First Drive Review: Subaru Legacy Tourer 2.0D 2009

Don’t you remember in the early 1990s in the tradition of Colin McRae Rothmans loophole? Or inland version of the Audi for the Audi A6 allroad ripped off? Or time Alf Thompson, in Postman Pat agriculture, rescued a rut farm track, requirements and the standard four-wheel-drive family sedan remains a cold and a number of newborn lambs?

Probably not, because you are right, that tradition has existed for 20 years, fully qualified, but almost everyone forget that, at least in the UK, where most of us are deprived of something fast sold in Japan. Now, the fifth generation here, prices from £ 23,295 – considerably higher than the cost of used cars.
That is because the legacy of the new Subaru has finally broken through the car looking for, right?

Do not be silly, this is business as usual. The main difference for the UK market is that it industries or not this time, because the car will not be out of favor again. Clear at this time of large trucks: 55 mm long, 60 mm higher, with a 80 mm wheelbase extended to the interior space interests. Externally, it is about as big as an Audi A4 Avant, but close to an A 6, entered the store or open the boot.
It will not win any awards, but the design.

Subaru strongly jazz front, and give it an identity, but can not change the fact that this is a very boring, very attractive car, the reason there is no help whip chrome headlights swept so close to They like to see the results of bad plastic surgery in Hollywood.
And in-house?

The same story. A very shiny console trying to learn the hard plastics and turntable, it seems disappointing low-cost, please draw your attention to the surrounding acres of the old car. There’s even a meaningless BMW-style economic indicators, like those old vacuum with a stick in their car dial the last century, one of the 70s.

Statistics How much? £23,295 On sale in the UK: Now Engine: 1998cc 16v 4-cyl turbodiesel, 148bhp @ 5600rpm, 169lb ft @ 4000rpm Transmission: Six-speed manual, four-wheel drive Performance: 9.6sec 0-62mph, 120mph, 46mpg, 161g/km CO2 How heavy / made of? 1558kg/steel How big (length/width/height in mm)? 4775/1780/1535mm

How much? £23,295 On sale in the UK: Now 1998cc 16v 4-cyl turbodiesel, 148bhp @ 5600rpm, 169lb ft @ 4000rpm Transmission: Six-speed manual, four-wheel drive Performance: 9.6sec 0-62mph, 120mph, 46mpg, 161g/km CO2 How heavy / made of? 1558kg/steel How big (length/width/height in mm)? 4775/1780/1535mm

However, our defense, the cabin is not in the traditional construction and solid feeling is great. There are people in all directions in space, particularly spacious rear cabin of the driving position is good, apart from the pedal, is set distance.