Back in 1972 in Japan, Fuji Heavy Industries and its Subaru car brand launched their first passenger vehicle equipped with all-wheel drive. Little did they know that four decades later, the system employed by the Leone Estate Van 4WD would largely define the brand and the majority of its models.
All-wheel drive back
then was a rudimentary technology. But even so, it was highly effective in
providing much needed traction in a variety of environments and climates.
Together with Subaru?s now-iconic flat-type engines, all-wheel drive
dramatically improved grip in performance situations as well.
Fast forward 40 years and…
