TOKYO: Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd, the maker of Subaru cars, said it expects its global sales to rise about 8 percent in 2008, helped by the new Impreza hatchback and a remodelled Forester sport utility vehicle.   

Chief Executive Ikuo Mori said the carmaker would aim for sales of 630,000 vehicles in 2008, up from an estimated 586,000 this year.