Subaru Legacy West drive sedan since 2009 sedan

Maturity

Subaru celebrates the 20th anniversary of his sales leader, Legacy. It is at this time that the new generation of both the anniversary and Alter Ego Legacy Outback is represented. Both cars really have a noticeably matured!
The young enthusiasm is replaced by young and charged energy by pressure, but already judicious and confident? Forget the rally legend that the galaxy created around you! Her place in the glory hall of the brand. Now the word sports, which continues to sound stubbornly in application to Legacy and Outback, is primarily the ability to lead the owner to the place of outdoor vacation, providing it with the necessary equipment, impressive baggage, or all accessories for a picnic.
The first photos of the new generation of headlines, published in the spring, were surprised. It is clear that the main market for Subaru is American, but is it really possible not to reckon with the tastes of Europeans? Heavy-handed forms, leaving the Tribeca-Impreza-Forester through style, the creation of which barely managed to rejoice
In reality, everything turned out to be much better. Yes, there is heavyweight, but it is no more noticeable than that of classmates, this is a common tribute to passive safety. Brutal features in fact in a 1: 1 scale are intended and appropriate. In general, in life, the car looks much prettier than in the photo. And the salon looks almost revolutionary for Subaru almost gone, in appearance and to the touch, the materials of the finish became much more pleasant.
And on the go? To begin with, we get acquainted with Outback, the ancestor of our own genre, in which the players on the fingers are now counted. And since so much has been said about the expanse (the cars added 4.57 cm in the main dimensions), then we will check it. Moreover, in the skin of the rear passenger. I set up the front seat under my 193 cm of growth, the benefit of 10 electro -regulations allow you to choose a landing without problems. And I calmly sit down behind myself and really pleasing.
I ask my partner to have an overweight through a winding three -dimensional asphalt, anticipating how to fly now! Indeed, in terms of road clearance (230 mm), even Forester surpasses the new out. But after 15 minutes I find that I was shamelessly doomed! Outback successfully goes through a thin blade to be comfortable, but not too rushing. Even with active ride, the passenger does not feel either tedious shaking or straining swing. Although there is one thing: we got acquainted with the Euro version, and for Russia Subaru traditionally changes the suspension settings. First of all, just to combat the swing on our non -perfect roads, clamping shock absorbers along the end of the end. We hope that Russification will not affect general comfort.
 
Now behind the wheel! Alas, we pass by cars with Boxer Diesel in our market will not be. EURO 5 systems with a closed soot filter Russian diesel fuel is destructive. There remains a choice of three options for Outback gasoline engines: 2.0 liters and 2.5-liter H4 engines and a 3.6-liter H6. For 2.0 liters, only 6-speed mechanics are laid, and for the senior version only an automatic machine. But 2.5-liter outburst are equipped with both manual transmission and new variator (CVT) Lineatronic, the subject of special pride of Subaru engineers.
Turning on a modern environmental card (even on the new dashboard, one of the main places is occupied by a switch economy), they are pleasantly surprised by the numbers of the speed of gearboxes of the variator of 100 milliseconds! Lineatronic, in which instead of a wedge belt, the chain is used, remains ahead of not only direct competitors, but also most ordinary automatic transmission. Indeed, a 2.5-liter car with a variator seems even more frisky than a top 3.6 liter!
It is frisky: to compete in pure power with a 249 -forces engine, which confidently drags a much larger tribe, is unrealistic. But the variator, at least subjectively, levels the difference. Also, and providing, if not inhibition, then a noticeable slowdown in the released gas pedal.
Some innovations are not striking. The engine is now installed on the subframe. In addition to the growth of comfort, this solution plays and the subframe is designed to strengthen security so as to take shape in the right direction when impact. And in front of it is a damper zone, minimizing damage when hit at speeds up to 15 km/h. And what a conversation about Subaru without mentioning all -wheel drive! AWD systems are now three. Lineatronic transmission has an active distribution of torque based on constant monitoring of the working conditions of each wheels. 3.6-liter machines variable distribution of the moment (in the database 45:55) based on planetary transmission. The versions with the manual transmission are equipped with a symmetrical (50:50) Interssex differential with a self -block based on Wylian
In the Legacy family, the topov is not a 3.6-liter engine, but a 2.5-turbo with a three SI/Sport/Sport Sharp mode we know from Impreza STI. Structurally and geometrically, the changes are all the same. Naturally, just Legacy is more sharpened for movement along the highway, the car went assembled and harmonious, especially in the top version of GT. The only thing that now has to be considered (primarily in terms of controllability) with the fact that the car has grown. But you get used to it quickly.
Happy anniversary, Legacy! And with growing up!
 
 

 
 

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