Publication: Auto Sport
Format: Road Impressions
Date: February 1968
Author: Junji Shirai

A powerful front-wheel drive car with a taste of international rally cars… that’s what the Subaru 1000 Sports Sedan is all about. With 67 horsepower, disc brakes, and radial tires, the front-wheel drive mechanism made it a real force on rough roads and highways.

Sports Version for International Rallies

It was still the height of summer when Erik Carlsson, an international rally driver who had come to Japan, drove a Subaru 1000 and made the following remarks:

Publication: Motor Fan
Format: Road Test
Date: August 1969
Authors (Roundtable): Hiroshi Yamamoto, Motomitsu Honda, Osamu Hirao, Kenji Higuchi, Kozo Murota, Mineo Yamamoto, Kunitaka Furutani, Hiroshi Hoshijima, Taizo Tateishi, Takaaki Kimura, Yasuhei Oguchi, Yasu Saito, Kenzaburo Ishikawa, Toshihide Hirata, Minoru Onda, Motor Fan Editorial Staff (uncredited)

Adapted for the High-Speed Era

Magazine: To get started, could you tell us about the development aims and overall outline of this new Subaru FF-1?

Publication: Motor Fan
Format: Test Drive Report
Date: December 1969
Author: Jun Todoroki

A Luxuriously Appointed High-Performance Sedan

At a time when front-wheel drive is becoming a worldwide trend, the Subaru FF-1–an evolution of the Subaru 1000, an early adopter of the layout–stands out as a unique presence among domestically produced passenger cars. Newly added to this series is the Super Touring model, a variation that pairs the existing Sport engine with a four-door body.