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The unibody design borrowed heavily from existing mechanicals, platform and sheetmetal of the Legacy and Outback wagons. Production began on July 18, 2002 as a 2003 model at the Lafayette, Indiana, factory (Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc., aka SIA) once shared with Isuzu. The Baja's concept recalls many similar car-based, open-bed vehicles: * Subaru's earlier BRAT four-wheel-drive, unibody pickup marketed in the US from 1978-1987) * Other small US-marketed unibody pickups such as the Volkswagen Caddy and Dodge Rampage/Plymouth Scamp * The prominent US rear-wheel drive Ford Ranchero and Chevy El Camino * the two and four-door vehicles of Australia known as the Coupé utility or Ute. The Baja is named after Mexico's Baja California peninsula - home to the Baja 1000 off-road race. |
