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Once upon a time in a small, east-coast city in Canada, tucked away in the suburbs, there was a group of young friends whose parents would never consider buying a car named Justy. The Subaru Justy.
To us, Subaru's little car was deemed more worthy of the name, "UnJusty". Cruel and unusual punishment imposed upon people who should have known to make better car decisions and buy a used Corolla. Or something. Please.
But instead, they bought the Justy. And it was one of a few cars that drew derision from us boys. We didn't know much about cars, we knew less about their reliability standards. We did know that the Justy never should have set foot (wheel) on North American tarmac. That Justy tarnished Subaru's image in our eyes, never fixed until my father drove a red, be-winged Legacy. (And yes, GoodCarBadCar did find the worst possible image of a Justy.)
Subaru took the Justy away. The story is very unlike that of the Fiat 500; recently reintroduced to much fanfare, or the Mini Cooper with its second iteration of its Second Iteration sustaining the British/German momentum. No, the Justy was taken away from us, but many of the planet's citizens were able to maintain their acquaintance.
Whatever the case, wherever you live, there's a new Justy. It doesn't fit into Subaru's plans for North America and most assuredly doesn't jibe with Subaru's image here. Albeit, the Justy is a much better car than anything my group of mocking friends would remember. Deep down, this Subaru is really a Daihatsu. Like Subaru, Daihatsu is now connected to the Toyota empire.
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NO JUST-Y CAUSE FOR SUBARU TO IMPORT SMALL CAR TO NORTH AMERICA
Once upon a time in a small, east-coast city in Canada, tucked away in the suburbs, there was a group of young friends whose parents would never consider buying a car named Justy. The Subaru Justy. To us, Subaru's little car was deemed more worthy of the name, "UnJusty". Cruel and unusual punishment imposed upon people who should have known to make better car decisions and buy a used Corolla. Or something. Please.
But instead, they bought the Justy. And it was one of a few cars that drew derision from us boys. We didn't know much about cars, we knew less about their reliability standards. We did know that the Justy never should have set foot (wheel) on North American tarmac. That Justy tarnished Subaru's image in our eyes, never fixed until my father drove a red, be-winged Legacy. (And yes, GoodCarBadCar did find the worst possible image of a Justy.)
Subaru took the Justy away. The story is very unlike that of the Fiat 500; recently reintroduced to much fanfare, or the Mini Cooper with its second iteration of its Second Iteration sustaining the British/German momentum. No, the Justy was taken away from us, but many of the planet's citizens were able to maintain their acquaintance.
Whatever the case, wherever you live, there's a new Justy. It doesn't fit into Subaru's plans for North America and most assuredly doesn't jibe with Subaru's image here. Albeit, the Justy is a much better car than anything my group of mocking friends would remember. Deep down, this Subaru is really a Daihatsu. Like Subaru, Daihatsu is now connected to the Toyota empire.
- Hyundai Pulls Out Of 2009 Tokyo Motor Show, Alpina And Lotus The Only Foreign Brands To Participate!
Less than a month before the 41st Tokyo Motor Show opens its doors to the members of the press and the public alike, and the last major foreign automaker that was planning to take part at the car show, South Korea's Hyundai Motors, decided to drop...
- Subaru Justy Gets Pin-striped: New Special Edition 'r' Model
About as sporty as it is an original Subaru, the Justy 1.0R is a new special edition version of Subie's rebadged Daihatsu Sirion that will be produced in a limited run of 100 units. Available in Black Mica or Shining Red, the Justy 1.0R justifies...
- New Subaru Dex: Badge-engineering At Its Worst
If it looks like a Toyota bB and a Daihatsu COO (marketed as the Materia in Europe) that is because the new Subaru Dex is in fact the same vehicle. Sure Subie's designers slapped on a Tribeca-sized grille and a couple of logos here and there, but...
- Subaru To Unveil 2008 Impreza Wrc Concept In Frankfurt
As you can see for yourselves in the teaser press release that follows, Subaru will proceed in the European debut of the new Impreza along with the facelifted Tribeca and the Daihastu based, Justy city car in Frankfurt. However, what we’re really...
- 3 More Small Cars From Frankfurt
Frankfurt's Auto Show heralded a return to small-car expansion in autodom over the last week or more. GoodCarBadCar covered the introductions of the Ford Verve, Mitsubishi Concept cX, Volkswagen up!, Toyota iQ, and Subaru Justy. In case you were...