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A white Forester 2.0XT with the latest "EyeSight" became a reason for celebration at Fuji Heavy Industries today, as it became the 20 millionth domestically produced vehicle.
The companies president, mister Yasuyuki Yoshinaga visited the factory in Ota city, Gunma Prefecture, to see the car for himself and than loyal employees for their hard work.
The 20 million milestone comes 56 years after the start of Subaru production, which was steadily ramped up over the years. From the first unit made, a tiny Subaru 360 in 1958, the Japanese company reached 1 million sales in 1970. By 19992, they had made 10 million and in 2003 15 million Subarus were in production.
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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