Subaru restarts its Lafayette, Indiana plant, where they manufacture the 2022 Outback today after a two-week shutdown. This time it wasn t because of the global microchip shortage but a planned summer closure. Subaru of Indiana Automotive closed for two weeks For our usual two-week summer shutdown, Craig Koven, Communications and External Relations Manager for Subaru of Indiana Automotive, told Torque News.
Will the shutdown affect Outback supplies this summer? While 2021 Subaru Forester and 2021 Crosstrek inventory are low, Subaru of America should have a good supply of the 2022 Outback midsize SUV this summer. The 2022 Outback models have already begun to arrive at U.S. retailers.