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 hot summer. I remember Erik Carlsson, an international rally driver who had come to Japan, driving a Subaru 1000 and saying the following:

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.