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Subaru's 20 Million All-Wheel Drive Vehicle Legacy

Photo Credit: Chris Nagy/Car FYI Canada untitled Last month, Japanese auto brand Subaru reached a massive production milestone with a technology that transformed how motorists would see the Pleiades star cluster. The 20-millionth Subaru vehicle manufactured with all-wheel drive marks 49 years of evolution in styling and engineering resulting in the current 2021 product line. Whether it was known as On-Demand 4WD, Full-Time 4WD or as Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive, Subaru’s primary sense of motion for many decades appear in some familiar and unusual forms. With 20 million Subaru all-wheel drive models produced, let’s take a look at how the automaker used the technology to shape their vehicles and vice versa.     1972 Leone 4WD Estate Van Photo Credit: Subaru Global In 1972, Subaru became the first car maker in Japan to offer a mass-produced all-wheel drive for the general motoring public. The creation of the Subaru Leone 4WD Estate Van came as ...