## 50-Year Anniversary of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. 

Founded on a Tradition of Technological Prowess, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. Seeks Fresh Challenges in the New Century 

## Company-wide events 

1953 Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. established 

1960 FHI’s common stock listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange 

1965 Operating division adopted by product classification 

1966 Head Office moves to Subaru Building 

1968 Business agreement with Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. signed 

1987 Second Subaru Building completed in Omiya City 

1992 Agreement signed on technology transfer to China’s Guizhou Aviation Industry Corporation to initiate local minicar production 

1994 Corporate philosophy and quality policy established 

1996 Environmental Plan for the Year 2000 drafted 

1997 Integrated Environmental Operations Promotion Office established 

1998 FHI inaugurates environmental policy 

1999 Subaru sales offices integrated in five areas in Japan 

• Agreement on business alliance with General Motors Corporation signed 

1999 Agreement on business alliance with Suzuki Motor Corporation signed 

2000 Business alliance with Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. cancelled 

2001 Gunma plant achieves “Zero Emission” goals 

2002 Utsunomia and Saitama plants achieve “Zero Emission” goals 

• New management plan FDR-1 drafted 

• Internal company system introduced 

• NEC Lamillion Energy established, a joint investment between FHI and NEC Corporation 

• FHI and Isuzu Motors signed agreement on dissolution of SIA JV and production consignment 

2003 Fuji AT established, JV with JATCO to develop and produce CVTs 

• Six-star trademark is set as a corporate symbol 

## Subaru Automotive Business 

1954 P-1 prototype for a passenger car completed, named “Subaru” in 1955 

1958 Subaru 360 minicar introduced 

• The Subaru trademark is adopted 

1960 Gunma Main Plant opened 

1961 Sambar Truck introduced 

1965 Subaru 1000, Japan’s first mass-produced front-wheel-drive car, introduced 

1969 Yajima Plant commences operations 

• Subaru FF-1 1100 series introduced 

• Subaru R-2 launched 

1971 Subaru Leone coupe introduced 

1972 Subaru Rex launched 

• Subaru Leone AWD Station Wagon introduced 

1973 Resin parts classification markings started, ahead of other Japanese companies 

1975 Leone SEEC-T series, which controls the level of exhaust emissions without a catalytic converter, introduced 

1977 New Subaru Leone introduced—first car in conformity with Japan’s 1978 exhaust emission regulations 

1979 New Leone launched 

1981 FF Rex Combi introduced 

1981 FF Rex Sedan introduced 

1982 New model Sambar Try series launched 

1983 Oizumi Plant commences operations 

• Domingo introduced 

1984 Development of the world’s first electro-continuously variable transmission (ECVT) announced 

• Subaru Justy introduced 

1985 Subaru Alcyone, a specialty car, introduced 

1986 Ta Ching Motors Co., Ltd., a joint venture in Taiwan, established 

1987 World’s first ECVT introduced in Justy 

• Subaru-Isuzu Automotive Inc. (SIA), a joint venture with Isuzu Motors Ltd., established in the United States 

1988 Alliance agreed with Sweden’s Volvo for domestic sales of Volvo vehicles 

1989 Legacy set new 100,000-kilometer world speed record in Arizona, U.S.A (Average speed: 223.345 km/h) 

• Subaru Legacy, a new global strategic car, introduced 

• Ta Ching Motors commences operations 

• SIA production begun 

1990 Full-model change of Sambar series, improvement of Rex series 

1991 Subaru SVX introduced 

1992 Subaru Vivio launched 

