50-Year Anniversary of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. Founded on a Tradition of Technological Prowess, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. Seeks Fresh Challenges in the New Century Company-wide events Subaru Automotive Business 1989 Legacy set new 100,000-kilometer world speed record in Arizona, U.S.A (Average speed: 223.345 km/h)  • Subaru Legacy, a new global strategic car, introduced  • Ta Ching Motors commences operations  • SIA production begun  1990 Full-model change of Sambar series, improvement of Rex series  1991 Subaru SVX introduced  1992 Subaru Vivio launched  1988 Alliance agreed with Sweden’s Volvo for domestic sales of Volvo vehicles  • Subaru-Isuzu Automotive Inc. (SIA), a joint venture with Isuzu Motors Ltd., established in the United States  1987 World’s first ECVT introduced in Justy  1986 Ta Ching Motors Co., Ltd., a joint venture in Taiwan, established  1985 Subaru Alcyone, a specialty car, introduced  • Subaru Justy introduced  1984 Development of the world’s first electro-continuously variable transmission (ECVT) announced  • Domingo introduced  1983 Oizumi Plant commences operations  1981 FF Rex Sedan introduced  1982 New model Sambar Try series launched  1954 P-1 prototype for a passenger car completed, named “Subaru” in 1955  1958 Subaru 360 minicar introduced  • The Subaru trademark is adopted  1960 Gunma Main Plant opened  1961 Sambar Truck introduced  1965 Subaru 1000, Japan’s first mass-produced front-wheel-drive car, introduced  1969 Yajima Plant commences operations  • Subaru FF-1 1100 series introduced  • Subaru R-2 launched  1971 Subaru Leone coupe introduced  1972 Subaru Rex launched  • Subaru Leone AWD Station Wagon introduced  1973 Resin parts classification markings started, ahead of other Japanese companies  1975 Leone SEEC-T series, which controls the level of exhaust emissions without a catalytic converter, introduced  1977 New Subaru Leone introduced—first car in conformity with Japan’s 1978 exhaust emission regulations  1979 New Leone launched  1981 FF Rex Combi introduced  1953 Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. established 1960 FHI’s common stock listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange 1965 Operating division adopted by product classification 1966 Head Office moves to Subaru Building 1968 Business agreement with Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. signed 1987 Second Subaru Building completed in Omiya City 1992 Agreement signed on technology transfer to China’s Guizhou Aviation Industry Corporation to initiate local minicar production 1994 Corporate philosophy and quality policy established 1996 Environmental Plan for the Year 2000 drafted 1997 Integrated Environmental Operations Promotion Office established 1998 FHI inaugurates environmental policy 1999 Subaru sales offices integrated in five areas in Japan • Agreement on business alliance with General Motors Corporation signed 1999 Agreement on business alliance with Suzuki Motor Corporation signed 2000 Business alliance with Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. cancelled 2001 Gunma plant achieves “Zero Emission” goals 2002 Utsunomia and Saitama plants achieve “Zero Emission” goals • New management plan FDR-1 drafted • Internal company system introduced • NEC Lamillion Energy established, a joint investment between FHI and NEC Corporation • FHI and Isuzu Motors signed agreement on dissolution of SIA JV and production consignment 2003 Fuji AT established, JV with JATCO to develop and produce CVTs • Six-star trademark is set as a corporate symbol