Singapore to produce Subaru rally cars
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SINGAPORE : Singapore, which has been without an automotive industry, will begin producing rally cars, Subaru has said.
The project aims to produce five rally cars a month at the Singapore Subaru Hub facility which opened Thursday.
"Singapore has never taken precedence in the car manufacturing industry and we would like to change this," said Glenn Tan, chief executive of Motor Image, the sole distributor of Subaru cars in Singapore. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed Tan Chong International Ltd, it also manages Subaru distributorships elsewhere in Asia.
A Subaru statement said plans call for production to rise from the initial five per month target to as many as 15 cars "in the near future."
"Motor image plans to build these cars in Singapore, and export them to neighbouring ASEAN countries, under the AFTA tariff scheme," it said, referring to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and its Free Trade Area.
The cars manufactured will be Group N vehicles, production vehicles outfitted with safety equipment in compliance with Federation International de l'Automobile standards, Subaru said.
Subaru Hub, where the cars are to be made, is a US$15.4 million integrated facility for the sale, servicing and parts supply of Subaru vehicles.
Motor Image will build the Group N rally cars at the Hub with Prodrive UK, the company behind the Subaru Rally Team.
Subaru vehicles are made by Japan's Fuji Heavy Industries, in which Japanese auto giant Toyota Motor became the top shareholder last year. - AFP/de
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Oohh... now i wanna work with Subaru
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One of our forumite must be over joy about this good news.
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subarugal???Originally posted by Manager433:One of our forumite must be over joy about this good news.
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wow cool. While sg doesn't have the capability to support large volume models such as the Altis, they certainly have the capability to support small volume special models such as Group N models meant for motorsport use.
Wonder y nobody thot of this till now... -
cool. is it going to be cheaper when i buy subaru?
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what model? WRX?
woot. gonna have lotsa sport cars and lotsa driving licence revoked. -
no. these are going to be cars meant specifically for competition within Group N rallies only. They come fitted as standard things such as FIA approved roll bars, fuel cells, racing seats, fire extinguisher system and other safety equipment needed to make it compliant for competition within FIA's rally technical safetly regulations.Originally posted by martin_lim85:cool. is it going to be cheaper when i buy subaru?
these cars are more expensive than your regular roadgoing subarus. -
yea WRX or STI. relax i wont drive too fastOriginally posted by LinYu:what model? WRX?
woot. gonna have lotsa sport cars and lotsa driving licence revoked. 
but may mod my car legally -
if u buy one of these for the road, u dun have to mod it anymore. It comes fully equipped with professional race shocks and coilovers, probably expect an adjustable anti roll bar, wing, the works. Its prodrive prepared remember?Originally posted by martin_lim85:yea WRX or STI. relax i wont drive too fast but may mod my car legally -
oh yaya u remind meOriginally posted by HENG@:if u buy one of these for the road, u dun have to mod it anymore. It comes fully equipped with professional race shocks and coilovers, probably expect an adjustable anti roll bar, wing, the works. Its prodrive prepared remember?
how about the turbo? -
saw the pic of the engine bay of a Subaru WRC, and there were like hundreds of sensor and wires all over the engine... seems they know every detail, every 0.1degreeC change =S
they use a front mount intercooler also, so the scoop is just to retain subaru's trademark?
btw, i don't get it.. if they use coilovers or racing suspensions, then won't the rally road surface kill their butts? not to mention those big jumps... ouch -
no aircon, no FM radio and no ICE... so hot in s'pore, sianz during traffic jams, who will buy?Originally posted by LinYu:what model? WRX?
woot. gonna have lotsa sport cars and lotsa driving licence revoked. -
SG also produces taxis wad...Originally posted by HENG@:wow cool. While sg doesn't have the capability to support large volume models such as the Altis, they certainly have the capability to support small volume special models such as Group N models meant for motorsport use.
Wonder y nobody thot of this till now... -
sg produce taxi? since when? imported wad.
malaysia got proton. mebe sg can produce neutron or electron car. ok i'm lame. -
They said they are going to build Group N cars, which is basically a stock WRX, strip a little weight off, add safely stuff and rally spec shocks and springs and that's it. The engine is relatively untouched, unlike the WRC ones which are like total rebuilts. Come to think of it, it easy stuff right? And they made it sound like wah... Singapore producing something grand ah... bleh. Still, it's a start
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why did they change the intercooler to the front?Originally posted by thingy:saw the pic of the engine bay of a Subaru WRC, and there were like hundreds of sensor and wires all over the engine... seems they know every detail, every 0.1degreeC change =S
they use a front mount intercooler also, so the scoop is just to retain subaru's trademark?
btw, i don't get it.. if they use coilovers or racing suspensions, then won't the rally road surface kill their butts? not to mention those big jumps... ouch
is it better than having it on top? -
if i actualli wanna make a lightweight roadcar wif carbon fibre n supercharger, wonder if i can get a grant
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start small.Originally posted by tomsss:They said they are going to build Group N cars, which is basically a stock WRX, strip a little weight off, add safely stuff and rally spec shocks and springs and that's it. The engine is relatively untouched, unlike the WRC ones which are like total rebuilts. Come to think of it, it easy stuff right? And they made it sound like wah... Singapore producing something grand ah... bleh. Still, it's a start
if we can assemble Lotus 240Rs in the future, it would be a gradual evolution.
Hopefully, we can do hand-assembly of such performance cars in the future.The talent is out there. -
They realised if they want sufficient forced induction, boundary layers ain't the way to go.Originally posted by digicharat:why did they change the intercooler to the front?
is it better than having it on top?