Subaru's popularity in Hong Kong grew with no-nonsense Imprezas, functional Forester wagons and brutish, rally-tested WRX STI, with rear spoilers as big as bookcases.
In recent years, the Japanese marque has refined its designs and shown how its saloons can be speedy safety cars at the Macau Grand Prix, and still be sufficiently comfortable for school and supermarket runs.
Last year, Subaru sold 156 cars in Hong Kong, mainly the glass-roofed Exiga GT seven-seater and the 300 horsepower 2.5-litre STI.
The marque's new XV 2.0i (HK$318,800) should sell as well here.
A 'crossover' that combines 'urban style with off-road ability', the XV was first unveiled as a concept at last April's Shanghai motor show, where the model's popularity prompted Subaru to put it into production.
After some tweaks, the XV was unveiled at the Frankfurt motor show the following September, in the hope of bringing, the marque says, 'a new type of customer' to Subaru, 'people who are confident in the knowledge of the company's all-wheel-drive and engineering expertise, and who are also looking for the lifestyle statement that owning a crossover brings'.