Subaru BRZ Coupe – A Loyal Following in Class2013-12-13 09:56:34 Subaru is a renowned Japanese automobile manufacturing brand and now being the 26th biggest automobile manufacturer in the world in terms of production. Fuji Heavy Industries is the parent company of Subaru, which is well known for its boxer engine in most of its vehicles in the above 1500 cc category and its four-wheel drive layout since 1972. However the lone exception is the RWD BRZ, which got introduced in the year 2012. |
2013 Subaru Forester Car Review2013-12-15 10:52:11 2013 Subaru Forester has an award winning engine and it can be taken as perfect example of engineering from years. It was launched in an auspicious fanfare and looks really gleaming in blue metallic paint. The wonderful test driving features of 2013 Subaru Forester was highly noticeable among rich ad enthusiastic motorists. |
![]() Subaru Tribeca-Luxury defining sedan for you2014-02-08 01:15:05 The history of the car Subaru Tribeca traces back to its days of 2008. Being a mid-sized crossover SUV, the body style of the car is 5-door SUV. The layout is front engine and four wheel drive. The engine of the car is 3.6 L and the transmission is of 5 speed automatic transmission based one. Being the Japanese Invention, the car is the model invented to save the fuel consumption. B9 is named as Tribeca. |
![]() Subaru XV Crosstresk – Get the Best of Both Worlds2014-02-22 11:17:07 Subaru is a famous automobile manufacturer, which is the subsidiary division of the Japanese transportation giant, Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI). It is not the 26th biggest automaker in the world in terms of production. Subaru is well known for its introduction of the Boxer engine layout in its vehicles about 1500 cc. The 2013 Subaru XV Crosstrek was as well-accepted model in the SUV section of the brand. |
![]() Subaru – Ready To Unleash Its New Models In The Global Automotive Market2014-03-24 11:55:07 Wasn’t it several years ago that the Original Subaru Outback was given a launch-pad in Europe in 1996? It was made based on a pioneering crossover concept, leading to a combinatorial explosion in the form of dynamics of a family estate car version that had off-road capacity as well as ground clearance required by a sports utility vehicle (SUV). |
Subaru models list: |
Image | Model | Years |
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Subaru BRZ | 2013-2013 |
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Subaru Forester | 1998-2014 |
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Subaru Impreza | 1993-2013 |
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Subaru Impreza WRX | 2013-2013 |
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Subaru Legacy | 1990-2014 |
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Subaru Outback | 2000-2014 |
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Subaru Tribeca | 2008-2013 |
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Subaru WRX | 2014-2014 |
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Subaru XV Crosstrek | 2013-2014 |
Subaru B9 Tribeca | 2006-2007 | Subaru Baja | 2003-2006 |
Subaru Justy | 1990-1994 | Subaru Loyale | 1990-1994 |
Subaru XT | 1991-1991 |
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