Subaru virus shutdown results in production loss of 150,000 vehicles
Subaru Corp.'s suspension in Japan and the United States in April due to the coronavirus pandemic resulted in an output loss of 150,000 vehicles, equivalent to around 15 percent of its annual global sales. The carmaker expects the impact to get worse as it plans ...
SUVs parked out at sea reveal scope of U.S. auto market glut
Even as ports struggle to cope with excess auto inventory, they’re preparing for an even worse outcome — deliveries stopping altogether as the recession digs deeper.
Carmakers extend Japan plant closures; Honda to furlough thousands in U.S.
Rolling shutdowns have become the norm in the automobile industry but furloughs have been rather rare amid the pandemic.
Subaru to temporarily halt all global output due to coronavirus
Subaru Corp. said Wednesday it will halt all global auto production for approximately three weeks due to the spread of the novel coronavirus, resulting in a loss in output of 70,000 units. Subaru will halt manufacturing at its only domestic manufacturing base in Gunma Prefecture ...
Subaru to raise amount of electric, plug-in hybrid vehicles it's selling to 40% in 2030
Subaru Corp. is aiming to raise the proportion of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in all of its automobiles sold across the globe to 40 percent in 2030. The proportion stood at 2.1 percent in fiscal 2018, which ended in March last year. Subaru said Monday ...
Subaru aims to lift 2020 global output to record 1.1 million vehicles
Subaru Corp. said Wednesday it aims to lift global production 11 percent to a record 1.10 million vehicles in 2020, reflecting solid demand in the U.S. market and a full recovery in domestic output following a series of quality-control scandals. Subaru plans to produce 690,000 ...
Automakers and auto parts manufacturers from Japan and abroad displayed some 800 custom and race cars at an auto show near Tokyo on Saturday. At the Tokyo Auto Salon 2020 in at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, which opened to the public for a two-day ...
Subaru Corp. on Thursday informed the transport ministry that it is recalling 81,343 cars in Japan due to faulty rear suspension springs and engine valves. The automaker offers free repairs for Forester and XV models manufactured between March 2013 and October 2018. Outside Japan, about 760,000 ...
Japanese auto brands grab top three slots in Consumer Reports' annual rankings
Japanese brands dominated the top three slots in Consumer Reports' annual auto reliability rankings released Thursday. Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus luxury brand was rated as the most reliable by the U.S. magazine, followed by Mazda Motor Corp.'s Mazda and the Toyota brand. In fourth and fifth ...
Technological advancements are paving the way for an entirely new realm of auto safety and user convenience — and Subaru Corp. is at the head of the pack. This year at Tokyo Motor Show 2019, Subaru is rolling out a wide host of its latest ...
Subaru's Gunma plant halted after Typhoon Hagibis hits suppliers
Subaru Corp.'s operations at its sole vehicle assembly plant in Japan have been halted since Wednesday afternoon because supply chains were disrupted by Typhoon Hagibis, the automaker has said. Subaru has been offering support, including staffers, to parts suppliers damaged by the typhoon. The company ...
U.S. auto sales took a big step back in September, with Nissan hit the hardest
U.S. auto sales took a big step back in September, setting the stage for hefty incentive spending by carmakers struggling to clear old models from dealers' inventory. Deliveries of cars and light trucks may have slumped in September by about 12 percent, the average of ...
