Subaru · 1966–1969
Subaru 1000
The Subaru 1000 is a car produced by the Japanese company Fuji Heavy Industries from 1966 to 1969, and until 1972 as the FF-1 (also sold as the Subaru Star). It was the first front-engine, front-wheel drive Subaru, and also the first Subaru in the Japanese government "compact car" classification. Previous Subaru models such as the Subaru 360 and the Sambar had been rear-engined, rear-wheel drive kei cars. It was the first production Subaru to use a boxer engine, and one of Japan's first front wheel drive cars.
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Predecessor: Subaru 1500 · Successor: Subaru Leone
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Specifications
- name
- Subaru 1000
- Manufacturer
- Subaru (Fuji Heavy Industries)
- Assembly
- Japan: Yajima Plant, Ōta, Gunma
- Engine
- 977 cc EA52 F4
- Production
- 1966–1969
- Body style
- 2/4-door sedan, 3/5-door van/station wagon
- Layout
- Front-engine, front-wheel drive
- Wheelbase
- 2420 mm
- Length
- 3930 mm
- Width
- 1480 mm
- Height
- 1390 mm
- Kerb weight
- 670 -
- Designer
- Shinroku Momose
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Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2119289CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_1000CC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1361727584 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1966_Subaru_1000_Deluxe,_front_left_(Tokyo_2005).jpgCC BY-SA 2.5 · Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Mytho88 assumed (based on copyright claims). · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.