Eiji Tatsumi
SubaruDevelopment team member
Timeline
- 1970
Joined
Subaru
- 1989
Legacy 1st generation1989–1993Development team member
Worked with
- Takao NakamuraDevelopment lead
- Kiyoshi SugimotoDesign lead
- Masayuki UchidaDevelopment team member
- 1993
- 2007
Left
Connections
- Superior
According to Tatsumi, in the development of the first-generation Legacy, Nakamura, who was what would now be called the development lead, said "If Tatsumi says so, it should be fine" and let Tatsumi spend a good deal of money.
Profile
From Furano, Hokkaido. In the experimental department of Fuji Heavy Industries, he was responsible for the handling and ride comfort of the first-generation Legacy, and went on to be responsible for the handling and ride comfort of many Subaru cars. He transferred to STI, and served as STI general manager for SUPER GT and the NBR CHALLENGE TEAM.
Translated from Japanese sources.
Subaru engineers
- Akira TeshimaImpreza / Impreza WRX
- Kiyoshi SugimotoLegacy
- Takao NakamuraLegacy
- Takao TsuchiyaLegacy
- Masaru KatsuradaLegacy
- Masayuki UchidaLegacy / Legacy Outback
- Kazuyoshi ShimizuLegacy
- Hiroshi MoriImpreza / Impreza WRX