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Subaru is a Japanese automobile mark of the company Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI). Although Subaru is the largest manufacturer of all-wheel drive passenger car, he is very small compared with many its competitor in the automobile range, but nevertheless since years high-profitable. Subaru is the only car manufacturer, whose vehicles for the European market are delivered exclusively with all-wheel drive.
The first vehicle of FHI was built 1954 and designated after the star cluster of the pleiads, which is called on Japanese Subaru (literally: together-do). In Germany one calls the pleiads, due to that seven stars which can be recognized well, also filter tightness forehead, in Japan however only six stars is counted, so that the Firmenlogo of Subaru exhibits only these six. The model was selected, because the heap of star from age admits the company FHI in Japan is and once from six different companies united. The Firmenlogo symbolizes this Gestirn.
Subaru is admits for its vehicles with permantem all-wheel drive, which Subaru calls Symmetrical AWD (a reference to the symmetrical design of the all-wheel drive), and for the use of double-piston engines, which contribute by the small overall height to a deep emphasis and are very run calm by design-conditioned good mass reconciliation.
The vehicles are equipped to a large extent also with a Hill Holder in such a way specified. The Hill Holder is a back roll brake, which keeps the brake pressure upright when stopping at upward gradients also if the driver takes the foot of the brake pedal. The brake is only released with renewed starting again. Rolling back the vehicle at upward gradients is avoided by this system and thus starting is facilitated.
Furthermore a Brightschalter so mentioned often belongs to the vehicle equipment, by which the Abdimmen of instrument lights can be regulated with switched on headlight. These equipment details are to enjoy cult status in certain clienteles even.
Already 1972 presented Subaru with the Subaru Leone 4WD station Wagon to the first mass production passenger car of the world with insertable all-wheel drive. The vehicle was, as with Subaru usually, equipped with a double-piston engine. To lead back this offer was on the advertisement of a Japanese servicer, which a compact car with all-wheel drive needed, to be able to wait in order also off lying current and supply lines examines and. Subaru won this advertisement, one decided to bring the cars also on the regular consumer market. Only later, in the year 1980, AUDI than further manufacturer brought eight years with the AUDI quattro a mass production road vehicle with permanent all-wheel drive on the market. With Subaru the permanent all-wheel drive only 1985 with the Subaru XT was introduced. Until 1994 became, depending upon model, one of the two techniques assigned, starting from 1994 then only the permanent all-wheel drive, which is called since then AWD.
Since 1990 Subaru with modified versions of its vehicles, first with the Subaru Legacy and starting from 1993 with the Subaru Impreza, fights around successes in the FIA Rallye world championship WRC (World Rally Championship).
The team and its drivers were already several times successful thereby. Thus one became in the years 1995, 1996 and 1997 first of the team valuation. In addition 1995 Colin McRae won, 2001 Richard Burns and 2003 Petter Solberg in each case the driver valuation of the WRC.
In the other years the Subaru World Rally team occupied and/or reserved its drivers mostly second or third seats.
Also with other Rallyes because of the series all-wheel drive frequently Subaru vehicles are used.
In addition the Subaru Legacy set up several perseverance and speed records for series vehicles into the 1990ern.
Zusammem with Suzuki operates Fuji Heavy a work in Hungary, in which to a large extent identical vehicles Subaru Justy and Suzuki Ignis (before Suzuki Swift) are produced.
In the Ohio/USA Subaru OF America operates a work as well as Isuzu, in which the Subaru Outback and vehicles are manufactured among other things by Isuzu.
From 2000 to October 2005 general of engine held a 20%-igen portion of Fuji Heavy and it some automodels was developed together and marketed. Thus the Saab 9-2X was e.g. developed on basis of the Subaru Impreza, or the Subaru Traviq (in Germany was not available) on basis of the OPEL Zafira. Also was considered to bring a new model of the Justy on basis of the OPEL Corsa on the market which was not carried out nevertheless then however.
Since October 2005 a co-operation between Fuji Heavy and Toyota exists. Toyota is involved with approx. 8 per cent in Fuji Heavy. Together various new models are to be developed.
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