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Subaru to stop making Kei Cars
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Last week’s announcement that Toyota wants to raise its stake in Subaru’s parent company Fuji Heavy Industries looked to have no down side. Subaru gets $300 million with which to build a new factory, Toyota gets greater access to FHI’s high tech batteries for hybrids, and both get to build the affordable RWD/AWD coupe that we’re all waiting for. But the bean counters in Toyota City have noticed that Subaru’s kei car division spends a fortune on developing quirky micro cars such as the supercharged Vivio that Colin McRae campaigned in his first rally (above), the worlds smallest four-seat convertible (below) and the fabulous R2D2.
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