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Subaru to suspend production of 3 models due to faulty engine

Subaru to suspend production of 3 models due to faulty engine Subaru Corporation (Subaru) will suspend the production of its Levorg, Forester, and Outback in late April due to a defect found in its CB18 engine used in the 3 models. While Subaru is still continuing production, it has been withholding the shipment of the models equipped with the CB18 engine since last week. Subaru expects that it will take about 2 and a half months to resume produc...

News Updated at: 2022/04/18

G-Tekt expands line for Subaru at Gunma Plant

eed with the construction and renovation of welding lines. The operation will start in May 2022. The cumulative sales will be expanded to JPY 1.8 billion in the next four years until 2025. The plant will produce precision stamped parts for transmissions such as the Subaru "Forester," "Legacy," and "Levorg." The company shared that it aims to build a system that can secure stable orders with this facility expansion. (From an article in the Nikkan ...

News Updated at: 2021/02/17

Toyota Boshoku’s plastic timing chain cover adopted for all-new Subaru Levorg

Toyota Boshoku’s plastic timing chain cover adopted for all-new Subaru Levorg Toyota Boshoku Corporation (Toyota Boshoku) announced that its plastic timing chain cover has been adopted for Subaru Corporation’s (Subaru’s) all-new Levorg. Toyota Boshoku has been strengthening sales to automakers that collaborate with Toyota Motor Corporation as its strategic automakers, such as Subaru, Mazda Motor Corporation, and Suzuki Motor Corporation, an...

News Updated at: 2021/02/01

Subaru’s new turbo engine equipped in Levorg also to be adopted for sporty grade of Forester

Subaru’s new turbo engine equipped in Levorg also to be adopted for sporty grade of Forester Subaru Corporation’s newly-developed direct-injection turbo engine equipped in the all-new Levorg sports wagon will also be available as an engine for sporty grades of its other models. A new grade set for the improved Forester SUV, which will be announced soon, will come with the newly-developed engine. Subaru will make the new-generation engine to b...

News Updated at: 2020/10/19

Subaru to start accepting pre-orders for new Levorg on August 20

Subaru to start accepting pre-orders for new Levorg on August 20 Subaru Corporation (Subaru) announced that on August 20, it will start accepting pre-orders for its new Levorg that will be released in the second half of 2020. Subaru opened a special website for the Levorg on July 16. The Levorg, whose first-generation was released in 2014, will be fully redesigned for the first time in about six years. The model, which currently has 1.6-liter and...

News Updated at: 2020/07/20