The term Subaru comes from the Japanese language meaning unite. It is also a term identifying a cluster of six stars, which the Greeks called the Pleiades - part of the Taurus constellation. According to Greek mythology, Atlas' daughters turned into this group of stars.
The six-stars cluster featured in the Subaru badge design is known in Japan as mutsuraboshi (six stars), and FHI was the first vehicle manufacturer to use a Japanese word for a brand of automobile
22B hexadecimal equivalent is 555 so thats where 22B comes from.
On a lighter note!
ACURA -Another Crummy, Useless, Rotten Automobile
AMC -Another Major Catastrophe
AUDI -Accelerates Under Demonic Influence
BMW -Break My Windshield
BUICK -Big Ugly Import Car Killer
CHEVROLET -Cracked Heads, Every Valve Rattles, Oil Leaks Every Time
DODGE -Dead On Day Guarantee Expires
FIAT -Fix It Again Tony
FORD -First On Recall Day
FORD -Fix Or Repair Daily
GEO -Good Engineering Overlooked
G. M. -General Maintenance
G. M. -Goshdarn Mess
GMC -Gets Mechanics Crazy
HONDA -Had One, Never Do-that Again
HONDA -Hang On, Not Done Accelerating
HYUNDAI -How Your Usual Nerd Drives An Import
IROC -I Reek Of Cologne
JEEP -Junk Engineering Executed Poorly
LTD -Last Try from Detroit
MAZDA -My! Another Zany Detroit Assassin!
MERCEDES -Most Eccentric Rich Capitalists Enjoy Driving Expensive Sedans
M.G. -Money Guzzler
MITSUBISHI -Mostly In The Shop Undergoing Big Investments, Sometimes Halfway Incomplete
MOPAR -Miscellaneous Oddball Parts Assembled Ridiculously
MUSTANG -Men Usually Stand Together And Never Go
NISSAN -Nine Idiots Standing, Saying Absolutely Nothing
OLDSMOBILE -Old Ladies Driving Slowly Make Others Behind Infuriatingly Late Every day.
PINTO -Put In Nickel To Operate
PONTIAC -Poor Old Nitwit Thinks Its A Cadillac
PORSCHE -Proof Of Rich Spoiled Children Having Everything
SAAB -Swedish Automobiles Always Breakdown.
TOYOTA -Too Often Yankees Overprice This Auto
VOLVO -Very Odd Looking Vehicular Object
VW -Virtually Worthless
The six-stars cluster featured in the Subaru badge design is known in Japan as mutsuraboshi (six stars), and FHI was the first vehicle manufacturer to use a Japanese word for a brand of automobile
22B hexadecimal equivalent is 555 so thats where 22B comes from.
On a lighter note!
ACURA -Another Crummy, Useless, Rotten Automobile
AMC -Another Major Catastrophe
AUDI -Accelerates Under Demonic Influence
BMW -Break My Windshield
BUICK -Big Ugly Import Car Killer
CHEVROLET -Cracked Heads, Every Valve Rattles, Oil Leaks Every Time
DODGE -Dead On Day Guarantee Expires
FIAT -Fix It Again Tony
FORD -First On Recall Day
FORD -Fix Or Repair Daily
GEO -Good Engineering Overlooked
G. M. -General Maintenance
G. M. -Goshdarn Mess
GMC -Gets Mechanics Crazy
HONDA -Had One, Never Do-that Again
HONDA -Hang On, Not Done Accelerating
HYUNDAI -How Your Usual Nerd Drives An Import
IROC -I Reek Of Cologne
JEEP -Junk Engineering Executed Poorly
LTD -Last Try from Detroit
MAZDA -My! Another Zany Detroit Assassin!
MERCEDES -Most Eccentric Rich Capitalists Enjoy Driving Expensive Sedans
M.G. -Money Guzzler
MITSUBISHI -Mostly In The Shop Undergoing Big Investments, Sometimes Halfway Incomplete
MOPAR -Miscellaneous Oddball Parts Assembled Ridiculously
MUSTANG -Men Usually Stand Together And Never Go
NISSAN -Nine Idiots Standing, Saying Absolutely Nothing
OLDSMOBILE -Old Ladies Driving Slowly Make Others Behind Infuriatingly Late Every day.
PINTO -Put In Nickel To Operate
PONTIAC -Poor Old Nitwit Thinks Its A Cadillac
PORSCHE -Proof Of Rich Spoiled Children Having Everything
SAAB -Swedish Automobiles Always Breakdown.
TOYOTA -Too Often Yankees Overprice This Auto
VOLVO -Very Odd Looking Vehicular Object
VW -Virtually Worthless
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