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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 
