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Subaru immediately started selling one rebadged Toyota, the Subaru Dex, but kept making the Stella and some other kei products for a few years longer than initially planned. The second-generation Stella (model code LA100 ) was introduced in Japan on 11 May 2011 and is a rebadged Daihatsu Move .
For the first time in a Subaru engine, the centerlines of the cylinder bores do not intersect with the crankshaft axis to reduce friction during the piston downstroke; instead, there is a crank offset of 8 mm (0.31 in). Overall thermal efficiency is 40% due to the adoption of lean-burn combustion with an excess air ratio (λ) of 2. [32]
Subaru Alcyone VX. Created as a refined luxury engine with improved power over the EA82T, Subaru introduced the ER27 engine in November 1985 for the Subaru ACX-II concept car, shown at the Tokyo Motor Show and billed as the 'concept car of the near future.' [2] The concept went into production as the Subaru Alcyone VX (Subaru XT6 in North America) in August 1987, [3] the exclusive application ...
The first Subaru car was named the Subaru 1500. [12] Only twenty were manufactured owing to multiple supply issues. Subsequently, the company designed and manufactured dozens of vehicles including the 1500 (1954), the tiny air-cooled 360 (1958), the Sambar (1961), and the 1000 (which saw the introduction of the Subaru boxer engine in 1965). [13]
The heart of the BRZ and GR86 sports cars is at the center of a new lawsuit. Toyota and Subaru have been hit with a class action suit out of New Jersey related to engine failures in the 86 twins.
The MotorTrend Truck of the Year wasn’t an EV like the Rivian R1T or Ford F-150 Lightning. A gas-powered truck won top honors. ... 1500 pickup as its 2025 top truck of the year. A combination of ...
Since its introduction, the Sambar has used a rear engine, rear wheel drive layout with body-on-frame rather than unibody construction. The first two generations used the air-cooled engine from the Subaru 360 and later generations used the water-cooled engine from the Subaru Rex, Vivio and the Pleo. Four-wheel drive became optional in 1980.
Nikola, an electric-truck startup, was once worth more than Ford but recently filed for bankruptcy. The truck maker faced a high-profile fraud scandal and eventually ran out of money.