Not All Subarus Come From Japan: Here's Which Models Are Built In America

Subaru of Indiana Automotive — nan brand's first and only U.S. manufacturing works — celebrated building its 6-millionth conveyance successful June, 2025. It produces astir half of each Subarus sold successful North America, including nan Ascent, Crosstrek, and Outback. The Subaru Forester and Forester Hybrid are expected to spell into accumulation location this autumn and adjacent spring, respectively.

Of course, it wasn't ever for illustration that. Subaru considers its day to beryllium July 15, 1953, pinch nan founding of Fuji Heavy Industries. Subaru was created arsenic nan automotive limb of Fuji Heavy Industries successful nan precocious 1950s, and introduced its first car, nan Subaru 360, successful 1958. So far, truthful Japanese.

But a decade later, car entrepreneurs Malcom Bricklin and Harvey Lamm began importing nan 360 to nan United States. And that's erstwhile nan United States' emotion matter pinch Subaru began. The determination to really commencement building cars successful this state was economic, though. It turns retired President Trump's waste and acquisition wars connected Euro car enthusiasts are acold from nan government's first battles pinch automakers: A erstwhile governmental conflict, successful nan 1980s, helped person nan first activity of overseas manufacturers to statesman opening plants successful this country.

Honda was nan first, expanding a motorcycle accumulation installation successful Ohio to commencement building cars successful 1982. Nissan opened a works successful Tennessee successful 1983, Toyota collaborated pinch GM connected a California installation successful 1986, and successful 1989, Subaru joined nan club.

The first car built astatine nan brand's Indiana works was a Subaru Legacy sedan, and truthful was No. 6 cardinal mentioned above. However, we're nearing nan extremity of nan statement for nan brand's midsize sedan, which is expected to extremity accumulation later this year. The Legacy is going retired arsenic an awesome value, though, pinch an MSRP of $27,980 (including $1,170 successful destination charges) that gets you EyeSight driver-assistance technologies and symmetrical all-wheel thrust arsenic modular equipment.

Essentially replacing nan Legacy astatine Subaru's works successful Lafayette, Indiana will beryllium nan Forester compact SUV and nan Subaru Forester Hybrid that gets 35 mpg. Also built successful America is nan midsize Subaru Outback, complete pinch six darling Easter eggs; the Subaru Ascent three-row SUV; and nan Sport, Wilderness, and Limited trims for nan mini Subaru Crosstrek SUV.

Impressively, each 5 nameplates had mean scores aliases supra successful nan caller reliability testing by Consumer Reports, led by nan Forester's near-perfect score. As a result, Subaru was Consumer Reports' wide reliability leader.

Currently being imported to nan United States are nan remaining trims of nan Crosstrek on pinch Subaru's compact hatchbacks, nan Impreza and nan WRX — nan second being arsenic adjacent to an STI arsenic we're going to get this year.

Finally, Subaru's partner vehicles person their office successful Japan, including nan Subaru Solterra EV and Subaru BRZ sportscar that are some built successful practice pinch Toyota. The Solterra's caller sibling, nan Subaru Trailseeker, shares a Japanese root on pinch immoderate of nan Solterra's components, though Subaru has upsized and developed that starting constituent into a conveyance that fits successful amended pinch nan brand's positioning. We called it "surprisingly speedy (and amazingly bully looking)" erstwhile nan Trailseeker debuted astatine nan New York International Auto Show astatine nan opening of nan year.

The Trailseeker is 6 inches longer and almost an inch taller than nan Solterra, pinch a batch of that upsizing going to amended cargo space. Further Trailseeker advantages extended to much output, since nan Solterra tops retired pinch 338 horsepower and nan Trailseeker checks successful pinch 375. It's sewage capable grunt to lucifer the Outback pinch a 3,500-pound tow rating. Which whitethorn thief nan Trailseeker propulsion successful much income than nan Solterra does.