If you don't need the turbo engine and long list of features, there are less expensive
Legacy wagon models, such as the 2.5 i, which has 168 horsepower and starts at about $ 23,000.
Not exact matches
Subaru's bread and butter
model, the Subaru Outback
wagon, is redesigned for 2015 following the debut of the 2015 Subaru
Legacy sedan from a few months ago.
While the fifth - generation
Legacy (
model years 2010 - 2014) was more than a bit gawky - looking, Gen IV (2005 - 2009 in the U.S.) was downright handsome, especially the station
wagon.
You won't be able to tell a 2016 Outback or
Legacy from the 2015
models, as there are no visual changes for these all - wheel drive sedans and
wagons.
Since the original Dodge Power
Wagons never came in crew cab or extended cab
models,
Legacy fabricates them by cutting and welding cabins together.
Legacy initially will be available in four - door sedan and
wagon models.
The
Legacy sedan and
wagon will receive a facelift for the 1992
model year.
The small overlap frontal crash test ratings also apply to the station
wagon version of the
Legacy, known as the Outback, also with the reprogrammed side curtain airbags beginning with 2013
models built after August 2012.
Subaru launched the third generation Japanese and world - market
Legacy in June 1998, while the North American
model started production in late 1999 as a 2000
model, also known as the BE for sedan
models and BH for
wagons.
To create its mid-size crossover
model, Subaru took the bones of its now - defunct
Legacy wagon and bolted in a taller suspension, lending this car extra ground clearance and off - road ability.
As of the 2008
model year, the
Legacy wagon and Outback sedan were discontinued in the United States, leaving only the
Legacy sedan and Outback
wagon models.
The 2015 Subaru Outback's heritage can be traced back to the days when it was a jacked - up version of the Subaru
Legacy wagon, and with the demise of that particular
model the Outback stands alone for Subaru in the mid-size segment.
For the 1995
model year, the first year the Outback was introduced, the Outback was a trim package on the base
model Legacy wagon «L», that primarily consisted of the heavy cloth interior, berber carpet floor mats, a luggage rack and fog lights with a standard height suspension.
For the 1995
model year, the
Legacy wagon in the North American market was available as the Alpine Sport and Sun Sport, which were Value Option Packages included on the «L» trim level
wagon, and graphics denoting the option package installed.
Although it no longer wore the
Legacy badge, the Subaru Outback's development was still tightly coupled to that of the sedan and
wagon, which meant it, too, benefited from an all - new platform for the 2005
model year.
In addition to the Outback
wagon gaining a four - door sibling, for the 2000
model year it also broke away from its
Legacy branding and became a unique product in Subaru showrooms.
Also released as a 1995
model, and available exclusively as a hatchback, the Outback Sport rode marginally taller than the base
model, and largely aped the outdoorsy styling of the larger
Legacy - based
wagon (adding a non-functional hood scoop in the U.S. that spoke to the turbocharged Impreza WRX that was exclusive to Japan at that time).