(April 20, 2010) Automotive News reports that Subaru plans to boost production capacity at its Indiana assembly plant by 40 percent this year to meet booming demand for the Outback wagon and Legacy sedan.

The move comes as Fuji Heavy Industries maker of the Subaru brand, targets U.S. sales of 230,000 vehicles for 2010, spokesman Masashi Uemura said on Monday. The ramp-up will happen at the plant in Lafayette, Ind.

Subaru’s sales goal represents a 6 percent increase over the 216,652 vehicles it sold in 2009.

Subaru’s Indiana plant currently has capacity for 100,000 vehicles a year, but the company wants to increase that to 140,000, Uemura said. He did not say whether Subaru would add a line, increase the speed of production or take capacity currently going to Toyota.

The plant has a separate line with capacity of 100,000 units that makes the Toyota Camry.

Outback and Legacy sales more than doubled in the first three months of the year, with the Outback reaching 19,275 and the Legacy 8,550.