Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., the maker of Subaru cars, unveiled on Wednesday a new 2003 worldwide sales target of 568,000 vehicles, up 2.4 percent from the year before.

The carmaker, an affiliate of U.S. giant General Motors Corp., also announced that it will seek a global production goal of 562,400 units.

Fuji Heavy hopes to increase its domestic sales by 1.8 percent from the previous year to 265,000 units this year, including 143,000 minicars. Its overseas sales are expected to reach 303,000 units, up 2.9 percent.