2024 Subaru Outback - 18 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW

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What is the Outback?
Well it’s kind of a raised wagon
It existed before the Forester and was more of a car-height wagon
Now it rides on stilts and kind of blurs the line with the Forester
AWD standard
Classic Subaru stuff like symmetrical AWD
Active torque vectoring
And CVT
Engine
Two engine options
2.5 n/a boxer 4
182 hp
176 lbft
28 mpg combined
Most people will get this engine
2.4T boxer 4 from the WRX
260 hp
277 lbft
Same as the Ascent from the other week
25 mpg combined
OR 23 for the wilderness with it’s lift and tires
Hybrid
No hybrid
No PHEV
Looks
Revisions were a year or two ago
A more sculpted grille
The black cladding fangs that come into the grille
Adaptive LEDs as standard
Auto high beams
LED fogs standard
Alpine green is pretty awesome
8.7 in of clearance
Same as ascent
9.5 in wilderness
Wheel cladding and side skirts
Outback on rear door sill
Crabby grabby taillights
Only the running lights are LED
Hidden exhaust
Roof rails
Standard
Trunk
Powered
Part of a $1400 package
Over 32 cu ft
Over 75 cuft
Nice and BIG
Seats fold from rear
Netted side pockets
Towing
2700 lbs non-turbo
3500 lbs turbo
Rear seats
Nice and spacious for 6 footers
2 level Heated option
Chargers
Pockets
Sunroof
Power sunroof part of 3k package
No pano option at all
Say its because people put stuff on the roof anyway
Front seats
Java brown and black the only int color options
Heated and cooled seats available
Heated steering wheel
Only for Onyx [XT], touring, and wilderness
Interior/Build
Loads of storage
Weird 2 level center console - useless aww
Great materials
Leathers padded
Easily the nicest Subaru I’ve been in
Cluster
No full digital cluster
Just TFT
No HUD
Infotainment
11.6 in screen
Premium trims and up
Wireless ACP
Harmon Kardon is nice
NO 360 camera option
BUT 180 degree front camera for offroading
Resolution is terrible
Safety
Eyesight is standard
Eyeball watcher is really annoying
BSM like Audi on mirror
Offroad
X mode Standard here
Hill descent standard here
That 180 degree camera
AWD
Little things
Still has AUX jack
Full size spare for ONYX and a couple others
Removeable cupholder risers
Passenger dash shelf is nice
Paddle shifters on a CVT lol
Digi rear view mirror
No wireless charger…?
Trans tunnel eats into footwell
So padded center console
Sharkfin antenna gets hexagon texture from WRX
Harmon Kardon is very nice
Price
Starting 29k
Touring XT starts 42,795
As tested 44k w/ delivery