Subaru of Indiana Automotive (SIA) IN 47905

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Delivered some stabilizers here on an expedited truck i had an awesome experience i was in and out in an hr much better than that Ford plant in Louisville KY receiving door is on gate 1 expedited truck dock N32 good friendly professional stuff

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Josh

I had a great tour of the facility from Kayla. The only downside of the tour is you are understandably not allowed to bring your cell phone on the tour and take pictures. Walking the catwalk and seeing and hearing about all the phases of Subaru vehicle creation sprinkled with some history and Kaizens was informative and impressive. It was a treat to see how and where many Subarus are born. I highly recommend the tour to any Subaru owner or anyone interested in manufacturing, vehicle or otherwise. I was so energized after the tour I wanted to get down on the floor and help build one!<br>I will be back after they start production of the 6th generation Forester and Forester hybrid in 2026.

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Grant Benjamin (stobyzantium)

My wife and I just returned from a two hour tour through Subaru's vast factory in Lafayette, Indiana. We own a 2024 Subaru Outback which has been great, and we were curious about how it was made. The tour is free, but needs to be reserved in advance. The factory was more colossal than even I had imagined, and the production process even more complex.<br><br>You walk on catwalks around twenty to thirty feet or so above the floor, on different levels, going up and down stairs. Forty foot high steel presses that were really buildings within the building press steel with many tons of pressure. Overhead conveyors of a size almost beyond belief move across the ceiling above you transporting heavy machinery. Sometimes things are somewhat enclosed, while other times the factory goes on pretty much as far as the eye can see.<br><br>Synchronized welding robots make sparks that go up thirty feet or so. Workers ride bikes in the factory, as well as operate a variety of electric vehicles carrying parts. Blue light and infrared for inspection of car bodies looked surreal and science fictional.<br><br>Ten thousand workers a day work at the factory in two shifts. It has been expanded many times since it first opened in 1989, and the total cost for the facility is in the billions. They've made about eight million vehicles at that plant since it opened. The workers were working hard and took pride in their work. A few waved and smiled at us as we did our tour. Maybe around a third of the workers are women. Saw workers installing headliners, working on Boxer engines, assembling all sorts of parts, quality control, etc.<br><br>We all wore headphones so that everyone could hear our knowledgeable tour guide Kayla above the considerable but not unpleasant sounds of cars being made.<br><br>When I was ten someone gave me a book on the Model T and the factory pictures in it interested me. Now half a century later I've finally seen an actual car factory in operation, and it exceeded expectations. My wife thought it was very interesting too. None of the individual pix or videos I've seen quite convey the jaw-dropping size and multilayered complexity of these facilities, with parts being moved up and down many levels by robots.