Subaru has decided to drop its Outback sedan and Legacy wagon for 2008. The redesigned models, which go on sale this fall, will be more differentiated than they were in the past.
Subaru figures that dropping its slower selling versions of the car - which share essentially the same platform - will make the choices easier for consumers, as well as more profitable in the long run. The Outback sedan was never a huge seller and most people who wanted a large Subaru wagon chose the Outback, not the Legacy.




07/13, 4:48 PM
posted by:
Veda
Profit it truly the bottom line.
07/13, 6:10 PM
posted by:
Htay5500
I want my hands on the spec b legacy. hope they have some leftover 07’s. though the 08 legacys and outbacks arent bad.
07/13, 6:46 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
I like subarus becaus they’re tough!
07/13, 7:17 PM
posted by:
Jordan
i got a better idea on how to boost profit. get rid of the goddamn baja.
07/13, 7:54 PM
posted by:
TOZO
The Baja is gone. There’s no ‘07. (Your - rather, Our - prayers have been answered, Jordan.)It’s just still on Subaru’s website because they have too many leftovers.
The Outback sedan made NO sense AT ALL! Outbacks should be wagons and Legacies should be sedans. No mixups! Ugly body cladding shouldn’t make a car an Outback or anything for that matter. Audi figured that out a little sooner by pulling the Allroad from the US lineup. THey could have at least called it the “A6 Allroad” like they do in other countries.
07/13, 8:23 PM
posted by:
Htay5500
outback sedan should have never came to existence.
07/13, 8:58 PM
posted by:
A4
this is crap subaru im sure they dont cost you much to build, if i ever bought a new outback it would be the sedan, and if i ever bought a wagon it would be a black legacy 2.5 GT. A shame you backed out of these niche markets. Nobody else has an off-road sedan.
07/13, 9:13 PM
posted by:
LamborghiniZ
i liked the concept of the outback sedan. wouldn’t get one, but its sweet regardless. sorry to see it go.
07/14, 12:29 AM
posted by:
autonutt
So much ado about nothing — what’s really changed here? Now we have a base Outback wagon without all the cladding of the upper level models.. essentially the old Legacy wagon. And there probably won’t be a clad version of the Legacy sedan since the Outback sedan didn’t sell. And they ALL have AWD anyway, so the supposed extra capability of the Outback isn’t really a valid argument.
Hopefully, limiting the Outback name to the Legacy wagon will prevent Subaru from inflicting us with a Outback Sport version of the hideous new Impreza!
07/14, 3:51 AM
posted by:
Saud
Good idea.
07/14, 4:31 AM
posted by:
jamaicandude
I second that. Smart move, Subaru.
07/14, 10:27 AM
posted by:
BLISS
SUBARU BUILD GOOD CARS
07/14, 10:28 AM
posted by:
BLISS
GREAT CHANGES
07/14, 1:06 PM
posted by:
TOZO
So is the Impreza Outback Sport still going to return for the new Impreza, or does subaru want to still confuse us about the Impreza?
07/14, 1:15 PM
posted by:
frankhoffy
Subaru has the most confusing models of any car manufacturer I have seen. I think if you take the words “Impreza”, “Outback”, and “Legacy”, Subaru has made a car out of every possible combination of those words.
Stop confusing people and stop making ugly cars.
07/14, 1:32 PM
posted by:
tripleonefive
Subarus are nice they are expensive but nice That new Tribeca looks generic but they had to make it that way for sales. I cant wait to see one on the road Subaru Legacy is just as good as any Mazda and my mechanic told me they are tanks so with less confusing trims and a lower price they might be up there in sales with Honda and Toyota
07/14, 6:01 PM
posted by:
Tree
Seriously, BLISS, you don’t make any sense.
07/15, 11:50 AM
posted by:
c4Menace
I hate the 2008 WRX lineup - They look like a boot on wheels..not sure what Subaru was thinking when they drafted the company plan.
07/16, 9:01 AM
posted by:
kayne001
Yuck, Id rather them go back to the previous design, this latest one looks 90’s ish.
07/16, 9:05 AM
posted by:
meanpants555
I own a 2005 Subaru Legacy GT 5-speed and it is in many ways a horrible car. The structure creaks and it handles like a speed boat. The engine is a gem and intieior is swank, but this is my last Subaru.
07/16, 11:30 AM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
3115: I would like a seven-seat tribeca, but $3 gas has pretty much killed that
07/17, 6:22 AM
posted by:
Get Real
Subaru does not make good cars, people here have obviously NEVER had to take one apart. Try to get into the engine to save your car from the junkyard, Good Luck…..Now you have to go to the dealer and spend the trade-in value of your car to repair it.
Anyone here also read the head-gasket problems they are having with these Subaru ? People are fed up with this car.
Die Subaru….Die
07/17, 10:24 AM
posted by:
Fletch
2006 Legacy spec.B owner and I like the car and I’m glad I bought it. Having said that, I fully expected to spend around $4k in the aftermarket before I left the dealer lot. The suspension is far too soft and though the power is adequate, I would like it to be 300+bhp, which is not hard to do with exhaust and tuning.
07/17, 12:56 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
GetReal: my stepfather and by uncle years ago rebuilt the engine on a then-ancient subaru.
I knew another guy who bough a $100 subaru and drove it for 8 more years
Subarus are tough