Here's The Outback
by
Jack Baruth
Published: April 3rd, 2014
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Here’s the new Outback. What do we know about it? Nothing — other than the fact that it’s unlikely to have checkerboard seats for the American dude.
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Years ago I joined the subie cult and re-upped after the next major snowstorm. What they didn't tell me was that the horizontal orientation of the 2.5 boxer makes it prone to head gasket failure, which I just paid my mechanic a pretty penny to remedy. Still love the car (03 forester with 82k) but the "reliability" myth is shattered.
Well, we do know it tries very hard to look like an Audi, at least from the front.
Hey VW, why not copy the Outback formula? Take a Jetta (soon to be Golf) wagon and also introduce a Passat wagon (why not, plenty of production capacity at that Chatanooga Passat plant). Add AWD, some body cladding and raise the ride height. Call 'em the Golf and Passat Black Forest editions. This could be a good interim move while waiting for all those darn new crossovers to come out.
Check the sales figures on the 2010-14 model Outback. It's Subaru's biggest selling vehicle ever. Does anyone here really expect any automaker to stop selling their best selling vehicle? Subaru innovated one new vehicle. The Tribeca. Disaster. They since pulled back to their core lineup. Impreza. WRX. Forester. Outback. Legacy. They have two new vehicles. The Crosstrek. Which is essentially the Outback Sport rebranded. And the BRZ. Nice little sport coupe. and now they have a Hybrid as well. and they also introduced the first chain driven CVT on production cars. and they are constantly refining and re-designing their industry best AWD systems. Although I suppose it is about time for the Accord and Camry to be put out to pasture.