Hm. Looks like they did give it the 8 speed. Interesting. Oh well. Still fucking mad at them for not offering it in Canada.

The Outback is a lifted stationwagon. It’s essentially a Legacy on stilts with a long roof and a tailgate. Subaru purposely markets it as a “small SUV” and “crossover” because they know those words sell cars, but they know it’s BS. They went as far as giving it a massive roof rack to make the car look taller. I’ve got…

Came here for this, left satisfied. 

I’m so fucking jealous. Those are precisely the options the TourX deserved and never got, nor will it ever get here.

A compact crossover. It’s based on the Impreza, but it has a tall cabin and made to look more like a small SUV. It’s not really a stationwagon as it does not have a long roof and has a relatively short wheelbase.

What GM did with the TourX is borderline criminal. Take a GORGEOUS wagon body from Opel and bring it here, give it a turbo, AWD and... an ANCIENT 6-speed auto that shifts like it hates its life, questionable interior materials and NOT offer it in Canada, because “reasons”.

Goddamnit. 

Okay, just because a vehicle has a lift kit or some plastic cladding on its fenders doesn’t mean it’s a crossover. It’s all about the physical dimensions of a stationwagon that makes it, traditionally, a stationwagon: a sedan with a long roof and a tailgate.

hear hear!

The V60 is NOT a crossover. It’s a stationwagon. It’s a S60 sedan with a tailgate and longer roof. That’s it. It’s what a stationwagon, by its purest definition, is. Crossovers have tall cabins and typically short wheelbases to look more like a mini-SUV. You may be thinking of Volvo’s XC series; those are…

Ah... but Volvo CAN give us a German-killing wagon. If they wanted. All they have to do is nudge their friends at Polestar to work their magic...

Don’t feel bad. GM forgot about it too.

So is my Outback. Wipes the floor with any crossover or 4X4 tank over pretty much anything. I’d have loved a Volvo V60 but it’s just wayy too out of my budget.

Canada’s just as bad, don’t worry.

I hear ya - love the visibility in the Outback; and the fact that it sits much higher than a sedan is really helpful too.

The wagon will be the Outback, much how they’ve done it in recent years, which has worked out pretty well. 

Precisely. It’s a gas pig and heavy engine that just made no sense when Subaru already has the new 2.4 flat-4 turbo to play with, an engine much better on fuel, and far more powerful. 

I knew it. Good on you Subaru. About time you give the 2.4 turbo to the Legacy (and surely Outback) line.

Graphene! Yes, sorry about that. Graphene is what I meant. 

It’s what my old mechanic told me. Then again, he was probably full of shit.