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Subaru 1000 became Japan's first mass
produced front wheel drive car. |
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Aggregate production of Subaru cars
surpassed 1 million units. |
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| Subaru Leone Coupe introduced. |
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Leone AWD Estate (1400cc), a pioneer
of AWD passenger vehicles, introduced. |
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Aggregate production of Subaru cars
surpassed 5 million units. |
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The Legacy was introduced and set the
100,000 kilometres world speed record,
average speed 223.345km/hr. |
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Aggregate production of Subaru cars
surpassed 10 million units
Subaru Impreza introduced. |
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Legacy wins the Rally of NZ, driver
Colin McRae.
First Subaru WRC victory. |
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Impreza wins Rally of NZ, second
consecutive win for Subaru. |
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Subaru wins World Rally Championship,
Manufacturers and Drivers titles. |
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Subaru Outback introduced
Subaru wins World Rally Championship
Manufacturers title for second
consecutive year. |
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Subaru Forester and 2.5 litre Legacy
introduced to NZ
Subaru wins World Rally Championship
Manufacturers title for the third
consecutive year. |
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New generation Legacy and Outback
introduced to NZ
Legacy voted Car of the Year
by Wheels magazine.
Impreza WRX voted Performance Car of
the Year by NZ Autocar magazine.
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Aggregate production of Subaru cars
surpassed 13 million units
Impreza WRX voted Car of the Decade by
UK Car magazine.
Impreza wins first place in Argentina,
Acropolis, Finland, Australia and Great
Britain in the WRC series.
Fuji Heavy Industries (Subaru) wins Most
Improved Car Company at the 1999
Global Automotive Awards.
Legacy RSK B4 and GTB introduced with
sport shift transmission |
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Legacy voted Car of the Year by NZ
Herald and NZ Autocar magazine.
Legacy voted 4 cylinder Car of the
Year by National Business Review.
Legacy RSK B4 voted Car of the
Year by NZ Driver magazine.
Impreza voted Car of the Year by
Wheels magazine.
Subaru wins Asia-Pacific Rally
Championship, driver Possum Bourne |
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Impreza wins Australian Rally Championship,
driver Possum Bourne.
Impreza wins World Rally Drivers
Championship, driver Richard Burns.
Impreza wins NZ Rally Championship,
Group A, driver Bruce Herbert. |
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Impreza wins Australian Rally
Championship, driver Possum Bourne.
Impreza WRX STI voted Performance
Car of the Year by NZ Performance
Car magazine.
Impreza wins NZ Rally Championship.
Group A driver Bruce Herbert,
Group N driver Chris West.
Impreza wins first place in Monte Carlo
and Great Britain in the WRC series. |
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Impreza wins Australian Rally
Championship, driver Cody Crocker.
Impreza wins World Rally Drivers
Championship, driver Petter Solberg.
Impreza wins NZ Rally Championship.
Group A driver Bruce Herbert,
Group N driver Chris West.
Forester wins AA Autocar Car of
the Year, Class winner.
Forester wins NZ Company Vehicle
4WD of the Year.
Legacy wins Japanese Car of the Year
Legacy wins Sunday Star-Times
Large Car of the Year. |
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Legacy 2.5i wins AA Autocar Car of the Year.
Legacy 2.5i wins AA Autocar Medium Class Car of the Year.
Impreza wins NZ Rally Championship
Group N, driver Chris West
Impreza wins Australian Rally Manufacturers' Championship, driver Cody Crocker.
Impreza wins Australian Rally Driver's Championship, driver Cody Crocker |
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Legacy 3.0R wins NZ Autocar Best Executive Car of the Year
Legacy 3.0R and Outback 3.0R Ltd win AA Motoring Excellence Safety Award
Legacy 2.5i wins AA Motoring Excellence Medium Car Class Award
Impreza win's New Zealand rally Manufacturers' Championship
Impreza win's Australian Rally Drivers Championship, driver Cody Crocker
Impreza WRX STI is awarded Motor magazines 'Best Bang for your Bucks'
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Cumulative production of the Subaru Forester (launched 1997) reached one million units
Subaru Impreza 2.0i received the highest possible 'gold safety pick' rating from the IIHS for frontal, side and rear impact crash tests.
Subaru's 2.5-litre turbocharged engine wins the International Engine of the Year Award, 2.0-2.5litre class.
Subaru Tribeca introduced to New Zealand
Subaru Tribeca wins Interior of the year Award in the crossover utility vehicle category by Wards Auto World Magazine, USA
Subaru Tribeca awarded Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) 5-star occupant safety rating
Subaru Forester ranked highest in independent Used Car Safety Ratings (UCSR) by Monash University Accident Research Centre in Australia
Subaru celebrates the 40th anniversary of the introduction of the "Boxer" or horizontally-opposed engine
Subaru Impreza win's New Zealand Rally Manufacturers' Championship
Subaru Impreza win's New Zealand Rally Drivers Championship, driver Richard Mason
Subaru Impreza win's Australian Rally Drivers Championship, driver Cody Crocker
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10 Years All Wheel Drive Anniversary - Subaru of New Zealand has been selling exclusively AWD vehicles in New Zealand for 10 years.
Third generation Impreza launched in New Zealand.
Impreza earns maximum 5-star ANCAP occupant safety rating and maximum 4-star ANCAP pedestrian rating, making it only the second car in the world to earn the maximum available 9-stars.
Subaru of New Zealand achieves 5-star ANCAP occupant safety ratings across the whole 2008 model year range, making Subaru the only manufacturer to have 5-star ANCAP Safety Ratings on all New Zealand specification vehicles.
Subaru Impreza wins AMI New Zealand Autocar Compact Car of the Year award for 2008.
Subaru Impreza wins New Zealand Rally Drivers Championship, driver Sam Murray.
Subaru Impreza wins New Zealand Rally Manufacturers' Championship.
Subaru Insurance made available to New Zealand new Subaru owners.
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Subaru Forester - New Zealand Herald Car of the Year
Subaru's 2.5-litre turbocharged engine wins the International Engine of the Year Award, 2.0-2.5litre class.
Impreza WRX STI Spec. R wins AA Motoring Excellence Car Of The Year Award
Impreza wins AA Motoring Excellence Safest Car Award
Impreza WRX STI Spec. R wins AA Motoring Excellence Performance Car Class Award
Third generation Forester launched in New Zealand
Third generation Impreza WRX STI launched in New Zealand
New 2008 model Tribeca launched in New Zealand
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Subaru Legacy - AMI and New Zealand Autocar Medium/Large Car of the Year
Fifth generation Legacy launched in New Zealand
Fourth generation Outback launched in New Zealand
FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Cup for Manufacturers - Subaru
Subaru tops USA Safety ratings - Top Safety Pick U.S Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS)
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Subaru Legacy and Outback – NZ Driver Magazine Car of the Year
Subaru announces return of the Impreza STI Sedan and the first 5-speed Automatic transmission in an STI
Subaru launches the Impreza XV |
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