That leaves only the non-Crosstrek Impreza, and the BRZ sports car, sourced from Japan. The previous generation Impreza was built in the US, and the Crosstrek uses the Impreza body. Seems reasonable that that hard working Indiana Sube plant will end up building the entire Sube line, as the BRZ and it’s Toyota version, may be dropped.
Perhaps because it doesn’t involve any new factory, any new workers, or any new anything. They’re replacing the production of the Legacy sedan with this.
“Say what you like about tariffs but… Oh wait, this is meaningless.”
Except the expansion was announced 5 years ago, in 2020. (The pandemic put it on hold).
I’m sure the word “tariffs” was uttered somewhere at the table this time around, but you’re being bamboozled by every announcement of “look how great” when the plans were already rolling long before any of this happened. It wouldn’t be the first time a pol took credit for something that he deserved no credit for, but really, try to do better.
PS: Suburu has been increasing sales - and production - in the US for years . It’s not news.
That expansion was for a service parts warehouse, and transmission assembly. To date, Sube has been importing engines and transmissions, complete, from Japan.
Adding the Forester to the assembly plant’s production slate is an addition.
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If you are talking about the Legacy sedan, yes, it’s gone. The Legacy used to be offered as both a sedan and wagon. Sube jacked up the wagon’s suspension, and price, to create the Outback. For next year, the Outback transitions to a new, SUV looking body. The Legacy sedan did not sell in enough volume to create an entire new Legacy series sedan. They also dropped the Impreza sedan with the introduction of a new generation in 2024. They only carried on with an Impreza hatchback, which shares it’s body with the jacked up (both suspension and price) Crosstrek. The Forester started out as a boxy SUV-looking body, on the Impreza platform.