Talk:Subaru/Archive 1

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moved this from the page to here:

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A web site on how to fix Subaru door locks. (It says it's for Legacy but probably works for all models with the same mechanism.)


 * Repair of Door Locks on a Subaru Legacy.

<---cut--- any better idea, where to put it? anobo 07:08 29 May 2003 (UTC)

Pronunciation
This was recently deleted:

In New Zealand, it is pronounced "Su-BAR-roo", rather than "Su-ba-ROO" or the North American "SOO-ba-roo".

Is there anyone who can shed some light on the Japanese pronunciation? It's probably relevant to post these deltails as footnotes somewhere within the page.


 * As far as I know Japanese doesn't have a fixed stress. So all of them would be as right (or as wrong).--Error 01:58, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * As I understand it, Japanese has equal emphasis, & very short vowels, so it should be (roughly) "suh ba ruh".
 * On another note, anybody think we should mention Mal Bricklin for intro Sube to U.S. market? Trekphiler 16:35, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

While Japanese language has an equal rhythm, there is some level of emphasis on syllables, though mostly negligable it does change the meaning of some words. Unfortunately I am not aware of the correct emphasis for subaru, as there are very few resources available on this particular area. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.23.49.235 (talk) 11:52, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Australia
The article needs something about Subaru and Australia, because for some reason a lot of people seem to think that Subaru is based in Australia RadioYeti 02:16, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * In the southwestern US, I've never encountered this. In any event, isn't the statement, Subaru, a Japanese car company,... enough?  You can't really get any more obvious than the first sentence in the article.  --Milkmandan 03:03, 2005 Feb 28 (UTC)


 * It's because of the Crocodile Dundee commercials and the "Outback". I don't think it's necessary to point out their mistake. Doesn't seem very wikipedia. Krymson

Affiliate?
The articale says that Subaru is "an affiliate of Toyota Motor Corporation". Is the word affiliate appropriate here? Bugur 09:10, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Is this all there is?
Just dropped in, surprised how little there is here, the AMC page is like much bigger. Threw in some details of the Subaru impact in the USA, and the Pacific NW where I live.--Wiarthurhu 20:27, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree. Forwaded this link to NASIOC for some more data miners. Ianliam 13:52, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

New Model In Japan and subaru to drop the "propeller Grill"
i wondered whuynobody has updated about the the new subaru stella( http://www.autoblog.com/2006/06/15/subaru-stella-has-japanese-housewives-and-moms-in-mind/ ) and updated that subaru is droping the "propeller"grill in 2008 (http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/28/subaru-to-pull-a-jackson-and-undergo-another-nose-job/ } 2:14 Eastern time september 12 2006


 * Go for it. -- BillWeiss | Talk 03:25, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

added diesel info
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=118936 68.224.14.81 04:38, 25 December 2006 (UTC)


 * The diesel section says the engine "will be introduced at the March 2007 Geneva Motor Show". That was 3 months ago.  There is now quite a bit more info about it.  Someone who knows diesel engines should update this section. -Athaler 16:17, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Deleted reference to book
Not sure where to put. I'll let the experts decide. Just don't relink it to Amazon. Here's what I removed sans link. Nposs 07:15, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * The book Where the Suckers Moon: The Life and Death of an Advertising Campaign] covers most of Subaru's history, up through the mid-90's launch of the SVX.

Cultural References
How would people feel about reducing this section? It's growing rather long without any way to limit it. It could be reduced to a few sentences. -- BillWeiss | Talk 17:05, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Cultural references for all wikipedia articles are just becoming Trivia sections. 70.41.230.90 22:28, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

I've added a comment line requesting that people do not add to the section. I'll delete all the references of the sort "Bill Bloogs mentioned Subaru in his song Ma Dawg Has Died". Paul Fisher 02:00, 12 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Since no one defended it, I just cut the section. It only had marginal relevance to the article. -- BillWeiss | Talk 19:35, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

I just deleted the sentence in the history section referencing the demise of the Audi Allroad, as it is still made today. The writer said it met its demise in the "2000s" but it has been produced since 1999 to today. Corey L 11:00, 12 Dec. 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.200.128.45 (talk) 16:03, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

About
Do you know, I call a Subaru car sale in Lilydale, Subaru City. Subaru City is where all the Subarus live. --Blake3522 07:50, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

The timeline at the bottom of the Subaru page needs to be corrected as the second generation legacy was in production from 1995-1999. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.89.213.198 (talk) 01:11, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

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rallying and "import scene"
The line "just like VW/Audi did years before" - is it really necessary? Not only is it mentioning VW/Audi for no reason (they have a totally different AWD system, and it isn't the same kind of import scene), but the reference URL it cites is dead. Did VW/Audi even have any type of AWD system before Subaru did? And if they did, is it worth mentioning VW/Audi? Should this article mention every manufacturer that did something before Subaru did it?

Update: The Quattro was used as a rally car in the 1980s

However, this "Scene" that is referred to isn't easily verifiable... it just seems a VW fan threw that line in there to one-up Subaru owners

Origins of Subaru
I don't think Nakajima was the main manufacturer of aircraft in Japan during WW2. For the Zero, Mitsubushi made the aircraft and Nakajima made the engines.

One of Nakajima's last research centres to be developed was at Musashi-Sakai, then outside Tokyo proper. (They also had factories in occupied China.) After the war, as stated in the article, it was under American governance that Nakajima was was broken up into various component parts.

The Musashi-Sakai campus was sold to what would become ICU (International Christian University), a pioneering institute of Higher Education, which would become famous for its liberal arts curriculum. The research centre still provides the main teaching building. Also, part of the campus was retained for manufacturing, and now is part of Subaru. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Postrestant6691 (talk • contribs) 19:48, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Subaru 1960
‘I find all the discussion about an excellent car very informative. I was an importer of Subaru in 1966/73 then it was a 1300 cc. front wheel drive, very reliable and won every rally we entered. I imported through Nichiman & Co. in Zambia, still have a scrap book. First class product. George Beckman. Cape Town165.145.255.172 (talk) 09:07, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

timeline is not in sequence
not the actual graphical timeline of models, but the explanation throughout the article -- the series of events are way out of order. for example the article talks of the redesigned 2002 Impreza WRX, but then goes back to 1995 to talk about the Sambar EV in the same paragraph. Not only is it off topic, it's out of sequence. Can someone with a lot of time clean this up? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.208.187.208 (talk) 16:11, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I had some time and reorganized this article so that it has a better sense of chronology. (Dddike (talk) 14:43, 29 May 2008 (UTC))

Justy listed under false drive characteristic
the article lists the Justy with the other models under "North America/Europe/Oceania/Middle East/Asia/Japan Subaru models, permanent all wheel drive with boxer engine." but the Justy doesn't have this, but a front wheel drive (standard) and only optional, non-permanentall wheel drive. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.59.83.19 (talk) 01:25, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Neutrality of the "Subaru In Canada" section.
It ain't neutral and to follow rules and regulations I'll put this here on the talk page so ya'll can talk about it amongst yourselves. 70.189.86.163 (talk) 05:29, 31 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Can you be a bit more specific, what exactly is not neutral? Loosmark (talk) 21:39, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'd like to know why as well. It seems fine to me. What is inaccurate? Please note that in order to drop flags this way you should (must) provide much more information than merely "it ain't neutral." BingoDingo (talk) 13:58, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree - it's like a joint venture between the Canadian Tourism Board and Subaru's marketing team. Much as Canada is a gorgeous place, with lovely people, the opening paragraph could be applied to just about every foreign company's Canada info in Wikipedia. The cause and effect of Subaru's technology doesn't mean that the sales are at a record level (and there's no citations for this record level, what the level is - versus previous Subaru sales, compared to other manufacturers or something else entirely - like the fact that more people buy cars these days. Although, you'd have to guess that this year isn't a record year for them given the slump. The only reason why I'm not editing it outright is this discussion. I'd suggest to be factual it should be: --Escottf (talk) 19:28, 9 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Subaru Auto Canada Limited (SACL) began offering a full range of vehicles in 1976. In 1989, the privately owned SACL was purchased by the Toronto-based Subaru Canada, Inc., who, under the guidance of parent company Fuji Heavy Industries, began an expansion process that would eventually see over 100 Subaru Dealers in operation across the country.

Subaru Canada, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries of Japan. Headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, the company markets and distributes Subaru vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of 88 authorized dealers across Canada.

I think I see it; the problem is basically that the author of some of these comments seems overly affectionate towards Canada. Consider the followig: "With constantly changing weather and landscape that encompasses everything from the sprawling prairies of Saskatchewan to the concrete canyons of Toronto to the imposing majesty of the Canadian Rockies." This is not necessarily untrue, but much of it is inappropriate in tone. Beau, 16 September 2009

Origins and logo.
The reference http://www.subaru-global.com/origin_name.html says 'FHI was created by the merger of six companies' and talks about the six stars in the Pleiades star cluster but makes no mention of one star standing out above the rest. The reference http://www.fhi.co.jp/ (Japanese) makes no mention of the origins of the name or logo and has no obvious links to such a page. A little bit of digging found http://www.fhi.co.jp/english/outline/inoutline/brand/index.html but it also only talks about 6 stars (no mention of the big one). Does anybody have any references about the large star or should just leave it as 6 stars (ie no significance for the large star)? Cheers.  Stepho  (talk) 23:33, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Historic —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.184.250.60 (talk) 05:23, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Historic Models
I think the 1989-1994 Subaru Legacy should be included in the Historic Models section of this page for the following reasons:

1) The 1989 Subaru Legacy was, at the time, the largest vehicle Subaru had ever made.

2) The 1989 Subaru Legacy was also the most powerful vehicle Subaru had ever made.

3) The 1989 Subaru Legacy featured the largest engine Subaru had ever made until that date.

4) The 1989 Subaru Legacy had the longest list of features of any Subaru vehicle to date, including standard power windows and locks, standard A/C, lumbar support, and AM/FM/Tape/Equalizer radio, 4 wheel independent suspension, 4 wheel disc brakes, 4X 6 1/2" speakers, electronic sequential multi-port fuel injection, electronic distributor-less ignition, and the infamous "Manual" mode. Optional equipment included ABS, AWD, 15" alloy wheels, sunroof, air ride adjustable suspension, and later a turbo model with a CD player.

On a more personal note... Who the Hell had a CD player in their car in 1990???? I didn't! Did you? I didn't think so! If you had a 1990 Subaru Legacy turbo you did! That's just cool! Think back to 1990, and imagine having a CD player in your car,. Nevermind air shocks, power everything, AC, cruise, a sunroof, a turbo, ABS, and AWD! The first generation Legacy was a beast, and it paved the way for Subaru to become what they are today. Without the Legacy, Subaru would probably be on par with Dihatsu and would be lucky to be on par with Kia... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.184.250.60 (talk) 05:32, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Fight Mediocrity!
This whole subsection comes off more as an advertisement than an informative, neutral piece of information. Nothing is cited, and there's a direct link to an advertisement page. Shouldn't this section be removed? –  Ker αun oςc op ia◁ galaxies  01:57, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

muscle car
In Need for Speed: Nitro for Wii, i saw an old subaru muscle car in the "B" class. The cars in nfs nitro are real life cars, like the Audi R8, but does a subaru muscle car really exist? Jawadreventon (talk) 17:51, 13 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Muscle cars are big engines in medium bodies (medium by US standards). Think Mustang. Think V8. Subaru never a muscle car but they did make small cars with powerful engines that handle better than practically any muscle car.  Stepho  talk 22:37, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

External links modified
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Deletion of Clarion claim
The article included a claim that


 * "Clarion is currently the audio supplier for Subaru products worldwide."

citing this page as a reference.

But a text search on that page finds that the only mention of Subaru is that Subaru of America gave Clarion a " “Silver Award”(Comprehensive assessment of Proposal/Development/Quality)".

The edit comment for this edit, which restored the claim and the link, said


 * "restored the reference about Clarion: that reference clearly mentioned Subaru: you may look at the subaru logo there inside http://www.clarion.com/us/en/images/businessoutline_06_19-23643_700x290.jpg.)"

The graphic is a stylized world map adorned with the logos of many car and vehicle makers, headed "Main OEM Customers".

But I'm afraid that the mere appearance of the Subaru logo on a map on a Clarion web site does not support the claim that Clarion is currently or ever was "the" audio supplier for Subaru products. The word "the" in this context implies an exclusive arrangement - that Clarion was the only audio supplier. But that's not supported by the reference.

Also, this is the Clarion U.S. web site (look at the URL), so there is no reason to generalize from this to anything about "worldwide".

And finally, that web page is from 2013 (again, look at the URL).

Note too that Harman Kardon currently advertises a relationship with Subaru (see here). So obviously, even if Clarion is still supplying some audio products to Subaru, they're not "the" audio supplier for Subaru.

So the best we can do, using the evidence of the Clarion page, is to say something like "in 2013, Clarion listed Subaru as being among their main OEM customers." And that seems too marginal to bother mentioning.

It doesn't seem to me that this ever should have appeared in the "Marketing efforts" section either. All of the rest of that section is about how Subaru marketed their cars. It has nothing to do with other companies.

Hence: Deleted, unless someone can come up with a much better reference, one that addresses all of the above issues. Jeh (talk) 08:27, 28 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Well, I agree with you that Harman Kardon currently advertises a relationship with Subaru, but that doesn't mean that Subaru has dropped its partnership with Clarion in favor of Harman Kardon: So there is no need to delete the content concerning Clarion. Ttt74 (talk) 11:28, 28 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Regarding your edit comment, deletion of unreferenced or improperly referenced material is, by Wikipedia's rules, an improvement.


 * I believe you misunderstand the WP:RS and WP:V policies here. We don't need to find a source that says Clarion has dropped its relationship in order to remove the content. Rather, we need a source that directly supports what the article claims, or else the claim has to go. And we don't have one.
 * Per WP:OR, "you must be able to cite reliable, published sources that are directly related to the topic of the article, and directly support the material being presented."
 * Per WP:V, "any material whose verifiability has been challenged or is likely to be challenged, must include an inline citation that directly supports the material. Any material that needs a source but does not have one may be removed."
 * The 2013 web site of Clarion US hardly "directly supports" the claim. It's going on three years old and even for 2013 it does not say what is claimed in the article. We cannot make the leap from a 2013 web site that simply says Subaru is one of Clarion US's many OEM relationships to a claim of a current, "worldwide", exclusive relationship.
 * Not necessary, There is another reference from the Japanese network, and also there is news after 2013 that prove a current partnership between Clarion and Subaru , and . Ttt74 (talk) 17:52, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * And it isn't particularly relevant to this article anyway. Subaru has hundreds if not thousands of suppliers. Why not mention their suppliers of tires, of light bulbs, of brake pads...? What does this have to do with Subaru's marketing? Jeh (talk) 12:04, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Maybe this fixed the problem . Ttt74 (talk) 17:52, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Your first new reference is no better - it's still 2013 and still doesn't support the claim. The others help, but just FYI we don't use language like "currently" in WP articles. And it still doesn't belong where it is. I'll work on it. Jeh (talk) 19:36, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Your recent 3 edits   doesn't seem to be constructive: stop deleting cited content. Ttt74 (talk) 21:49, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I deleted nothing! I reorganized the article and added exposition to the references you found. Please review the diffs again. I do not believe you will find that anything significant was deleted, except for some extraneous blank lines.
 * What, exactly, do you think I deleted?
 * What problems do you have with the (really quite mild) re-org?
 * What problems do you have with the additional exposition I added to the references you found re. Clarion?
 * "Not an improvement" is not an adequate explanation for such a revert. I obviously think it is an improvement, so tell me exactly what you object to. Jeh (talk) 22:04, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * You did your changes in a massive way that made me think that you removed the references: It's OK, but your reorganization of the article doesn't seem very constructive: I'll try to restore the new things you added. Ttt74 (talk) 22:28, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Hold on, please. Jeh (talk) 22:56, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * "You did your changes in a massive way that made me think that you removed the references" - in other words you didn't read the diffs carefully, and you just assumed that I removed things.
 * Here are the reasons for my (really very mild) reorg:
 * First, the section on infotainment equipment just doesn't belong in the "marketing" section. That section is about Subaru's marketing, not Clarion's. But we already have a "technology" section. Infotainment equipment clearly belongs there. (If CANbus does, certainly infotainment does!)
 * The "history" section in WP articles about companies has a tendency to grow without limit. After all, any information older than last week could be considered part of the company's "history", right? But the subsections there also contained current information. Toyota's ownership of about 16% of FHI is not "history", it's current. So, it's better to make a new top-level section, "Organization", and describe the GM-> Toyota stuff there... along with the stuff on the various national subsidiary companies.
 * There was still too much in the "History" section - it should be renamed "Early history" and the relatively-recent stuff moved out of it.
 * "Motorsports" is very important to Subaru. Although it is arguably part of marketing, it deserves to be an L2 section.
 * Changed "New technology" section head to "Technology" (CANbus isn't exactly new at this point), moved "Electric vehicles" and "Diesel" under there, along with "Electronics" subhead. CANbus and infotainment stuff obviously go under "Technology - Electronics". No?
 * Regarding this diff, again, nothing was removed. This was just resequencing the text and slightly rewording, to better tie the sequence of events to the preceding paragraph. This was done to eliminate some ambiguities, particularly in changing "The companies" to "Toyota and Subaru", where it is now completely unambiguous as to which two companies are referred to. Again - what is your specific complaint with that edit? Jeh (talk) 23:11, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * And now you're copying text that I wrote and posting it under YOUR login name. Not even an edit summary that says e.g. "restored some of jeh's edit". That is not consistent with WP's attribution requirements. Jeh (talk) 23:30, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * The only content that I didn't restore is on this diff : because it misses references. Ttt74 (talk) 23:37, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * You can restore the content on the diff I pointed above, after you add the missing references. I don't want to waste more time on this article, Maybe I'm done here. Ttt74 (talk) 23:41, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * There are no "missing references" there. The claims are exactly the same as before, as are the references. The text is simply rearranged to remove ambiguity and all claims in that text are supported by the refs, as you would see if you actually checked the references. If you disagree, please be specific. Jeh (talk) 23:46, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Suggestion for new content
Although the lede here makes much of the "boxer engine layout" and "Symmetrical AWD drive train" (and deservedly so), these points are inadequately covered in the article body. Although we do have separate articles on both of these they should each get at least a paragraph or two in the "technology" section. Jeh (talk) 23:16, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * No, there is no need to do so: This article shouldn't be more than it should be. Ttt74 (talk) 23:37, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * "This article shouldn't be more than it should be" doesn't say anything. These are defining features of Subaru's products (other than the BRZ) and have been for some time. Besides, since they're in the lede, they should be described in the article body (per WP:LEDE). Jeh (talk) 00:58, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Those three huge lists of models
This is not what we call encyclopedic content. Encyclopedic content would not necessarily include every model Subaru ever made. Encyclopedic content would describe -- not simply list -- the models that were significantly different from previous ones when they were introduced, would describe how they were different, how well they were received, and how they affected later models (if they did).

Briefly a section of a Wikipedia article should not simply be a list of links to other articles. Per WP:PROSE,


 * "Prose is preferred in articles as prose allows the presentation of detail and clarification of context, in a way that a simple list may not. Prose flows, like one person speaking to another. It is best suited to articles, because their purpose is to explain."

These lists don't explain anything.

We can either split them out to a separate "list article", as is done at List of Toyota vehicles. Or we can turn them into a navigation template, like the ones at the end of the General Motors article. It would have three major sections for historical, current, and concept models. It could have further subdivisions based on type of vehicle, or whatever else seems appropriate.

Of course we can (and should) also add prose describing the significant models, why they were significant, etc. But for a "big dumb list" of all of the models, either a separate list article or a nav template is what we're supposed to do. Jeh (talk) 07:53, 29 February 2016 (UTC)