senger seat occupant protection, and pop-up hood systems and pedestrian protection airbags for pedestrian protection. In addition, airbags such as frontal impact airbags for the rear seats (the world's first equipped in the all-new Mercedes-Benz S-Class front seat backs) have begun to be installed. Subaru vehicles are equipped with pedestrian protection airbags that not only to respond to pedestrians but also to cyclists.   In Japan, side impact...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/27

eld by Zexel’s parent company Bosch, and in November 2005 it became a wholly owned subsidiary, established as Valeo Thermal Systems Japan Corporation. Later, Valeo Japan absorbed Valeo Thermal Systems, and it is now a division of Valeo Japan Co., Ltd. Its customers in Japan are Isuzu, Nissan, and Subaru. Like Sanden, the company also receives orders for individual compressors. [Recent Activities] In December 2021, the company established a ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/07

e electrical wiring. Suzuki Palette (launched in January 2008) 4373 November 15, 2018 507,118 Development(Electronics) Improper ECU programming, battery voltage drop during idle stop causes power steering to stop.Products manufactured between August 2012 and August 2015 ECU program modification Subaru Impreza, XV (launched in May 2017), Forester (launched in July 2018) 4434 January 31, 2019 780 Manufacturing Power steering stopped due to defe...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/09/18

or trims, and unit component business such as filter products, etc. Seat frames, recliners, seat slides, etc. Sango Co., Ltd. (Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture) Founded in 1928. Major products include mufflers, exhaust pipes, exhaust manifolds, body parts, and door beams. Lexus LFA titanium muffler, Subaru BRZ muffler, etc. Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd. (Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture) Founded in 1946. Automotive parts manufacturing, press and plas...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/24

le materials. It predicts the areas that are likely to crack, and adds material in those areas to provide extra strength. The amount of springback can be reduced by about 90% compared to conventional methods. The company announced that aftermarket performance mufflers were available exclusively for Subaru Levorg from October 2020 and Subaru WRX S4 from July 2022. The three development concepts of the new product are: a high-quality sound with emp...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/19

in preparation for the end of production and the refurbishment of plants to produce electric equipment (to be discussed in detail in section III. Activities of major AT suppliers and in-house OEM manufacturing). 1. Automatic transmission supply in Japan AT Supplier Toyota Nissan Mazda Mitsubishi Subaru Suzuki Hino* Isuzu* Aisin 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 JATCO 〇 〇 〇 Allison 〇 〇 Mazda In-house 〇 Vehicle manu...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/04/15

eld by Zexel’s parent company Bosch, and in November 2005 it became a wholly owned subsidiary, established as Valeo Thermal Systems Japan Corporation. Later, Valeo Japan absorbed Valeo Thermal Systems, and it is now a division of Valeo Japan Co., Ltd. Its customers in Japan are Isuzu, Nissan, and Subaru. Like Sanden, the company also receives orders for individual compressors. [Recent Activities] In December 2021, the company established a ne...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/10/10

ection, seat cushion, rear seat center, and rear collision airbag modules. Future development items include the development of an airbag + seatbelt system in collaboration with Ashimori Industry, as well as occupant protection systems for autonomous driving. The company is a key supplier to Toyota, Subaru, and Daihatsu, and delivers products to other Japanese automakers, except for Nissan (excluding OEM minicars), but through the aforementioned c...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/09/12

Honda reorganizes its international parts supply chain, separating China from the rest of the world. August 2022, Mazda breaks away from dependence on China for parts, requesting cooperation from 200 companies. June 2023, the major shareholder, Pang Da Automobile Trade Co., Ltd. (Pang Da Group), in Subaru's Chinese subsidiary withdraws from the company, bringing Subaru's stake to 100%. July 2023, Mazda terminates consignment of production to Chin...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/08/08

le materials. It predicts the areas that are likely to crack, and adds material in those areas to provide extra strength. The amount of springback can be reduced by about 90% compared to conventional methods. The company announced that aftermarket performance mufflers were available exclusively for Subaru Levorg from October 2020 and Subaru WRX S4 from July 2022. The three development concepts of the new product are: a high-quality sound with emp...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/05/30

icles, which will continue to decline in the future, and HEVs. ZF does not promote sales of 9-speed models (they remain in Land Rover and other models), while Mercedes-Benz has discontinued 7-speed transmissions. Renault Group, Honda, and Suzuki do not have automatic transmissions in their lineups. Subaru also does not sell vehicles equipped with automatic transmissions other than in one grade of the BRZ using a 6-speed AT. Hyundai, Kia, and Gene...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/03/21

Subaru: Aiming to sell 600,000 BEVs (50% of sales) by 2030 Eight BEV models in the lineup by the end of 2028, with plans to sell 400,000 units in the U.S. Summary New Management Policy: Aiming for BEV sales of 600,000 units in 2030 Discussions begin with Panasonic Energy regarding battery supply All-new models: Forester U.S.-spec model and Levorg Layback SUV for Japan U.S. market: 400,000 BEVs to be sold in 2028 Forecast for FY2023: Operating inc...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/01/12

perated with conventional hardware for ease of operation and convenience.  The instrument panel is specially designed, and there is no 2-DIN area for installing an aftermarket navigation system. This gives the entire instrument panel a clean design from the center cluster to the center console.   Subaru Levorg   It was the first vehicle in Japan to adopt an advanced digital cockpit with a large center information display and full liquid crysta...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/12/21

, "Good Design Award 2022"NR22 brake caliper for 24-hour endurance race Toyota Gazoo Racing WEC - FIA World Endurance Championship Vehicle Highly rigid aluminum monocoque caliper. Maintains a stable operating feel in races. Sango Co., Ltd.(Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture) Sound generator Lexus LC500Subaru LevorgSubaru WRX S4 The system delivers high-quality sound by reducing low frequencies that cause muffled sound and emphasizing middle and high...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/11/08

s in trends in car air conditioners in Japan.   In Europe and China, where the proportion of BEVs is rapidly increasing, air conditioning systems are being incorporated as part of overall vehicle thermal management, as represented by Tesla and BYD, but in Japan, at present, the Toyota bZ4X and the Subaru Solterra are the only BEVs where this is being adopted.   In such a market environment, the following trends are underway.   One is the incre...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/10/19

ection, seat cushion, rear seat center, and rear collision airbag modules. Future development items include the development of an airbag + seatbelt system in collaboration with Ashimori Industry, as well as occupant protection systems for autonomous driving. The company is a key supplier to Toyota, Subaru, and Daihatsu, and delivers products to other Japanese automakers, except for Nissan (excluding OEM minicars), but through the aforementioned c...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/09/21

Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd., which itself is a wholly-owned subsidiary of JTEKT, is co-located at the same production site with other companies. FAMO started production of steering columns in August 2019. Power steering system component suppliers: ECUs and motors: Those supplied to Toyota, Daihatsu, and Subaru are mostly from Denso, while those supplied to Nissan and Mazda are mostly from Mitsubishi Electric. Most hydraulic pumps are manufactured in-h...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/09/07

ons and a company with two major businesses: the automatic transmission business and the car navigation business. The car navigation business specializes in factory-installed navigation systems. Aisin commands the major share of Toyota OE factory-installed navigation systems, and besides Toyota and Subaru, also delivers navigation systems to VW group brands such as VW, Audi, and Porsche. In the Japanese domestic market, Aisin is in competition wi...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/06/08

However, drum type brakes are adopted for almost half of all vehicles in the market: mainly mini-vehicles, compact low-cost cars in the B-segment and below, and commercial vehicles due to cost-related factors.   Looking at trends by Japanese OEMs, many models are equipped with disc brakes, such as Subaru, which does not manufacture commercial vehicles, and Mazda models, except for the Mazda 2 and the small commercial vehicle Bongo, are all equip...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/03/31

nal combustion engines that will be phased out in the future will be limited. 1. AT supply for vehicle production in Japan / (〇) indicates past delivery AT Manufacturer Vehicle manufacturer (excluding vehicles manufactured by other companies on OEM basis) Toyota Nissan Honda Mazda Mitsubishi Subaru Suzuki Daihatsu Hino Isuzu Aisin 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 〇 JATCO 〇 (〇) 〇 〇 Allison 〇 〇 Toyota In-house 〇 ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/03/09