3 Year Model Launch Plan Starts with Subaru Justy
Dave Brennan, Dealer Principal at Holdcroft Subaru, says that the next three years are going to be super-busy for the marque. Having recently launched the new Impreza there is more to come in the shape of the new Justy supermini, a new Forester, a new Legacy, a flat-four diesel engine and hybrid powertrains.
In 2008, there will be a updated Forester. The the current vehicle uses the same platform as the outgoing Impreza and in 2009 will come an all-new Legacy which you can expect to be larger and more luxurious.
Subaru is also all due to borrow Toyota's Japanse-market Passo supermini to sell in Europe as the new Justy. Significantly for Subaru though it doesn't have four-wheel drive.
Of even more interest to European buyers will be Subaru's first in-house diesel which Mr Brennan says 'people having been enquiring about for years.' The new flat-four 2.0-litre turbodiesel will make its debut at the Geneva motor show in March, and will then be shown in the first Legacy diesel at Frankfurt in September. Sales will begin in early 2008.
As well as a diesel, Subaru has been hard at work trying to match Toyota's hybrid technology to its boxer engines. Dave Brennan says that he's heard that a Prius-type, front-drive hybrid system doesn't fit, so Subaru is now looking at adapting the rear-drive system from the Lexus GS450h, but he suggesting to those that ask that he 'doesn't expect a Subaru hybrid until the end of the decade.'
Dave Brennan and the team are located at Holdcroft Subaru, Brunswick Street
Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 1HQ and can be contacted on 01782 617321 to discuss all things Subaru incuding parts, accessories and servicing, brand new, demostrator or used cars.
