Subaru logo vector

Subaru (スバル)  is the automobile manufacturing division of Japanese transportation conglomerate Subaru Corporation.

• Founded: July 15, 1953
• Founders: Kenji Kita; Chikuhei Nakajima

Subaru is the Japanese name for the Pleiades star cluster M45, or the “Seven Sisters” (one of whom tradition says is invisible – hence only six stars in the Subaru logo), which in turn inspires the logo and alludes to the companies that merged to create FHI.

Former logo on a Subaru 360 showing six stars in an arrangement similar to the Pleiades open star cluster