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Feb 20, 2010 -
First Drive: 2010 Subaru Outback
Recasting Call: Going Places It's Never Been Before
July, 2009 / By Bob Nagy
Click to view GalleryIn its 15-year history, the Outback has helped transition Subaru from a cult favorite to a quasi-mainstream player. Now entering its fourth generation, "The World's First Sport/Utility Wagon" (with apologies to the AMC Eagle wagon fans) is on a new and equally ambitious mission: Grab an even larger share of the hot midsize crossover market. To assess its chances for success in that quest, we traveled to western Montana and put all three variations on the new Outback theme through their paces on a variety of paved and unpaved venues.
Sharing many structural and mechanical elements with the also-new-for-
2010 Legacy sedan, Subaru's contemporary AWD crossover gets an extra measure of everything that really matters to the active-lifestyle buyers it's seeking: bolder character, enhanced functionality, and improved performance. Visually, the new Outback complements edgier sheetmetal and lighting elements with shorter front/rear overhangs and wider front/rear track spans. Overall length drops 0.8 inch, but a 2.8-inch wheelbase stretch (to 107.9 in.), a 2.0-inch bump in width, and 2.3-inch-taller roofline net a more aggressive stance and significant gains in passenger/cargo space. While the base 2.5i wears 215/70 all-season tires on 16-inch steel wheels, all other models get 17-inch alloys wrapped in 225/60 rubber -- and all Outbacks now have a segment-leading 8.7 inches of ground clearance. Topping things off is a new roof-rail system with noise-reducing crossbars that swing out of the way when not in use.
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