Subaru teases production-ready XV appearing at Frankfurt

Subaru has released a teaser shot confirming that the XV will appear in production-ready form at the upcoming Frankfurt show.

The new crossover is said to be close to the concept that appeared at Shanghai's auto show, and is an Impreza-sized SUV that will still come with the company's all-wheel drive system.

The show car revealed in China was slightly longer than the standard Impreza, and around 20cm higher.

The production version will provide a rival for the likes of the Nissan Qashqai, Ford Kuga and Peugeot 3008, and is due to go on sale early in 2012.

According to reports it will come with two petrol engines and the company's 2.0-litre Boxer diesel engine.

Source: autoblog.com

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About Subaru

Subaru of America, Inc., (SOA), is the exclusive United States marketer of Subaru products manufactured by Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan. Headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J., SOA serves nearly 600 dealers nationwide.

'SUBARU' is a Japanese word meaning 'unite', as well as a term identifying a cluster of six stars, which the Greeks called the Pleiades - part of the Taurus constellation.

According to Greek mythology, Atlas' daughters turned into this group of stars. In 1953, five Japanese companies merged to form Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. The new corporation adopted the 'Subaru' cluster of stars as the official logo for its line of automobiles.

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