The Subaru R1 was introduced by the Japanese carmaker Subaru on January 4, 2005. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. is the automobile manufacturing division of Japanese transportation conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries Co Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It was designed to fit within the Japanese keicar tax bracket. Kei car, K-car, or ( pronounced /keːdʑidoːɕa/ is a Japanese category of small Automobiles, including passenger cars
The R1 is a two-door version of the Subaru R2, but with a shorter body and wheelbase. The Subaru R2 was announced in Japan on December 8 2003. It is Subaru 's re-entry in the Japanese Keicar market The R1 is unusual in that it does not use up the maximum length allowed for by the keicar regulations—the only other keicars to have done this since the 1989 Autozam Carol were the Suzuki Twin and the European Smart Fortwo. 1961 P360 Carol The R360 was replaced in 1961 with the Mazda P360 Carol, the company's first 4-passenger car The Suzuki Twin is a Kei car built by Suzuki and sold in Japan from January 22, 2003 until October 2005 The smart fortwo is a rear-engined two-seater It was first shown at the 1998 Paris Motor Show.
The R1 was only available in one spec level up to end of 2005 with one engine. A DOHC 658 cc 16-valve AVCS engine is the middle child in the trio of engines for the R2. Overhead camshaft, commonly abbreviated to OHC, Valvetrain configurations place the engine Camshaft within the Cylinder heads above the A cubic centimetre or cubic centimeter (symbol cm3 —the abbreviation cc, though widely used is deprecated is a commonly used unit of Volume A poppet valve is a Valve consisting of a hole usually round or oval and a tapered plug usually a disk shape on the end of a shaft also called a valve stem Variable valve timing, or VVT, is a generic term for an Automobile Piston engine technology It is available with the three engines which are available for the R2: the I with a SOHC 34 kW (roughly 46 horsepower) engine, the R with the above mentioned DOHC engine rated at 40 kW (54 horsepower) and the S with a supercharged and intercooled engine rated at 47 kW (63 horsepower). Overhead camshaft, commonly abbreviated to OHC, Valvetrain configurations place the engine Camshaft within the Cylinder heads above the The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. A supercharger is an air compressor used for Forced induction of an Internal combustion engine. An intercooler, or Charge air cooler, is an air-to-air or air-to-liquid heat exchange device used on turbocharged and supercharged (forced The R1 is being marketed as a personal car and as a middle-aged couple's second car; a combination of leather and alcantara seating is available. Alcantara is the name given to a Composite material used to cover surfaces and forms in a variety of situations and applications All R1s are equipped with a CVT, and all trim levels are available with front-wheel drive as well as four-wheel drive. A continuously variable transmission ( CVT) is a transmission which can change steplessly through an infinite number of effective gear ratios between maximum Front-wheel drive (or FF layout) is a form of engine / transmission layout used in Motor vehicles where the engine drives the front Wheels Four-wheel drive, 4WD, or 4x4 ("four by four" is a four-wheeled Vehicle with a drivetrain that allows all four Wheels to
In its promotional materials, the R1 is frequently compared to the Subaru 360, the first production Subaru automobile. The Subaru 360 was the first automobile mass produced by Fuji Heavy Industries ' Subaru division
The R1 is the base car for several vehicles:
- The Subaru R1e, an experimental battery electric vehicle, currently undergoing limited production for selected industrial clients in Japan. The Subaru R1e is a battery-electric Microcar under going development. The battery electric vehicle, or BEV, is a type of Electric vehicle (EV that uses chemical Energy stored in Rechargeable battery For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. There is intense interest in this vehicle within the US EV community as it employs Lithium Ion batteries which contribute to a significant improvement in range. The battery that can be 80% recharged in just 15 minutes.
- The Prodrive P2 concept supercar. The Prodrive P2 is a prototype two-seater sports car designed engineered and built by Prodrive at its Banbury and Warwick sites Supercar is a term generally used for a high-end Sports car, whose performance is highly superior to that of its contemporaries [1]
Collectibles
- Tomica makes a diecast 1/64 R1, not available in US except eBay. Tomica (トミカ is the line of Die-cast toy vehicles and related products that Tomy Co
- Takaramakes a Choro Q plastic pull-back R1 not available in US except eBay. for the town see Takara Central Africa Republic Takara Co Ltd is a series of Japanese 3-4 cm long pullback toy cars first made by Takara in 1978 and sold extensively in Western markets as Penny Racers.
References
- ^ Top Gear Season 8 Episode 5 2006. 06. 04