According to Kyoji Takenaka, President of Fuji Heavy, the makers of Subaru cars:
Takenaka added it hoped to raise its European auto sales to 100,000 units by 2010, from about 64,000 forecast for 2006, with the introduction of cars mounted with its first diesel engine, which is under development.
“I believe diesel engines will play a big role in the expansion,” he said. “Technology-wise, we will likely be able to introduce a high-performance, horizontally opposed diesel engine in 2007 or ’08 to achieve the goal of 100,000 units in Europe.”