Subaru 1000

Subaru 1000
Subaru 1000 sedan
Overview
Manufacturer	Subaru (Fuji Heavy Industries)
Production	1966–1969
Assembly	Yajima Plant, Ota, Gunma, japan
Designer	Shinroku Momose
Body and chassis
Body style	2-door sedan 4-door sedan 2- and four-door station wagon
Layout	FF layout
Powertrain
Engine	977 cc F4, 55 hp (41 kW)
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,420 mm (95.3 in)
Length	3,930 mm (154.7 in)
Width	1,480 mm (58.3 in)
Height	1,390 mm (54.7 in)
Curb weight	670–695 kg (1,477–1,532 lb)
Chronology
Predecessor	Subaru 1500
Successor	Subaru Leone

Subaru FF-1 1300G
Subaru 1300G Sports Sedan
Overview
Manufacturer	Subaru (Fuji Heavy Industries)
Also called	Subaru 1300G, FF-1 G
Production	1971-1972
Designer	Shinroku Momose
Body and chassis
Class	Subcompact
Body style	2-door Sedan 4-door Sedan 5-door wagon
Layout	Front-engine Front Wheel Drive Front-engine Four Wheel Drive
Powertrain
Engine	1.1L/1.3L Subaru EA engine
Transmission	Four Speed Manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,431 mm (95.7 in)
Length	3,937 mm (155.0 in)
Width	1,481 mm (58.3 in)
Height	1,389 mm (54.7 in)
Curb weight	662 kg (1,460 lb)
Chronology
Successor	Subaru Leone

The Subaru 1000 was the first front wheel drive Subaru produced by Fuji Heavy Industries that was in the Japanese government "compact car" classification starting in 1966. Previous Subaru models such as the Subaru 360 and the Sambar had been rear-engined, rear wheel drive kei cars.

It was the first production Subaru to use a boxer engine.

In 1960, Subaru management decided to introduce a successor to the prototype Subaru 1500 with a new code name A-5 with a four-cycle air-cooled horizontally opposed four-cylinder engine displacing 1500 cc, driving the front wheels in a compact car platform. It was to have a double wishbone front suspension. Due to FHI's limited resources, the car was not produced. The Subaru 360 was selling at the time but Subaru wanted a car that could comfortably carry four passengers without a cramped compartment, that would appear to be an alternative to the Toyota Corolla, Nissan Sunny, Mazda Familia, Hino Contessa, Isuzu Bellett, and the Mitsubishi Colt 1000. Subaru also wanted to reduce engine noise by placing the engine at the front and improve interior space by implementing front wheel drive, thereby eliminating a centrally mounted drive shaft powering the rear wheels, and utilizing an independent suspension at all four wheels. The only other Japanese company to use an air-cooled, horizontally opposed engine at the time was in the Publica, and the Toyota U engine.

In 1963, Subaru tried again, with a new project code A-4, with a smaller 923 cc engine, front wheel drive, and an overall length of 3,885 mm (153.0 in), a wheelbase of 2,400 mm (94 in), a front wheel width of 1,230 mm (48 in) and a rear wheel width of 1,220 mm (48 in), weighing 500 kg (1,100 lb). The model was put into production; it was assigned production code A-63 and was eventually introduced as the Subaru 1000. For compactness and to ensure quietness of operation with vibration kept to a minimum, the engine was developed with water cooling instead of the originally intended air cooling in the A-5 concept.