3:31 You know someone at Subaru saw that clip and thought "You know, we should get into rallying one day."
@Goosenhaben
12 жыл бұрын
. . . and gran prix excitement. The excitement of swing axles tucking under to reduce traction. Giving you that 'oohhh shit that's the FENCE!' feeling. Body roll - Standard. Still, I bet they're a hoot to drive.
@OutsideTheTargetDemographic
2 жыл бұрын
"Excitement" and "Grand Prix" performance seems to mean "swings wide on to the unpaved shoulder towards a certain death" lolz. Love my Forester, incidentally.
@jasonmoyer
Жыл бұрын
I was watching a video recently where someone was trying to justfiy the design of the Corvair, and every time he took a turn and the rear wheels went into massive positive camber my jaw tightened.
@PockyFiend
6 жыл бұрын
A classmate of mine in high school had a 360. He actually did a doughnut in an intersection in it.
@manofthehour6856
2 жыл бұрын
A veritable 360 in a 360!!!! Brilliant!
@melissagentry5204
4 жыл бұрын
My first car was a 1969 360 4 speed. They didnt mention in the video that this was the first car that Subaru made and I can tell you at the time I had no idea I had a piece of history. I paid 300$ for it. Gas crisis hit and I sold it for 600 because it got 55 mpg for me. I referred to it as my 4 wheeled coffee pot since thats what it sounded like when it started during cold weather. Oh...it was a 2 stroke engine too. So there was a bladder you had to add 2 cycle oil to at regular intervals. since the engine sat over and drove the rear wheels, and my tires were studded snow tires, I was one of a few cars able to get around when the roads iced over. that was fun. such memories so many years ago! I should love to drive one again. My own little 'lady bug'.
@michaelcarr4748
4 жыл бұрын
Alot of modern Subbies still consume oil at regular intervals... LoL
@dickjwa
8 жыл бұрын
I have owned several Subaru's since I bought two new ones in 1970. I bought a Star or as it was called here an FF-1 sedan and a 360 sedan both on the same day. I have owned several 360's since and there is NOTHING bad to say about these great fun little cars. I have driven the 360 sedans and vans all over the freeways in So. California and a sedan on a long trip of over 1300 miles and never a problem with any of them. I wish I could get another 360 sedan.
@MWorsa
5 жыл бұрын
Dick Johnson I would love to get a 360.
@jdollinter
5 жыл бұрын
On the freeway? Seriously?
@peacebewu
5 жыл бұрын
Were they really 66mpg?
@pcno2832
4 жыл бұрын
My sister bought a 1970 with 20K miles in 1977; it was a 2 month wait here in New England to get any repair completed, so it was no wonder that the car had barely been used.
@user-yl6ju7cc1p
3 жыл бұрын
I was 15years old when I learned to drive a car on a small SUBARU truck.Now the couple are all SUBARU car enthusiasts.スバリスト夫婦 YAKUSIMA Japan
@OsbornTramain
11 жыл бұрын
Great Video! Reminds me of when I was a kid. I was 9 years old.....with m brother and best friend, we went "down town" to hang out. As we walked thru the Wells Oldsmobile in down town Port Jefferson, New York, we came across three new Subaru cars in their lot. They just got the franchise. Two 360's and one Van. we thought they were so funny and odd. Never thought that one day I would indeed own one! I loved my Subaru...just a fantastic car. Great quality and performance!
@manofthehour6856
2 жыл бұрын
HAH, great memory OsbornTramain!!! I love Subaru too after driving one....the irony of your story is that when I was a teenager in the 1980s, the Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme seemed to be the car of choice of the middle class suburbanite.....I recall several people who had one, including my parents. A friend hooked me up with a salesman at a local Subaru dealer when I helped my parents car shop a few years ago and I was disgusted by the experience and treatment at numerous GM dealerships.....not only did my parents get a Forester that my Mom will not part with (her first car was a '62 Starfire convertible), the predatory GM sales experience is superceded by the respect that Subaru gives its customers. I don't know about "cheap" and "ugly" (more accurately "efficient" and idiosyncratic" if you want to be optimistic), but where is the expensive and flashy Oldsmobile in 2022?
@scottsmith6571
5 жыл бұрын
Ever noticed how cheap cars get more expensive an expensive cars get cheaper over time
@JOHNWLOUCKS
4 жыл бұрын
BMW: more expensive and more cheaply made these days
@michaelcarr4748
4 жыл бұрын
@@JOHNWLOUCKS Ouch! You right though.
@boisegameshowguy
3 жыл бұрын
I have a Hyundai Accent, and I’m thinking why don’t more people in the states like them now that Mr. Biden turned off Keystone XL
@user-ud9ev5vj8v
4 жыл бұрын
コレは素晴らしい! まさしくWhat's wonderful!
@RebelKnightCSA
14 жыл бұрын
@TOMGPII Safety requirements - those things were little tin cans that had exactly jack for protection in crashes. Things like air bags and the like add to the weight of the car, which in turn requires a more powerful engine, which in turn reduces fuel economy.
@RichardJoashTan
10 жыл бұрын
From "Cheap & Ugly" to "Confidence In Motion" & "Proud of BOXER".
@manofthehour6856
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, the growth is absolutely stunning. It demonstrates the typical Japanese / Asian long-term outlook rather than the American short term shortsightedness. As I menioned elsewhere, it really was more "Efficient" (holy cow, 66 MPG?!!!) and "Idiosyncratic" (look at the smile on the front end and its no more weird than its contemporary and woefully long-in-the-tooth Volkswagen Beetle. Subaru is now the official car of the middle class it seems when I think of all the Forester owners that I know, just as in the 1980s, the Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Coupe was the official car of the middle class....
@mb4lunch
7 жыл бұрын
That truck and van are sweeeeet!
@mitchb2305
3 жыл бұрын
I know. I'd take that little pickup around town any day.
@JuddKramer
15 жыл бұрын
I managed to restore the Truck version off of a few bodies and parts I found here and there. I can actually park inside my living room, through the sliding door. Its wonderful! I can even do my job as a laundry delivery guy with it, plus, this day and agem the 66 MPG really goes a long way
@makizusi0624
11 жыл бұрын
I like this car.There are people near my House have a Subaru 360. I went to see it several times.
I think that SuBaru pickup or van would make a great locally run utility vehicle. Not everyone is always in a hurry. :)
@jackfortunato
15 жыл бұрын
It just so happens...that I spent about 15 minutes in a Subaru FF1 (Star 1) at the slavage yard today while it was pouring down rain, I was totally amused the entire time! Reply if you need any taillights, they were perfect!
@katanaburner
12 жыл бұрын
OMG....family memories are rolling back! We've always had a Subaru, a Toyota and a Mercury in the family and take a good guess which car we took for road trips. I always felt so embarrassed when we took the 360 on road trips...and now I have a 2000 Impreza OBS and a 2004 Subaru STi. My how times have changed and I wouldn't change a thing! Just one thing...why on earth didn't our 360 have AIR CONDITIONING???? J/K!
@600miles
15 жыл бұрын
The only US Sold Subaru 360 I didn't have was the Young - shown here with the Sport Kit parts. Higher HP. The Van was really fun to drive, as soon as I got up to speed the traffic lights would change to red ! The Pick Up actually had lower gearing but not by much, lots of fun there too - I made a lumber rack for mine. My friend JP was a real expert on these cars, got his first one at age 12 !
@Hezath
11 жыл бұрын
Oh god that is SO funny. The 'Super Sport' which has "sportscar styling", but looks the same as the 'cheap and ugly' apart from the headrests. The ridiculously bad jacking around the corners on the race track, and how they get the "truck" when they need to transport a TV that any average American car of the era would have comfortably fit it in. So good!
@ericjkovach
5 жыл бұрын
I believe it had twice the horse power.. going from 16-32
@user-kr6ty9ji4o
4 жыл бұрын
素晴らしい! 理路整然という四文字熟語をクルマに表現すると、こういう具合になるんだと改めて思った。
@chaksq
14 жыл бұрын
I want one! This would be an awesome car to take to classic car shows.
@11jimcleveland
12 жыл бұрын
2:47 - driving gloves for a 25 hp car? LOLOL
@user-ud9ev5vj8v
4 жыл бұрын
That's wonderful!
@exquisiteoaf
11 жыл бұрын
I don't care what anyone says, those things look fun as hell (and terrifying) to drive around aggressively like they are doing in the video.
@colindhowell
11 жыл бұрын
This is bizarre to watch: an attempt to sell a Japanese "kei-car" in the U.S. car market of the late '60s. Kei-cars are extremely small, light and low-powered, and they were even more so back in 1969, when the engine had to be *under* 360 cc. Meanwhile, many U.S. cars at this time were huge, and the late '60s was the peak of the muscle car era. Talk about a culture clash...
@chachachaudhary391
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah but the suba made 33 horsepower from 360cc while the beetle needed more the 3x as much for the same power, and a bigger body. Even Fiat struggled to muster up 17 from their 500.
@djkenny1202
12 жыл бұрын
I love the van. There is an electric conversion one that I see around town occasionally, sounds perfect for me. There is a also a stock one that has been seen towing a trailer! Actually, making a mini camper would rule! I wonder if anyone ever put an engine transplant in one? I had a Turbo Chevy Sprint until Oct of this year, sold it after 20 years of fun and reliability. A more like that would likely make this car more efficient and really fast.
@ReverseGear
11 жыл бұрын
I look at this and think man I've owned some crap! The van was my favorite. But for the time we went though a tore up road being repaved. And the tiny wheels could not make it up the last bump. And it came to a real quick painful stop!
@70Kenny
15 жыл бұрын
Malcolm Bricklin brought these cars to America, and the 360 series (the compct sedan, truck and van) sold zilch everywhere except California, the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii. The WWII generation was still alive and kicking in the late '60's (God bless 'em!) and they were reluctant to embrace not only Subaru but all Japanese makes at that time. The 360 platform had serious quality control and crashworthiness problems and nearly sunk the marque before it got started. Modern Subarus are good cars.
@jarrelljimerson3346
4 жыл бұрын
@2:07, the young lady in pink, she has got to be somebody's grandmother by now, right?
@THESLlCK
3 жыл бұрын
Imagine putting "very groovy chicks" in a commercial today lol
@bryede
5 жыл бұрын
Occasionally, this drifted into Manos territory.
@47485ksc
6 жыл бұрын
Back in olden times, there was a place in Orange County, California that had these Subaru 360's you rented like a go cart. They installed round outer "roll cages" on them and you could actually "roll" them. By the time I got there in 1973, the place was gone. Anyone remember it?
@huawietelcom4516
2 жыл бұрын
i wish i had lived there in those times. you sir had the best life
@allanegleston4931
2 жыл бұрын
the fore-runner to all subarus.
@manofthehour6856
2 жыл бұрын
I love the pronunciation "su-BAR-ru" here, and seriously wish they remained with that in the USA. It sounds more appropriately Japanese to my tin ear. But as Shakespeare wrote, "What's in a name?"... Great cars!!! love 'em!
@endrizo
12 жыл бұрын
they are here to stay....they last and last,
@will2993
8 жыл бұрын
I like how in the promo they show the fucking thing tuck is rear wheel and go off the track
@oilsmokejones3452
3 жыл бұрын
I had a 360 wagon on Okinawa back in '73..like a sedan with an extended roof..made sense there where island speed limit was 60km/hr (about 30 mph) and roads narrowed to alleys...never made sense for USA and the buying public let Subaru know..
@gregorytimmons4777
5 жыл бұрын
I wonder if these blew head gaskets frequently too?
@foxmulder216
5 жыл бұрын
Gregory Timmons lmao rofl
@operator7585
5 жыл бұрын
Nar, 360 had a conventional engine from a third party
@ericjkovach
5 жыл бұрын
With a 356cc 2 cylinder 2 stroke engine? I'm not sure that would ever be an issue lol... Other things would go wrong first
@dynaco
12 жыл бұрын
3:31 eat you heart our Corvair!
@granskare
6 жыл бұрын
I saw the 360 and thought it weird...I also saw later the Star & I did not think much of it. Now the Subaru is great in Colorado.
@AmericanSirenProductions
11 жыл бұрын
@blastmasta75 they had a top speed of 68 mph
@iowan2005lzin
11 жыл бұрын
This car was started to sell around mid of 1959 in Japan.
@displayfireworks1
14 жыл бұрын
@kaptainkidshow I was just reading about this car in the book about the Yugo The Rise and Fall of the Worse Car This Subaru was imported by Bricklin the same guy that imported the Yugo. They got around safety laws with the 360 because it weighed less than 1000 lbs and the USA Safety laws only applied to vehicles more than 1000 lbs. Technically it was a motorcycle. I believe the original 360 was 1500 lbs but they reduced the weight to get under the wire
@rp1322
14 жыл бұрын
Well the STI isn't cheap these days but the tradition of ugly is still going strong lol
@jeffmullinix7916
6 жыл бұрын
Back then man and women had balls . I bet anyone that drove one of these out on the Interstate felt a little small .
@pariswatkins4841
5 жыл бұрын
that little Subaru car looks like a Go-cart 🐷
@Rl469
3 жыл бұрын
I love the score: Mussorgsky arranged/deranged?
@kaptainkidshow
16 жыл бұрын
Malcolm Bricklin was the investor who imported these cars into the U.S. in 1969. I don't believe these little gems actually ever made it for sale east of the Mississippi. They were sold exclusively at West Coast U.S. dealers. At one point, Bricklin had to destroy thousands of units when they failed to meet new stringent U.S. safety standards. (It was cheaper to destroy them than to ship them back to Japan.) Bricklin almost made the same mistake recently importing the Chery cars from China!
@particle409
13 жыл бұрын
I like how the skinny guy gets in, and the car rocks back and forth.
@eddiejones.redvees
2 жыл бұрын
You can see were there Subaru Impreza WRC got its genes from
@4lemer
13 жыл бұрын
I thought he said, "... a little something that'll make you feel shitless." lol
@Imintune...
7 жыл бұрын
Have some vw beetle styling.
@w.kiernan9100
10 жыл бұрын
3:25 Good Lord they're all going to die!
@hqcoy1jr223
5 жыл бұрын
Subaru had handling down pat from day 1....lmao
@pcno2832
4 жыл бұрын
I'll bet there were no anti-sway bars on 360s, even as an option. I'm surprised the door handles survived.
@BenSheltonMusic
16 жыл бұрын
Look at the jacking on that swing-arm rear suspension! And on the last shot in the Super Sport segment, does it look like the left front wheel is falling off one of the cars?
@dude176AAA
12 жыл бұрын
This would win so many WRCs. Rally livery on a 360.
@awackocrank
13 жыл бұрын
Looks like they made that in sound super eight film.
@mikaelabowen5781
6 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant! Have the taken the screen out of the red car for the jump edit? Or did it decide to leave of its own accord!
@SecretSunglasses
11 жыл бұрын
Oh man, these are too cute. They're also what almost drove Subaru out of the American market
@VirorFox
12 жыл бұрын
That parking was a dick move. Lol.
@thetman0068
5 жыл бұрын
Wow, a truck that can hold a single television! Gee whiz!
@eldo59
7 жыл бұрын
They did follow VW's idea with the small car and van concept.
@Snakebite420
15 жыл бұрын
i would love to have the truck verson... 66 mpg that would be sick.. wish i could find one that was stored away after it was bought, hehe pretty much brand new :P
@11jimcleveland
12 жыл бұрын
3:08 - Toretto - "I said a ten-*second* car, not a ten-*minute* car!"
@mrspivvy
11 жыл бұрын
very brave trying to sell these in the US. the 360 just wasn't suitable for that market. it fell apart very quickly.
@DJInclined
11 жыл бұрын
1:36 ROFL!!!
@THESLlCK
3 жыл бұрын
@DieselPunk Cummins what's changed in eight years?
@AmmoMaster
11 жыл бұрын
Was it a 360 Young? with white stripes on the roof?... My first car was a 1970 360 Young, what a fun little car !
@chg657
13 жыл бұрын
Wonder what one of the 360 trucks would look like after it got into an Argument w/a fully-loaded Ford Super Duty ?
@TheSignatureK
10 жыл бұрын
I need a su bar oo!
@kaptainkidshow
14 жыл бұрын
@midatlanticcycle I stand corrected. Thanks for the info!
@Patchuchan
8 жыл бұрын
6:00 An early model of their boxer engine.
@kuda6287
7 жыл бұрын
Patchuchan shut up and make me a car
@TFMTraining
14 жыл бұрын
I'd love to have one. But if you find one in good shape, I'll bet it's not cheap.
@uscar17
16 жыл бұрын
HOLY CRAP ! An ad where they say their car is ugly ! hahahahahahaha
@colindhowell
11 жыл бұрын
No, the original car was really that light; no weight reduction was needed. The 360 was designed for Japan's "kei-car" standard of extremely light, low-powered cars. But you're definitely right that Subaru benefited from the U.S. safety standards not applying to cars under 1000 lb. It was just good luck on their part, though--at least until Consumer Reports' "Not Acceptable" rating ruined the party.
@datsunmadman
16 жыл бұрын
Give a DATSUN 510!
@roaddiablo
12 жыл бұрын
66mpg!! Freaking a, my 2010 forester XT get 21.6 according to it's gauge. Of course it's a 230hp turbo monster. Wish she could do 45+ mpg an 400ft lbs tq lol.
@noeltheshemale
13 жыл бұрын
the van looks cool.
@MrVinylJunkie
5 жыл бұрын
3:05 Whoops.....! Lmao !!! :-)
@GoliathAngelus
13 жыл бұрын
The Subaru models are reminding me of the FIAT (FIAT 600 also with the engine in the back)models in that time periot. Maybe the Subarus are copies.
@LowTegra
12 жыл бұрын
haha I forgot all about this, thanks for bringing me back, I got to laugh all over again
@midatlanticcycle
14 жыл бұрын
@kaptainkidshow not exactly correct as i've owned probably 7 of these little beauties since the early 70's. there were approx. 15 subaru dealers in southern PA, NJ, DE, and MD. they all got them. some titled as 69's, more as 70 leftovers. 25HP vertical twin 2-stroke, oil injected, slow as molasses, brakes tough to maintain, but fun to drive. a decent one right now sells for around $4000. that's what i got for my last one, 3 years ago
@KCWhoa
12 жыл бұрын
That looks way better then new subarus.
@preciador6
8 жыл бұрын
Woohoo I got the van,car,truck now to find the star1-2-3
@Rex_Stuph
14 жыл бұрын
@TOMGPII Because these only had 18hp lol. I don't think you could sell 66mpg to even the most hard core tree hugger these days with that little power. Also, all the safety requirements the days would make one that heavy it wouldn't move. Yay for evolution...
@manualmotive
11 жыл бұрын
3:00 Ever hit any sweet jumps?
@bryede
5 жыл бұрын
I just wanted you to know someone thought of Napoleon Dynamite five years later.
@rivieraman71
12 жыл бұрын
i was waiting for it to roll over on the race track lol
@jdollinter
5 жыл бұрын
Soobarroo? Oops.. Electric Adventures beat me to the punch.
@MacI-1970
2 жыл бұрын
Still looks better than the 2022 WRX. Subaru seem to have gone downhill ever since they put in pillars for the door windows.
@RabbiEfrayimShekelmantz
14 жыл бұрын
I WANT THAT VAN!
@GentleWill
14 жыл бұрын
There was a dealership not too far from my home in North Carolina that sold these. I believe the sticker said they went for like $1,299.00 at the time. My dad loved these and got him started on Subaru. Remember the BRAT?
@Dominiboy365
13 жыл бұрын
ill definately drive this to work.
@16mmDJ
7 жыл бұрын
"plenty of power" :D
@niklasgroning5792
6 жыл бұрын
Really nice, beautiful cars!!!
@GoliathAngelus
13 жыл бұрын
@jesamani75 I believe that it is and if you say so,it must be true but It must be a Subaru joke because it didn t worked out at all.(bad copy) On the other hand it is a fun car especially when you own one now but the parts are hard to get and to find i think.
@gpoon49
10 жыл бұрын
Hear the music? Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" in a cheesy "big band" misarrangement. But not as cheesy as the suBArus!
@lorinharris1564
10 жыл бұрын
I'll take Cheesy and "runs forever" versus your American cars that run for a day or two and then have to get a tuneup. And yes, I've owned Ford, Dodge and Chevy, and all are total junk. Subaru for life.
@ramblergarage
10 жыл бұрын
Lorin Harris garbage, I had one.
@MrWolfSnack
9 жыл бұрын
Lorin Harris Try owning one older than 1990, dipshit. All computerized American cars are shit. Period.
@ramblergarage
9 жыл бұрын
MrWolfSnack thank you mr knowitall, I did own one and it was junk. I own a 51 Nash, 56 Hudson, 79 Dodge Colt, 2012 Fiat, 86 Renault, 90 Eagle Premier. Maybe your the dipshit!
@tech9803
13 жыл бұрын
2:08 "All kinds of people are driving Subarus - including some real groovy chicks!"
@breaktobroken
13 жыл бұрын
leather steering wheel cover, tach, racing stripes!!?!?!?!?!?!??! WHERE DO I GET ONE!!!???
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