FHI Started Production of the Subaru BRZ and Toyota 86
- Line-off ceremony took place at the Subaru Main Plant in Japan -
Tokyo, March 16, 2012 - Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), the
manufacturer of Subaru automobiles, announced that it held a
line-off ceremony at Subaru's Gunma Main Plant (Ota-city,
Gunma Prefecture, Japan) with Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC)
President Akio Toyoda and honored guests in attendance, in
commemoration of the production start of the Subaru BRZ and
Toyota 86.
FHI and TMC first agreed on business collaboration in October
2005. After the companies expanded their cooperative ties
with new agreements related to development and production in
April 2008, they then began four years of development. The
completion of this joint-development product also marks a
great achievement of the alliance between FHI and TMC.
At the ceremony, TMC President Akio Toyoda said, "I would
like to express my sincere appreciation to the ceaseless
efforts of all FHI people and staff who were involved in the
development, production and preparations for both models. The
Subaru BRZ and Toyota 86 not have been successfully developed
without collaboration between FHI and TMC. We started the
alliance for mutual growth in 2005. Now I'm delighted to see
this moment that our alliance surely bore fruit."
FHI President Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, after extending his
gratitude to all participants at the ceremony, said, "the car
symbolizes our corporate strategy in two significant aspects:
good progress of our alliances; and advancement of our
"select and focus" approach. The start of production today
made a huge step for us, but it is not our goal. By
constantly refining both models, TMC and FHI hope to nourish
each model to be loved by customers all over the world for a
long time to come."
Subaru Gunma Main Plant, where minicars were previously
manufactured, was recently renewed for the Subaru
BRZ and Toyota 86 production. FHI plans to produce the
Impreza at the same plant by March 2013.
FHI offers "Enjoyment and Peace of Mind" to its customers
through the Subaru brand statement "Confidence in
Motion" and its consistent approach to "Engineering
excellence".
The production line of Subaru BRZ and Toyota 86
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This press release was issued by Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. and was initially posted at http://www.fhi.co.jp. It was distributed, unedited and unaltered, by noodls on 2012-03-16 07:59:24 AM. The issuer is solely responsible for the accuracy of the information contained therein. |