Motorweek Video of the 2005 Subaru Outback

[@rite2beararms]

13 years later and I still havent seen anything of an improvement to make me want to sell mine. 230k miles on the original engine!

[@tatankahanska120]

Did they offer direct injection back then?

[@drake5557]

@@tatankahanska120 uh no? Its an ej255 with normal fuel injectors.

[@markheefner6527]

I have rhe 05 gt wagon in the garnet red pearl modified as turbo failure ended the oem engine i have the ej20x paired to a 06 sti 6spd. By far the best car ive ever owned. Fyi we have 7 subaru legacy's in our home including an 08 spec B

[@rite2beararms]

@@markheefner6527 That's a lot of leggys! 😄

[@luxurreview]

What about now?

[@syncrosimon]

I love my 2006 3.0R Outback. I too would say the brakes are a little woolly compared to other cars I have owned. This does have an advantage off road and on snow and ice where the initial braking faze is gentle and predictable. It is a great all round, solid, fast good looking machine.

[@SonzillaGTR]

That hippie must be high, jumping in the car all twitchy and going mad with the shifter, slamming it around wtf. lmao

[@amb5991]

I saw that and had to re-watch it.. He was beating the shit out of it!!

[@wuzihuzi]

SonzillaGTR perpetuating the stereotype outback/forester owner as a hippie or a hoon (liberty/impreza)

[@danbmx445]

hahaha

[@Dougarony]

UGH

[@HawkGTboy]

You can replace the brake pads with sintered pads. I'm not sure what that does for a car, but they really improve a motorcycle's brake performance.

[@czierwo]

Love my Legacy with H6. Zero problem car, no cracking sounds summer or winter, tight like a tank, unbeatable winter trooper. No incentive to replace when looking at the current market. ..

[@schoolcraftT]

As a brand Subaru is one of the the safest in brands of car on the market. The outback has more to offer than the base models of some other brands There a lot of the older outback’s still on the road today because of their dependability.

[@AWDfreak]

I recently got one of these turbocharged Subaru Outback wagons, but it seems absolutely nobody ever tested the manual transmission version. I couldn't find a single automotive publication publish a video of one.

[@Texas_Cruiser]

Is yours manual? How is it?

[@AWDfreak]

@@Texas_Cruiser Yes, it's a manual transmission. It's great... when it runs. 😂

[@stephenwhittington5853]

Just bought one today hope its good

[@stephenwhittington5853]

@Steven Tran the engine has been fantastic, I've had to change out all wheel bearings ,CV axle ,brakes, and tires,but its saved me alot on fuel,and its cheaper on the insurance as well so ,I'm happy

[@MaestroTJS]

Love the car and am picking up an '06 by the end of the week, but the braking test here is almost frighteningly bad. I haven't come across another review complaining about this, so I wonder if something was wrong with their particular model.

[@lennyvalentinoSchiaretti_lvs]

I still own my Outback 2.5 with manual gear. It has 305.000 Km and it still drives incredible well. The only real problem is the performance but overall is still a very nice and comfy car to drive.

[@pablochacon40]

I’m looking to buy a 2005 Subaru Outback limited. I had a for mustang and I total the car after a rain storm. I have been scared of driving in the rain from that point on . The awd will bring me to get my nerves back in order driving in the rain

[@RobertNES816]

Or give you false confidence lol. You can still loose control in a Subaru in slippery conditions.

[@mountainconstructions]

If you loose it in the wet in a Subaru, you either have bald tires or are simply driving way too fast, or both.

[@MrRichallen1984]

I’ll sell you my 2005 Subaru 2.5 XT for $5500

[@shanet7511]

Lol SLOW DOWN DUMMY

[@homeimprovementsubaruguy2556]

@@MrRichallen1984 still for sale?

[@Onry1]

The AMC Eagle was the OG crossover wagon, 4 door & coupe...

[@DoggyBingBong]

remember lads

[@adrianoconnor3200]

I used to have an '06 Garnett Red Outback 2.5 Xt but now I have a 2012 Forester Xt

[@sammynemat3259]

I have owned a few of them They are one of the best machine watches ever made in 2005

[@Bxtskul1l]

LOL I never thought about that but yes it does look like a giant shoe.

[@TimJoseph08031990]

0-60 in 6.8 seconds with the 2.5 Liter turbocharged Boxer engine and 5 speed automatic transmission? That's faster than the 2015 Outback with the 3.6 Liter H-6 engine and CVT. Sadly Subaru didn't put the 2.0 Liter turbocharged engine with both the Legacy and Outback, which could have been better options.

[@33rountree]

I have be the h 6 wish I could put t turbo on it

[@curtisstaples6466]

Subaru fixed that for 2020. 2.4 XT offered on both the Outback and Legacy.i haven’t driven one yet, but my dad has taken an Onyx Edition XT for a test drive. He loved it.

[@homeimprovementsubaruguy2556]

@@curtisstaples6466 but where is the manual transmission? What the hell are they thinking? Driving a performance car is 99% experience and shifting gears is the best part of that experience.

[@Kacpa2]

@@homeimprovementsubaruguy2556 Exactly. But us market is to blame on top of emissions :/. Its even worse with their offering here in europe. Here is more of how nieche subaru were and didnt get success they were looking for after investing heavily in late 2000s. We used to get Legacy H6 with 6speed manuals and they made diesel boxer specificly for europe, but they messed up with its reliability early on and sales dropped. Now its just CVT hellscape all around we didnt even get previous base WRX, and STi was only.on sale for 2 years. Crosstrek didnt get 6mt get here even tho first get had 6mt(when usdm model got 5mt). Levorg was CVT only, outbacks and foresters too. BRZ isnt offered...they dont sell a single mt car on the continent where all people know how to drive stick and majority does drive stick...

[@valiktoma2542]

Love that shifter in my 2007 legacy sedan. Amazing car, but gona do the head gasket soon (let the memes come). 2.5i is not a screamer, but its a great vehicle, even though its my first car.

[@AbulaSyllabus]

@Bill Perri I have the 2.5 with 170hp. If you feel attracted to the car design and interior satisfies ur needs (2005 no easy radio install!) and is willing to maintain when the time comes... take the XT. The 2.5 is more than enough, BUT..... It is such a nice car that it deserves more power ;) I paid 4.2k on mine. 102k miles.

[@Bxtskul1l]

Meh, I'm not touching the fit's brakes. It's born to be stock. It stops fine for me, and if I need more help I can throw it into 2nd gear.

[@rayoliver1101]

2005 thru 2009 are the BEST OUTBACKS aero lines like a FORMULA 1 CAR ,289,000 ON my 2005 absolutely no ISSUES 16 YEARS OLD STILL TIGHT NO SOUNDS AT ALL,23CITYXXX33HWY,I have own evvry 4*4 even INTERNATIONAL SCOUT back in 68.This SUBIE will outdo any 4*4 ON THE MARKET,ANY TERRAIN BEEN RHERE DONE THAT,,,EX DUCKHUNTER FROM THE TENNESSEE RIVER AREA,BENTON CO.

[@RobertNES816]

Imagine if the Outback of today could accelerate like this one lol.

[@tpolerex7282]

Robert NES816 finally, nine years later it can. 2020 XT in 6.3 seconds.

[@bcuzismoke]

@@tpolerex7282 what about oil consumption?

[@tpolerex7282]

Ga L I’ve been watching closely any reports of engine problems including excess oil consumption on the new 2.4L DIT and I haven’t yet seen anything of consequence. Some failures of the “high torque” CVT transmissions (Ascent models, no Outback models that I am aware of) but even those seem to be some early build runs that have since been corrected/ upgraded to a certain degree.

[@RobertNES816]

@Fooligan The White the new Turbo outback right?

[@homeimprovementsubaruguy2556]

@@tpolerex7282 can’t compare it though with no manual option. At least give us a regular automatic gearbox

[@82_KID]

I got the previous generation of..

[@subaruvalit5931]

даже до сих пор ахуенный автомобиль , ни в какую corolla/golf ге лезет...

[@Bxtskul1l]

lol my honda fit does 136

[@austingreen3893]

It's weird to think that this comment was made when I was 7

[@automotivetv9861]

@@austingreen3893 yep, and I was 17, life was good

[@mrsorgic4790]

4:05 complete bs as mid 1990s interiors still look new on almost all cars on the road today in 2019; Everysingle one of these mid 2000s has a cracking dash and seats are all torn up. Water is leaking in every single one that I have seen with a sunroof. They used cheaper labor to build them cheaper parts. They used glue instead of screws to hold interior panels. They used plastic instead of metal wherever they could. This is not even close to quality of earlier models. Toyotas are the same way. Newer cars are a lot more expensive all the while they are built using much cheaper methods and parts that will not last even 10 years of everyday abuse.

[@procrastinator1842]

Luckily in Australia, our outbacks are made in Japan. So happy we don't get the poorly made American cars :)

[@homeimprovementsubaruguy2556]

I’m not so sure. I have an 07 outback XT and is holding up great. Drive it and you would think it was 2009.

[@homeimprovementsubaruguy2556]

@@procrastinator1842 perhaps, but you did not get the Outback XT because of that.

[@procrastinator1842]

@@homeimprovementsubaruguy2556 That is true, but we got the dual range models.

[@sonicfrogdotnet]

"complete bs as mid 1990s interiors still look new on almost all cars on the road today".. "Water is leaking in every single one that I have seen with a sunroof." That's quite a lot of work to survey almost all cars on the road.

[@subzero92MK]

i like it but i think that it is too long

[@artumpazych8649]

lol do you still think that now?

[@HawkGTboy]

Agreed. The new Outback looks like a shoe.

[@emeyer6963]

Smells like one too!