This is a thread for posting interesting and unusual tid-bits about Sti and Subaru that many people may not know.

1. Did you know that General Motors owns 20% of Fuji Heavy Industries (who owns subaru automobile line) And that they will be producing a joint venture car @ 2005 between SAAB (GM) and Subaru. That was a little disconcerting news for me.

 

And it will be based on the Impreza WRX wagon

 

And it will be sold as a 9-2

 

Just as long as Chevy doesn't start selling a 4wd turbo cavalier. That's what I'm afraid of. Subaru's are special for a reason. Hopefully GM will realize this and not try selling GM's with Subaru drivelines or visa versa.

Keith

 

Exactly. that's what I'm afraid of too. Or worse they decide to buy more of Subaru and change things around for the worse and make it a crappy GM product like they did with SAAB. What a shame. Those cars I know are going to go downhill guaranteed.

 

as long as my STi is from japan ... and tuned by STi themselves
i dont' give a flying F




dont' care what GM do.

 

Did you know......
....the '04 WRX comes with halogen headlights but projector foglights.

 

My fear is that they will do what Dodge an Mercedes did and start making all of their cars look the same. That would suck.

 

Yes, GM has owned 20% of FHI for a while. The talk of basing a car off the WRX has been floating around for a while as well. The Saab version will be based off the wagon and also offered in FWD configuration (as it is also in Japan). This info is in current MotorTrend.

You will not see a Chevrolet Cavalier WRX. Infact, there is a new Cavalier already in the works based off their delta platform and due to arrive in a year or so. Besides, the Subaru boxer-engine would not appear in a Chevrolet. However, I would not be surprised to see the offering of a supercharged variant of the Cavalier in its next style, just as the Saturn Ion Redline is being offered.

Also in the FYI department: The Pontiac Solstice concept that appeared at last year's NAIAS had Subaru suspension components. This car has been approved for production and will share its platform with the Saturn Sky, Buick Bengal, and likely a Chevy variant. Don't know that a production version will incorporate Subaru parts.

 

Thats kewl. That is a really nice looking car, can't wait to see it on the road.

 

GM does not have a controlling interest yet IIRC.
Almost all japanese car maker are owned by foreign companies except Toyota and Honda.

 

And even those companies collaborate with GM from time to time.

 

Such as the Toyota Cavalier.

Subaru just signed a big agreement with Delphi too. All of them are intertwined someway, hell GM and Ford make a transmission and engine together.

 

Details and sketch on this very subject: Saab 9-2. Says will be offered in 2.5 na and 2.0 turbo "likely to produce somewhere in the vicinity of 300 hp."

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