Originally Posted By: Ducked
Originally Posted By: 05LGTLtd
Can't remember what the 3cyl Subaru from about the same vintage was called. Was one of the first cvt transmission cars iirc. Pretty sure the Subaru was actually built by a Korean maker and re badged. Haven't seen one of those is at least 15-20 years...
Subaru Justy / Tutto. (hatchback and pseudo-boot body shape, respectively). Might have been called something different in the US though. Some of them were four wheel drive, but not many of those in Taiwan, since there's no snow
To quote a British mechanic who runs a garage here in Taiwan
"The Justy which the Tutto is basically, was a fantastic little car. It had very few faults over the time I used to work on them, and I worked seven years on Subarus and would service Justys which would do well over 150,000 miles and were largely driven by farmers and land owners, so were treated quite harshly. Typical faults over time would be throttle body spindles, which would leak air at around 100,000 miles, rear top suspension mounts, and brake pipe corrosion, but that would be typical on salty British roads at that time anyway. The latter versions had an initial build fault with an overstretched wiring harness which went over the rocker cover to the injectors. The wiring would require lengthening as part of a recall, otherwise it would start breaking connections.
Overall the Justy was a legendary three cylinder mini four wheel drive which would take all the punishment that typical boggy, wet Britain would throw at it. It was always very good in the snow too."
Yep it was called the Justy in the US. It was quite a capable car for the price. Great economical, reliable inexpensive transportation with AWD. However, like all Subarus of that area, they had terrible rust problems.