Where did the 1985 Subaru GL wagon come from?
This 1985 Subaru GL wagon lacks some of the cool features of our previous candidate, but it also appears to have spent a good bit of its 175,000-mile life in Arizona. Now, for those of you uneducated on what that means, allow me to make shit up educate. Arizona is a state in the American Southwest.
How big is a full size Subaru station wagon?
A true ‘mini-van’, it is only 117″ long! By 1985 Subaru produces it’s 1,000,000 4wd vehicle, and in the 1990s Subaru is the #1 selling station wagon in the US.
When did Subaru start making a 4WD car?
By 1985 Subaru produces it’s 1,000,000 4wd vehicle, and in the 1990s Subaru is the #1 selling station wagon in the US.
What was the displacement of a Subaru in 1981?
In 1981, the displacement of the engine was increased to 1.8 litres, producing 73 horsepower. Transmission choices again were a four-speed manual or three-speed automatic. As with the 1978 through to 1980 models, the push of a button engaged the all-wheel drive system.
What was the price of a Subaru GL in 1982?
You could get the all-wheel-drive version, of course, and sales of those were really taking off by 1982; a 4WD DL wagon cost $7,109 that year. Naturally, most of the Subaru STDs, DLs, and GLs sold in places like Wyoming and Maine were AWD models, but Californians tended to go for the FWD ones at this stage.
How much horsepower does a Subaru GL have?
With just 72 horsepower from the 1982 GL’s 1.8-liter boxer engine, the driving excitement level in this car would have been quite low with the automatic transmission. Curb weight was only 2,225 pounds, so fuel economy was a pretty decent 33 mpg on the highway, even with the slushbox.
When did the Subaru GL hatchback come out?
This is actually a second-generation Subaru Leone, or GL for the North American market. They had switched to a new, more-angular design in 1984 and they came to the US in 1985. This older style hatchback remained on sale in the US up until 1989 and that must have been quite a headache at Subaru dealers and service departments.
What kind of AWD does a Subaru GL have?
Toyota began selling All-Trac-equipped AWD cars here during the 1988 model year. If you drove this Subaru for too long on dry pavement in the 4WD mode, you’d eat up the tires and maybe break something in the powertrain. In addition to the automatic transmission and four-wheel-drive, this car has factory air conditioning.
When did the Chevy Suburban wagon come out?
A “suburban” was for taking the same passengers and gear out to the homes farther from the city, and it was a wagon mounted onto a van or truck frame. Chevrolet invented several family cars in one stroke by debuting the Suburban in 1936; it’s rolled into the modern day as an extended, truck-based SUV.
What kind of car was the first station wagon?
The Cutlass was introduced as a compact car, but had a wagon variant and edged its way slowly into family-car territory. Though the Vista Cruiser packed a V8 engine in certain models, the Cutlass Cruiser wagon was the first to take on the iconic grocery-getter look.
How big was the Country Squire station wagon?
It had wood doors and side panels when it was introduced. Its “magic doorgate” flipped down like a truck tailgate or swung open like a door. At 19 feet long and powered by V8 engines, the Country Squire was huge and sold hundreds of thousands of vehicles a year.