It will ride on a new platform jointly developed by Toyota.
Perhaps it s no great surprise that Subaru, maker of some of the tougher and more rugged wagons and SUVs on the market, is late to the EV party. After all, despite recent advances, we ve seen the limitations of electric vehicles in off-road environments. But now we finally know more about Subaru s first EV. We already knew that this new EV would be jointly developed with Toyota and can now confirm that it will be called the Subaru Solterra. The new SUV will compete in the C-segment and rides on the new dedicated e-Subaru Global Platform.
Drive a Forester, Impreza, or Crosstrek? This is for you.
Subaru has always been a brand favored for reliability, but every company makes mistakes at some point. In 2018, the company recalled a quarter of a million vehicles. The following year, an even bigger recall occurred, with this one affecting a whopping 2.3 million vehicles. Sadly, now there are another two recalls out, pertaining to 2017-2109 models of the Impreza, 2018-2019 models of the Crosstrek, and 2017 models of the Forester. In total, the two recalls affecting these three vehicles involve almost a million vehicles, but fortunately, no accidents or injuries have been reported due to these issues, says Subaru.
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No prizes for guessing what Subaru s best-selling model was in America last month.
Subaru s sales in the UK right now are shocking, to say the least, with only 951 cars shipped in the UK last year. It s a different story in the US, thankfully, as the Japanese automaker is starting 2021 with record sales numbers. Last month, Subaru sold 46,400 cars in America. This was a marginal 0.25 percent increase over January 2020, but, crucially, the best January in the history of the company. We are proud to report that Subaru of America, Inc. will start calendar year 2021 with an all-time January sales record, an accomplishment we could not have achieved without our dedicated retailers, said Thomas J. Doll, President and CEO at Subaru of America.
Year-on-year sales were down by as whopping 68 percent.
The global pandemic had a huge impact on new car sales in 2020, but it wasn t bad news for every automaker. Many car manufacturers still managed to end the year on a high with record sales months. Subaru s US sales, for example, were up by 16 percent in September 2020 compared to September 2019 thanks to popular models like the Forester. In December 2020, Subaru shipped 63,558 in the US, a two percent increase compared to the same month in 2019.
It s a different story in the UK, however, where Subaru s sales figures were alarmingly low in 2020. Autocar reports Subaru delivered just 951 cars in the UK last year compared to just under 3,000 the year before - that s a dramatic year-on-year drop of over 68 percent. Ouch. 2020 was a horrible year, said Subaru UK Managing Director, John Hurtig.