The Subaru Outback is one of the safest cars on the road today and the data is there to back that claim. The Goldilocks principle means our answer should be somewhere in the middle, but for most buyers we'd say the 2.5-liter is just fine-just keep it on the boil with the available paddle shifters if you need to pass. We'd like the flat-4 to be a little more potent and the flat-6 to be a little less thirsty. It's a smoother customer and isn't out of breath making mountain passes, but its fuel economy is in the low-20s combined, and that isn't what we'd expect considering its weight and two rows of seating.īoth engines are mated to a supremely good continuously variable transmission (CVT) that we'll say is one of the best in the business-if not tops. The 3.6-liter flat-6 is the more expensive, optional engine in higher trims-including 2017's newest Touring line-and it makes 256 hp. EPA estimates peg highway mileage above 30 mpg and a combined average in the high-20s. It's perfectly adequate for daily use, and is the most frugal. The 2.5-liter flat-4 base engine produces 175 horsepower in the Outback.
Subaru's celebrating the 50th anniversary of its horizontally opposed engine this year and the 2017 Subaru Outback sports the company's oldest examples on sale today.
Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't. Subaru's insistence on horizontally opposed engine design has left the wagon (at times) on the back foot for fuel mileage, and the Outback's budget-first mission can leave the interior short compared to others.
In other respects, we yearn for shorter memories. And it's a wagon in a world obsessed with crossovers. Although it's a mid-size vehicle, seating and cargo areas are copious, and its all-wheel drive system-complemented by an "X-Mode" off-road program-is hugely capable. What's left for shoppers now is an enduring over-achiever.
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