Where is each AS1 car built?

[tranzformer]

Originally Posted by A Gomez

Rumour has it one of the reasons Toyota and Subaru are doing this it to bail Subaru out of its finansial messes caused by high-cost yet not commercially successful K-cars and keep the Gunma Plant alive. I am skeptical about the theory, but won't comment until we see all the pieces of the puzzle.

Maybe. But overall Subaru is doing very well. Just look at the data from here in the States:

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/04/416...c-reports.html

[CLTBRZ]

Originally Posted by A Gomez

Rumour has it one of the reasons Toyota and Subaru are doing this it to bail Subaru out of its finansial messes caused by high-cost yet not commercially successful K-cars and keep the Gunma Plant alive. I am skeptical about the theory, but won't comment until we see all the pieces of the puzzle.

They announced that they were transitioning their kei cars to rebadged Daihatsus (thanks to Toyota) in what, 2008? Isn't the AS1 production using retooled kei car production lines? I think it's pretty safe to say that this is part of that deal, but I don't know nearly enough about kei cars in general to say that definitively - maybe others have more insight?

[2fast4you]

Originally Posted by CLTBRZ

They announced that they were transitioning their kei cars to rebadged Daihatsus (thanks to Toyota) in what, 2008? Isn't the AS1 production using retooled kei car production lines? I think it's pretty safe to say that this is part of that deal, but I don't know nearly enough about kei cars in general to say that definitively - maybe others have more insight?

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/16/s...king-kei-cars/

*Click the link for "affordable RWD/AWD coupe" for a little flashback.

[WingsofWar]

Subaru has had 4 successful consecutive years of sales with sales figures almost doubling every year...which is rare to see with any automaker. Subaru/FHI by no means is in the red and the stocks have been hot as of recent.

Subaru's forumla for their business gives them so much room for error, and has little risk of losing business in the industry to their competitors.

[Buggy51]

Originally Posted by WingsofWar

Subaru has had 4 successful consecutive years of sales with sales figures almost doubling every year...which is rare to see with any automaker. Subaru/FHI by no means is in the red and the stocks have been hot as of recent.

Subaru's forumla for their business gives them so much room for error, and has little risk of losing business in the industry to their competitors.

Out of curiosity, what is their method/formula of doing business?