1954 Feb. P-1 prototype for an all-wheel-drive passenger car completed, named "Subaru" in 1955
1958 Mar. Subaru 360 minicar introduced
1958 Mar. The Subaru trademark is adopted
1960 Oct. Gunma Main Plant opened
1961 Feb. Sambar Truck introduced
1965 Oct. Subaru 1000, Japan's first massproduced front-wheel-drive car, introduced
1969 Feb. Yajima Plant commences operations
1969 Mar. Subaru FF-1 1100 series introduced
1969 Aug. Subaru R-2 launched
1971 Oct. Subaru Leone coupe introduced
1972 July Subaru Rex launched
1972 Sept. Subaru Leone AWD Station Wagon introduced
1973 Aug. Resin parts classification markings started, ahead of other Japanese companies
1975 Jan. Leone SEEC-T series, which control the level of exhaust emissions without a catalytic converter, introduced
1977 Apr. New Subaru Leone intorduced - first car in conformity with Japan's 1978 exhaust emission regulations
1979 June New Leone launched
1981 Sept. FF Rex Combi introduced
1981 Oct. FF Rex Sedan introduced
1982 Sept. New model Sambar Try and Hightra series launched
1983 Feb. Oizumi Plant commences operations
1983 Oct. Domingo introduced
1984 Feb. Development of the world's first electro-continuously variable transmission (ECVT) announced
1984 Feb. Subaru Justy introduced
1985 June Subaru Alcyone, a specialty car, introduced
1986 Nov. Ta Ching Motors Co., Ltd., a joint venture in Taiwan, established
1987 Feb. World's first ECVT introduced in Justy
1987 Mar. Subaru-Isuzu Automotive Inc. (SIA), a joint venture with Isuzu Motors Ltd., established in the Unites States
1988 May Alliance agreed with Sweden's Volvo for domestic sales of Volvo vehicles
1989 Jan. Legacy set new 100,000-kilometer world speed record in Arizona, U.S.A (Average speed: 223.345 km/h)
1989 Feb. Subaru Legacy, a new global strategic car, introduced
1989 May Ta Ching Motors commences operations
1989 Sept. SIA production begun
1990 Mar. Full-model change of Sambar series, improvement of Rex series
1991 Sept. Subaru SVX introduced
1992 Mar. Subaru Vivio launched
1992 Nov. First successful recycling in the automobile industry of painted bumpers into exterior/interior parts / Subaru Impreza introduced
1993 May New Legacy series introduced
1994 Apr. OEM supply of "ADvan" from Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. starts
1994 Apr. Coating-film removal technology using a roller developed
1995 Mar. FHI and SIA receive ISO 9002 certification for quality management and quality assurance
1995 Apr. Subaru Sambar EV introduced in Japan
1995 Nov. Vivio Bistro, a classic-type minicar, launched
1995 Dec. Subaru captured the Manufacturer's and Driver's titles in the World Rally Championship (WRC)
1996 Feb. Based on new coating-film removal technology employing the roller method, bumper-to-bumper recycling introduced
1996 Feb. Sambar Transcare, a vehicle with an electric lifter for the disabled, launched
1996 Apr. Bumper recovery from domestic market through independent system begun
1996 Oct. Subaru Development & Engineering Division receives ISO 9002 certification for quality management and assurance
1996 Nov. Subaru captured third consecutive Manufacturer's Title in WRC
1997 Feb. Subaru Forester introduced
1998 June New Century Legacy series launched
1998 Oct. Subaru Pleo introduced in accordance with changes in minicar standards
1998 Nov. Legacy Station Wagon selected 1998-1999 RJC New Car of the Year; Pleo takes first place in the minicar category
1998 Dec. Legacy B4 introduced
1999 Feb. Sambar series full-model change
1999 Mar. Gunma Manufacturing Division receives ISO 14001 environmental management systems certification
1999 July Cumulative production of Subaru AWD vehicles hits 5 million units
2000 Aug. Impreza series full-model change
2000 Dec. Pleo Nicot introduced
2001 May Subaru vehicles sold at GM Autoworld in the Philippines and Indonesia
2001 May Sambar nursing care car launched
2001 Aug. Traviq launched
