Subaru

What Subaru makes

Subaru Corporation is a Japanese manufacturer whose business covers automobiles and aerospace products. On the automotive side, its own materials single out all-wheel drive as the feature that sets its vehicles apart. The company names several technologies of its own: the horizontally opposed Boxer engine, the Subaru Global Platform, Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive and the EyeSight driver assist system. Its aerospace arm is also shown on the corporate site, with products that include the Bell 412EPX helicopter and the Fuji FA-200 light aircraft.

Where it builds and sells

The head office is in the Ebisu district of Shibuya, Tokyo. Automobiles are built at two locations: the Gunma plants and Kitamoto in Japan, and Subaru of Indiana Automotive in Lafayette, in the United States. Aerospace work takes place at plants in Tochigi and Aichi. As of April 2025 the company reported 432 automobile sales locations in Japan, plus sales locations in more than 90 countries and regions.

The company traces its roots to 1917, when an aircraft research laboratory was set up. Fuji Heavy Industries was established in 1953, and the business took the Subaru Corporation name in 2017.

Its electric line-up

The Solterra is the battery-electric model currently on sale. The Subaru UK site lists it as fully electric from 52,505 pounds, and the US site shows a 2027 model with an EPA range of up to 288 miles. The UK site also lists a further electric model as coming soon, while the Japanese corporate page announced the world premiere of a new battery-electric vehicle, the Subaru Getaway, on 2 April 2026.

Key facts

• Based in: Tokyo, Japan
• Founded: 1953 as Fuji Heavy Industries (origins 1917)
• Renamed Subaru Corporation: 2017
• Employees: about 37,866 (March 2025)
• Car plants: Gunma and Saitama (Japan), Indiana (US)
• Brands: SUBARU
• Current electric model: Solterra