EXCLUSIVE: Subaru swerves Toyota HSD and opts to go it alone on hybrid tech

Author: Dave Leggett | 28 September 2011

Sources at Subaru have told just-auto that the company has decided - contrary to expectations - not to buy-in Toyota's full hybrid HSD for future Subaru hybrid models, but to develop its own mild hybrid system instead.

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