Subaru Legacy Test drive station wagon 2003 - 2006 station wagon

Anti -owned values

The mark of 100 km/h fly somewhere in the middle of the working range of the third program. The speedometer arrow has not yet crossed the equator marked up to 260 km/h of the scale. On the tachometer there are four with a small thousand. I glance at the central console. On the multifunctional screen, additional devices: voltmeter, flow meter and acceleration reserve indicator.


And is this a family car?
The ribs and hips feel solid lateral support, the hands are adjusted in height of the three -spoke steering wheel MOMO. Under the feet of Matovo, four sports and fluffy Pooppers and a platform for the rest of the left leg gleam. Something suggests that the left leg today will not be up to rest
 

Turn the key. Red edges of the devices emerge from the darkness of the dashboard. Following them, arrows flashed brightly, making a ritual procession along the route from the limit to the limit. There is. Returned. Now the turn of white optronic scales, completing an impeccable picture at the wheel. I turn the key to the stop, and six cylinders of a three -liter opponent begin to box under the hood.

  

And this is a family car?!
The mark of 100 km/h fly somewhere in the middle of the working range of the third program. The speedometer arrow has not yet crossed the equator marked up to 260 km/h of the scale. On the tachometer there are four with a small thousand. I glance at the central console. On the multifunctional screen, additional devices: voltmeter, flow meter and acceleration reserve indicator. Moreover, this latter convinces: there is still plenty of traction. The right leg agrees and pushes the apparent floor pedal of the accelerator. The revolutions jump to the red zone. Clutch working stroke in the first third of pressing the fourth gear, and the speedometer arrow is already conquering new borders.
 
Subaru Tecnica International Sports box is great. Juicy switching, laconic passages. You do not pull a short lever and do not move them manipulating. And gradually you feel that it is already he manipulates your consciousness why is the third so far? Come on, there are three more ahead! So do not long become a fan of low starts. Standing at the next pole position, inevitably you throw a look left and right who are there? Ugh, dozens again
Still, a full-wheel drive is a great thing. Even such not sowhemed by programmable differentials as on this Legacy. The torque shares in half between the two axes, which is enough to demonstrate their ruby \u200b\u200brear lights to former neighbors by the former neighbors. And then catch up with those cars, light up your expressive face in their mirrors with a chrome-based trim of the radiator grate and a samurai head optics and, a second later, let the rapid lines of the sidewalls fly past a black arrow.

 

And this is a family car?!
LEGACY and I rush further. The steering wheel, light in parking modes, with increasing speed requires significant efforts when deviated from the direct trajectory. Are you sure that we will go into a turn with this crazy speed? Let's go. And we will do it beautifully without diagonal swing and frightening rolls. The steering wheel is like a thoroughbred horse showing the proper degree of perseverance, it suddenly empty, submitting to the will of the strong. At first, it scares, but then you get used to the information still enough. The Bridgestone Potenza 215/45R18 tires cling to the trajectory confidently, and a symmetrical all -wheel drive saves from surprises. Well, if the surprises still appear, you can, so be it, transfer the right leg from gas to the brake, nod your head in response to slowing down and again gas, gas
 

And this is a family car
At the wheel of such a car, you completely forget that there are passenger places and an impressive trunk in addition to the back. There is. And the rear sofa with an armrest and a decent stock of legs space, and the trunk with a very comfortable door can be opened without risk at the jaw, even if you stand close to the car. And the back of the rear sofa easily folds either, or forty percent, or for sixty, just press a button to which it is not difficult to reach.
 
Only if you decide to ride a family on a three -liter Legacy, stock up on hygienic bags to them the very place in the nets on the backs of the front seats.
Nevertheless, this car is clearly not family values.
 
Autography
Subaru Legacy
Winner
japanese competition
2004 car
Predecessor
Legacy III (1998)
Prototype
WX-01 (2001)
Premiere
october 2004
Body
sedan, 5-door station wagon
Engines
2.0-3.0 l (138-245 hp)
Production
Japan
Expected replacement
2010/11

 
The car is provided by Laura-Auto, an official Subaru dealer.
During the test, the car is insured by Rosno.
 
Text: Nikolai Svistun
Photo: Roman Ostanin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

A source: Wheel magazine [No. 85/2004]