Η μητρική εταιρία της Subaru, Fuji Heavy Industries, ανακοίνωσε πως σήμερα βγήκε από το εργοστάσιο της στη πόλη Ota της Ιαπωνίας, το 20.000.000στο αυτοκίνητο της που κατασκευάστηκε επί Ιαπωνικού εδάφους.
Το επετειακό μοντέλο ήταν ένα λευκό Forester 2.0XT με τον πρόεδρο της Fuji Heavy Industries, Yasuyuki Yoshinaga να δίνει το παρόν στο εργοστάσιο.
Χρειάστηκαν 56 χρόνια ώστε το 20.000.000στο αυτοκίνητο της Subaru να βγει στη παραγωγή. Το πρώτο μοντέλο που κατασκευάστηκε το 1959 ήταν ένα Subaru 360, ενώ το 1970 η Subaru γιόρτασε τα 1.000.000 αυτοκίνητα. Το ρεκόρ των 10 εκατ. έσπασε το 1992, ενώ των 15 εκατ. το 2003.
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Subaru Celebrates Production of 20 Million Units in Japan
Tokyo, January 9, 2014 – Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), the maker of Subaru automobiles, today announced that cumulative production of Subaru vehicles in Japan has reached 20 million units since the start of production in 1958.
Today FHI held a ceremony at Gunma Yajima Plant which was attended by many honored guests and alumni to celebrate this accomplishment. FHI President Yasuyuki Yoshinaga spoke, “This remarkable achievement of 20 million-unit domestic production would not have been possible without our esteemed customers and the years of diligent work by our employees, past and present. I am humbled and sincerely grateful. From here, we enter a new phase of our adventure, a new challenge. We will aim for further improvement in every aspect of our operation, in safety, quality and productivity.”
Subaru began domestic production in 1958 at its then Gunma Isesaki Plant with the Subaru 360 minicar. As production models and units increased, FHI set up operations at Gunma Main Plant and Gunma Yajima Plant, both located in Ota city of Gunma prefecture. It also established Gunma Oizumi Plant to manufacture engines, transmissions and other automotive parts. In the earlier days, production models included mini-vehicles, Subaru 1000, Leone and Justy and later moved on to Legacy, Impreza and Forester, among others. In these 56 years, the production total accumulated to 20 million units.
Through the Subaru brand statement “Confidence in Motion”, FHI will continue to pursue engineering excellence to assure “Enjoyment and Peace of Mind” to customers worldwide.
History of Subaru vehicles domestic production:
- 1958 Isesaki factory opens and “Subaru 360” starts production
- 1960 Gunma factory opens
- 1966 World’s first “Subaru 1000” start of production
- 1968 Subaru car export starts (to the United States with 360 kei car)
- 1969 Yajima Plant started operation
- 1970 One million units achieved cumulative production
- 1975 2 million units achieved cumulative production
- 1983 Oizumi plant started operations
- 1983 5 million units achieved cumulative production
- 1992 10 million units achieved cumulative production
- 2003 15 million units achieved cumulative production
- 2012 Light car production ended (light car cumulative production: 7,967,801 units)
- 2014 20 million units achieved cumulative production
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