Steady metal from Fuji Heavy.

(From Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Byline: Andre Palma

WE ALL KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE when something we value disappears. Imagine yourself having grown to accept and love a brand, like say a favorite soft drink or sneaker label, then you wake up one day and realize that said trademark is no longer available. One goes into some sort of withdrawalsomething that in fact increases ones need for a fix.

During the 90s, Fuji Heavy Industrys Subaru brand was available in local showrooms. To most this might have just been another quirky, niche Japanese manufacturer whose cars still used horizontally opposed, four-cylinder engines and had all-wheel drive across the …