Subaru Says Sayonara to Making Kei Cars

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For nearly a year, readers of TTAC have known what's coming now. As reported back when, Fuji Heavy's Subaru will end its 54-year history of producing minivehicles in February next year. Drawing on rich experience with aircraft manufacturing technology, a very light Subaru 360 was the first minicar marketed in Japan. Launched in 1958, the [...]
Read More: http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/04/subary-says-sayonara-to-making-kei-cars/

 

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For nearly a year, readers of TTAC have known what's coming now. As reported back when, Fuji Heavy's Subaru will end its 54-year history of producing minivehicles in February next year. Drawing on rich experience with aircraft manufacturing technology, a very light Subaru 360 was the first minicarmarketed in Japan. Launched in 1958, the [...]
Read More:http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/04/subary-says-sayonara-to-maki...

That's a good riddance too. Mini has no competition.
Lets not forget the subaru 1000 that started the era of front wheel drive trash in japan. If it was not for that milestone car the front wheel drive initiative could have, hopefully, died back in france. But others have noted and so the era of crutches for people who insist on purchasing shitty tires had began. At least the dry aussies never bothered to buy into that.

Rewind to 2011: we have Hakkappellitta 7 and Michelin Xi North 2 and, yet, the front wheel drive garbage is ruling the world. The habit is a terrible thing.