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Thomas Doll, president of Subaru of America, recently sat down with Jane M. Von Bergen of the Philadelphia Inquirer to answer questions about the future of Subaru and the future of vehicle sales in the United States.  The interview was recently published and shared in the Detroit News. Here are a few excerpts from that interview:

"For the younger buyer, the Apple CarPlay and the Android Auto are very popular. They hook their phones up…

The WRX, the Outback, and the Forester all trace their roots back to the 360, a tiny rear-engined car manufactured in Japan well before Subaru became a household name all around the world. Recognizing its importance, the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) has just designated Subaru’s first mass-produced car a mechanical engineering heritage item.

The term “heritage item” is more than just a vague, boilerplate title. It means that the 360 is now…

Subaru announced today that Automatic Emergency Braking will be standard on nearly all new models sold in the United States by 2022.

Subaru is one of 20 automotive manufacturers, representing more than 99 percent of the U.S. new-car market, that committed to the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) to include this advanced driver assist technology on all of its…