Subaru Cancels Plans For US-Made XV Crosstrek
Were you hoping to buy an American-made Subaru XV Crosstrek? You can breathe now.
Reuters reports Subaru has cancelled plans to relocate production of the CUV to a facility in Lafayette, Ind., opting to keep production at home in Gunma prefecture.
The original plan — based on the automaker’s policy of assembling vehicles in the markets where they’re sold — called for 65,000 XV Crosstrek models to leave the line in Indiana every year. Capacity constraints at said plant, along with the high sales price for the vehicle — $21,595 for the base 2-liter, $25,995 for the hybrid model — conspired to alter those plans.
The decision follows similar actions from other Japanese automakers, citing a weakening yen as the main driver.
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Subaru will need to invest in more US manufacturing capacity if they continue to romp up the sales charts as they are now. If not now, then sometime in the not to distant future.
Crosstrek, further proof that Subaru is doing AMCs shtick from the late 70s to mid 80s only successfully. Stick the WRXs turbo mill in the Crosstrek and you'd have the rebirth of the Eagle SX4!
I'll take my WRXV Crosstrek in Blue, please. Damn, that would be a fun, practical car!
Was I hoping to buy an American-made Subaru XV Crosstrek? Not really, but I was hoping they'd put something other than that underwhelming 148-hp block of uninspiredness in this thing. When it comes to powertrains, sometimes Subaru really doesn't seem to try that hard...