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Subaru (In
katakana: スバル), a
Japanese
car company, is a subsidiary of
Fuji Heavy Industries.
General Motors is a 20% minority shareholder. "Subaru" is the Japanese
word for the star cluster
Pleiades, which is depicted in the company's
logo.
While an automotive minnow compared to many of its competitors, Subaru
has been a highly profitable company for many years. They are noted for
the production of conventionally-bodied cars with full-time
all wheel drive (in fact, in many markets their entire product range
has this feature) and their usage of the relatively uncommon
horizontally-opposed engine layout.
Subaru's best-known vehicles are high performance turbocharged versions
of its
Legacy (known as Liberty in Australia), and
Impreza, which offer outstanding performance and handling at
relatively affordable prices. Modified versions of the
Impreza WRX have been competing successfully in
car rallies for many years.
Subaru cars (especially Imprezas) are sometimes affectionately referred
to as "Scooby
Doos" or "Scoobies", due to the similarity in pronunciation between
"Subaru" and "Scooby Doo".
Present models
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Forester
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Impreza
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Impreza WRX
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Legacy
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Outback (an
SUV)
-
Baja
- Pleo (a
Keicar)
- Sambar (also a Keicar)
- Traviq (a rebadged
Opel Zafira
Minivan)
Past models
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Vivio
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Justy
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Rex
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SVX
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Alcyone/XT6
-
BRAT
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