I remember that Subaru is not only full of personality, but also a manufacturer with a wide range of knowledge.
Basically any car you think of, it's done, K-car, sedan, SUV, sports car, and even supercars - although they just provide the engine.
You may be in doubt at this moment; after all, MPV has been popular in Japan for many years, so has Subaru launched this kind of car in Japan?
Of course there are answers, but these cars, like Subaru itself, also have a very distinct personality.
Domingo
1983-1998
Based on the light commercial vehicle Sambar Try, Subaru created Domingo in 1983, which is positioned closer to passenger cars. In addition to the expansion of the body size, Subaru also replaced it with a 1.0L (upgraded to 1.2L later). At that time, 7-person bread of this level was extremely rare, so Domingo, as the only choice in the market, was popular among consumers.
By 1994, Subaru launched the second generation of Domingo. Although they made significant upgrades to the new car, such as adding ECVT, assisting with steering, changing the engine to multi-point electronic injection, etc. Unfortunately, its basic design is too old (even dates back 11 years ago) and sells more expensive (mainly because the car weighs more than 1 ton and needs to pay more weight tax for automatic vehicles). Just 4 years later, Subaru sent Domingo to history.
Traviq
2001-2005
As early as the mid-to-late 1990s, Nissan, which was in crisis, planned to sell all of Subaru's shares as a part of the revival. Finally, in 2000, Subaru's shares came to GM. So under the promotion of the latter, this Traviq was created - this is why, Traviq is essentially a first-generation Opel Zafira.
Because the Traviq produced in GM Thailand factory is essentially a German car, or in other words, many designs are more in line with the needs of the Germans, so it was also a unique landscape in the Japanese car market at that time. Japanese media people at that time also had a high evaluation of the stability of this fake Subaru in the high-speed domain.
In fact, the original Zafira was also sold in the Japanese market, but it is 1 million yen more expensive than the Traviq. After all, it is a noble German Opel and a left-hand rudder vehicle, so it is normal to be expensive (of course, it also involves some tax issues). By 2005, the first generation of Zafira was stopped at GM's Thailand factory, and Traviq was also stopped at production.
Exiga
2008-2018
Subaru seems to have a mysterious obsession with the name Exiga. As early as 1995, Subaru brought a concept car called α-Exiga at the Tokyo Auto Show. In 1997, it once again exhibited an Exiga concept car with similar shapes and positioning. Finally, in 2007, they exhibited another Exiga. Compared with the two concept cars with heavy thunder and few raindrops before, this Concept finally entered the mass production process. It can be seen that Subaru has been thinking about the market for 7-person cars for many years.
Exiga is developed with the contemporary Legacy platform (50% of the components can be used with Legacy). According to Subaru's original statement, it is a "multiple passenger car" (although the official later classified it as Minivan). No wonder it looks like a mixture of Wagon+MPV.
also has a certain popularity because of its special style, coupled with some Subaru-specific elements such as horizontal opposing engine , AWD and even STI versions.
By 2015, Subaru launched the Exiga Crossover 7. As its name suggests, Exiga's personality has also changed from the previous Minivan to an urban crossover SUV. The version of
was sold in Japan for 3 years. By 2018, the Exiga car series was officially discontinued, and Subaru's 7-person car journey in the Japanese market was temporarily over.
Overseas market...
Although Subaru has never played 7-person cars in Japan again, for the overseas market, they have also launched some 7-person/8-person cars (to be precise, they are all SUVs), such as the familiar Tribeca (Chipeng) and the Ascent that has not been launched for a long time.
concept car...
In addition to the family bucket mentioned above, Subaru also made some concept car models that can ride in multiple people in the early years:
SRD-1 (1990)
SRD-1 (1990)
This is Subaru's first concept car for research/design in the United States, and can ride in 8 people.
WX-01 (2001)
A 5+2-seater Wagon, designed by Subaru and I.DE.A, and is produced by Tong Meng.
It's your turn to say:
In addition to Impreza Outback Forester and XV, what kind of Subaru do you most hope will appear in the domestic market next?
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