Subaru Celebrates Four Decades of Four Wheel Drive
Published Monday, 20 February, 2012 by Bill Maynard. Categories: News.
Written by: Jake Holmes [G+] on February 16 2012 1:40 PM
It's been 40 years since Japanese automaker Subaru launched its first all-wheel-drive car, so the company is celebrating its first vehicle with four driven wheels. The car in question was the Subaru Leone Estate Van 4WD, launched in Japan in 1972 and pictured here.
Although Subaru advertising campaigns in the U.S. market hinge on all its cars offering Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive, Subaru does sell cars in Europe and Asian with front wheel drive. Even so, about 56 percent of all Subaru vehicles ever produced have…






