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Subaru

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For other uses, see Subaru (disambiguation).

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 that is depicted in the company logo. While an automotive minnow compared to many of its competitors, Subaru has been a highly profitable company for many years. It is noted for the production of conventional-bodied cars with full-time all wheel drive (in fact, in many markets its entire product range has this feature) and its use of the horizontally-opposed boxer engine (flat engine).

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 and WRX STi have been competing successfully in car rallies and the World Rally Championship for many years. Several endurance records were set in the early and mid-ninties by the Legacy.

Subaru cars (especially Imprezas) are sometimes affectionately referred to as "Scooby-Doos," "Scoobies", or "Scoobarus," due to the similarity in pronunciation between "Subaru" and "Scooby Doo".

Recently GM has developed the Saab 9-2X model, based on the Subaru Impreza WRX.

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Present models

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Past models

360
FF-1 Star
FF-1 G
1400 DL/GL
1600 Leone
1800
Alcyone (also called the XT, XT6, and Vortex)
Alcyone SVX (also called the SVX)
BRAT
Justy
Leone
GL/DL/Loyale
Rex
Vivio

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External links

Fuji Heavy Industries (http://www.fhi.co.jp/index.html) (Japanese)
Subaru Global-Homepage (http://www.subaru-global.com/)
Information on all years and models of Subarus (http://www.subaruinfo.com/)
ClubSub, New Zealand's largest Subaru Club (http://www.clubsub.org.nz/)
Ultimate Subaru Message Board (http://www.usmb.net/)
Ultimate Subaru Website (http://www.ultimatesubaru.net/)
World Wide Subaru Club (http://www.subaru-impreza.org/)

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	Current:	Baja B9 Tribeca Forester Impreza Legacy Outback Pleo R1 R2 Sambar Traviq TransCare
	Historic:	360 1400 1600 1800 Alcyone Alcyone SVX BRAT FF-1 G FF-1 Star Justy Leone Loyale R-2 Rex Vivio