Subaru (スバル)

History

The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Subaru page on 28 November 2015, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Subaru (スバル) is the automobile manufacturing division of Japanese transportation conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI), the twenty-second biggest automaker by production worldwide in 2012.

Subaru cars are softroaders; they are known for the use of a boxer engine layout in most vehicles above 1500 cc. Most Subaru models have used the Symmetrical All Wheel Drive drive-train layout since 1972. The flat/boxer engine and all-wheel-drive became standard equipment for mid-size and smaller cars in most international markets by 1996, and is now standard in most North American market Subaru vehicles. The lone exception is the BRZ, introduced in 2012, which uses the boxer engine but instead uses a rear-wheel-drive structure. Subaru also offers turbocharged versions of their passenger cars, such as the Impreza WRX and the Legacy 2.5GT. The 2.5XT trims of the Outback and Forester also include a turbocharged engine.

In Western markets, the Subaru brand has traditionally been popular among a dedicated core of buyers. Marketing is targeted towards a specific niche centered around those who desire the company's signature drive-train.

Subaru is the Japanese name for the Pleiades star cluster M45, or "The Seven Sisters" (one of whom tradition says is invisible - hence only six stars in the Subaru logo), which in turn inspires the logo and alludes to the companies that merged to create FHI.

Article Index

Date	Article	Author/Source
22 January 2004	NRX introduces an affordable Subaru Coil-over and Camber Plate System	NRX Performance Products
2 February 2005	Toyota, Fuji May Collaborate on Hybrid Car Technology	VOA News
19 February 2007	Subaru Vehicles Receive Highest Marks from NHTSA	Anthony Fontanelle
3 July 2007	Subaru Celebrates Three Years of Zero Landfill	Anthony Fontanelle
13 August 2007	Subaru To Partner With Toyota	Anthony Fontanelle
21 August 2007	Subaru World Rally Team Ready For Germany	Anthony Fontanelle
22 August 2007	Subaru Rally Team Hurt By Driver Error	Anthony Fontanelle
23 August 2007	Subaru Helps Raise £60,000 For Oxford Children's Hospital	Anthony Fontanelle
11 September 2007	Subaru Of Indiana Celebrates Milestone	Anthony Fontanelle
20 September 2007	Subaru Says Goodbye To Rally Superstar McRae	Anthony Fontanelle
24 November 2007	After Rally Ireland, Subaru Prepares For Wales Event	Anthony Fontanelle
10 December 2007	Subaru WRC Season's Summary	Anthony Fontanelle
16 December 2007	‘08 Subarus Rated 'Top Safety Pick' By IIHS	Anthony Fontanelle
27 May 2008	Subaru Canada Ranks The Highest	Anthony Fontanelle
1 July 2008	Subaru stellt Elektroauto-Prototyp auf G8-Gipfel vor	Wikinews
11 June 2009	Auch Subaru will in Japan ein Elektroauto auf den Markt bringen	Wikinews
10 March 2011	Why and How to fit a Race Car Subaru 3 Port Oil Catch Tank - obp Tech Session	Grant Loc
29 August 2013	Petition for Exemption From the Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard; Fuji Heavy Industries U.S.A., Inc.	Federal Register: NHTSA (Christopher J. Bonanti)
27 September 2013	Better Eyesight - Subaru Style	Geoff Maxted, DriveWrite Automotive
1 January 2014	Used Subaru 2.2 Engine Inventory Reduced in Price for Import Engine Buyers by U.S. Engines Dealer Online	GotEngines.com
24 January 2014	Subaru Get Better Eyesight	Geoff Maxted, DriveWrite Automotive
13 September 2014	Why Subaru created a niche market aimed squarely at adventure seekers	Denis Flierl, TorqueNews
23 February 2016	Consumer Reports 2016 Annual brand Report Card Finds Subaru & Mazda Keeping Pace with Luxury Brands	Consumer Reports
26 May 2016	Subaru Oil Consumption Class Action Settlement May Leave Certain Drivers Stranded When it Comes to their Lemon Law Rights	Kimmel and Silverman, 800-LEMON-LAW
30 August 2018	Subaru Takes Top Spot in Customer Satisfaction Survey; Toyota Tumbles	Denis Flierl, TorqueNews
5 October 2020	Alternative Method for Calculating Off-Cycle Credits Under the Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Program: Applications From North American Subaru, Inc.	Federal Register: EPA (Byron Bunker)

Documents

Date	Report Name	Authors/Organization	File
16 January 1973	NHTSA Recall 73V019000 1972-1973 Subaru 22, 23, 62, and 63 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration	Recall Page - 1 page
15 March 2011	United States District Court for the District of Kansas National Institute for Strategic Technology Acquisition and Commercialization v. Nissan North America, Inc.; Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.; Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.; Subaru of America, Inc.; Toyota Motor Corporation; Toyota North America, Inc., Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc., Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.; Honda Motor Co., Ltd.; Honda North America, Inc.; and American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Memorandum Order	PDF - 136KB - 16 pages
3 July 2012	Battery Mounting Structure for Vehicle United States Patent US 8,210,301 B2 Takashi Hashimoto and Toshiyuki Yamamoto for Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha	PDF - 1.1MB - 18 pages