While the Subaru 360 is thought about to be Subaru’s very first mass-produced automobile, the Subaru 1500 was established a couple of years prior to it entered into production. Just 20 test cars were developed.
In the very first half of the 1950 s, Subaru produced scooters and was searching for a concept to broaden its company. Constructing a vehicle appeared like an excellent choice, however it needed evaluating the style and production abilities. In 1954, Shinroku Momose established a vehicle understood as the Subaru P-1.
It was a four-door sedan with an independent body, independent front wishbones and rear leaf springs. The engine was positioned in the front, however the drive was moved to the rear axle. Under the hood is a 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine offered in 2 variations– FG4A or L4-1. The automobile was 4.2 meters long and weighed 1,230 kgs.
20 models were developed, 11 of them got the FG4A engine and the rest L4-1. Fourteen cars were independently owned for screening, and the staying 6 were offered to taxi business in the cities of Iseaki, Ota and Hanjo.
The automobile’s requirements were excellent, and Subaru agents aspired to begin mass production of the vehicle, however at the very same time, contending Toyota and Prince designs with comparable efficiency and devices appeared on the marketplace. In the lack of centers to begin production on an extremely big scale, Subaru did not present the 1500 design (as it was ultimately called the P-1) into series production. Therefore, the name of the very first mass-produced Subaru was offered to the 360 design from 1958.
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