Subaru · Leone

Subaru Leone 1st generation

Years
1971–1979
Drivetrain
FF / 4WD
Subaru Leone 1st generation

Image: Jeremy from Sydney, Australia / CC BY 2.0

Story

It arrived as the successor to the Subaru 1000 with dynamic, wild styling. It produced Japan's first passenger-type 4WD and the world's first mass-produced sedan-type 4WD.

Chassis

Length 3,995 mmWB 2,455 mm1,385 mmHeightWidth 1,500 mm
Curb weight
775kg

Production plants

  1. Motor Holdings Waitara plant

    Waitara, Taranaki

    1978–1979

US import eligibility

Earliest cars
Eligible since October 199625 years after sales began in October 1971
Last cars
Eligible since 200425 years after sales ended in 1979 (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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