In America, car culture seems to always be about the Big Numbers. Zero to 60. The quarter mile. Top speed. Nobody cares how a car actually drives, or the experience it delivers, or how it makes you feel, just how it puts down the Big Numbers. This is why the Subaru BRZ has a hard time fitting in, read on.
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How Subaru became Subaru
The story of how Subaru became masters of AWD is one of pure chance. In 1970 Tohoku Electric Power Co., northeast Japan’s power company, was looking for vehicles to replace their fleet of Land Cruisers. Employees often had to venture into rugged or snowy terrain to repair power lines, but in regular conditions the Toyotas were deemed too trucky, uncomfortable and inefficient.
Fuji Heavy Industires was ahead of the curve in employing front-wheel-drive with the FF-1, while most Japanese cars of its era and size were still rear-wheel-drive. Because their engines (and even spare tires) were mounted over the drive wheels, they garnered a reputation for performing extraordinarily well in snow. A TEPCO manager walked in to a Subaru store one day asking if they would consider making the FF-1 wagon in AWD.
Subaru complied, modifying a handful of them to be fitted with propellor shafts and rear differentials. The diffs and rear axle, in fact, were taken from a Datsun 510 wagon as Nissan owned 20 percent of Subaru at the time (which is also why modern Impreza diffs work so well with RWD Nissans in the aftermarket world). The AWD wagons sat 20mm higher than the FF ones, and with the FF-1 already adopting boxer motors with spare tires sitting atop the engines, the template for all modern Subarus was born.
Just eight custom-built AWD FF-1 wagons were made and sold to TEPCO. The model was nearing the end of its lifecycle, but the vehicles performed so well that FHI decided to sell them straight from the factory like that when the Leone (the JDM name for the DL/GL) debuted in 1971.
Who We Are Is What We Leave Behind
Subaru, together with the National Park Service and the
National Parks Conservation Association, is leveraging their environmental expertise to work toward the goal of making these invaluable places zero landfill.
Who We Are Is What We Leave Behind
Subaru, together with the National Park Service and the
National Parks Conservation Association, is leveraging their environmental expertise to work toward the goal of making these invaluable places zero landfill.
Make-a-Wish
Throughout the month of June, Subaru of America, Inc. will be working with Make-A-Wish America to grant wishes across the country. This focus on charities in local communities is part of the Subaru Love Promise, a pledge to do right in our communities and the world.
Exciting New Features
Take the 2016 WRX and WRX STI guided tour and go in-depth with the best-performing WRX and WRX STI ever built. Get interactive with all its exciting new features.
Tire Maintenance
Stay safe by taking care of your tires
Poor tire maintenance—not having enough air in your tires and failing to rotate your tires, among other maintenance requirements—can lead to a flat tire, blowout, or the tread coming off your tire.
About 200 people die on the road every year as the result of tire-related crashes.
Save money by taking care of your tires
Properly inflating your tires can save you as much as 11 cents per gallon on fuel. Yet only 19 percent of consumers properly inflate their tires. That means four out of five consumers are wasting money because of underinflated tires!
Additional proper tire maintenance, such as rotation, balance and alignment, can help your tires last longer, which will in turn save you money. In fact, properly inflated tires can extend the average life of a tire by 4,700 miles.
The Most Trusted Brand
Kelley Blue Book named Subaru the most trusted brand, lowest cost to own, and best resale value for 2015.
2006 Subaru Baja Sport
Looking for a used car at an affordable price? Introducing the 2006 Subaru Baja!
Everything you need in a truck, at a price you wouldn’t expect! All of the premium features expected of a Subaru are offered, including: air conditioning, a bedliner, and 1-touch window functionality. Under the hood you’ll find a 4 cylinder engine with more than 170 horsepower, and all wheel drive keeps this model firmly attached to the road surface.
Our team is professional, and we offer a no-pressure environment. We’d be happy to answer any questions that you may have. Please don’t hesitate to give us a call.
Happy Monday
With warmer weather upon us, it’s a great time to get out on the road! What adventures do you have in store this Spring and Summer?
Michael Hohl Subaru 