Subaru Details Next-Gen “Subaru Global Platform”

Subaru has let loose the first details of its all-new modular platform architecture, which will underpin all of the Japanese automaker's new models starting with the next-generation Subaru Impreza range that's set to arrive in the fourth quarter of this year.

Unimaginatively dubbed the "Subaru Global Platform", the new architecture is scalable and able to underpin everything from a small or C-segment hatchback to a large three-row SUV. It also allows space for hybrid, plug-in hybrid electric or "other types" of alternative powertrains.

But while the Subaru Global Platform has one eye firmly on a greener future, Subaru traditionalists can breathe easy - boxer engines will still fit, as will an AWD driveline.