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Subaru ff-1 (A14/15)

Years
1969–1970
Chassis
A14/15
Drivetrain
FF
Subaru ff-1 (A14/15)

Image: TuRbO_J from Adelaide, Australia / CC BY 2.0

Story

Launched as a facelifted version of the Subaru 1000, it proved a short-lived model of just over a year. The front grille was changed to one based on a trapezoid motif.

Chassis

Length 3,900-3,930 mmWB 2,420 mm1,390 mmHeightWidth 1,480 mm
Curb weight
705kg

US import eligibility

Earliest cars
Eligible since March 199425 years after sales began in March 1969
Last cars
Eligible since 199525 years after sales ended in 1970 (month not recorded)

Eligibility depends on each car's month of manufacture on its build plate, not on the sale dates shown here (NHTSA).

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Engineers

Shinroku Momose

Shinroku Momose

Hometown: Shiojiri, Nagano

Head of design for the Subaru 360. After working on aircraft engines at Nakajima Aircraft, he led the Subaru 1500 design team, kept intact, in designing a kei passenger car.