2016 Subaru Outback Review And Test Drive With Price Horsepower And Photo Gallery

Critics love the 2016 Subaru Outback's spacious seats, generous cargo capacity and superb all-wheel drive traction. All use of Subaru's trademarks, brands, and logos, including all Subaru marks displayed here, is purely referential, and such marks are the property Subaru. The Outback has better fuel efficiency than other off-road-capable crossovers, most of which are much heavier and taller to achieve the same sort of capability (and ground clearance). This 2015 Outback is for Subaru fanatics looking everywhere for that perfect wagon.

Going with an Outback Premium or Limited will get you a larger touchscreen interface that's easy to use. The upmarket Outback offers about 40% more power than the four-cylinder, which is extremely significant. You could further simulate this by giving the steering wheel a little wiggle at touring speeds, the Outback responding like a much smaller car. As a result, this overview uses applicable research and reviews from the 2015 and 2016 Subaru Outback Pittsfield model years.

We've paired the Outback with the Skoda Scout and against the Volkswagen Passat Alltrack , and each time it has come up trumps. The 2016 Subaru Outback comes in four trim levels, starting with the entry-level Outback 2.5i at $24,995, and ending with the top-of-the-line Outback 3.6R, the only model with a six-cylinder engine. Subaru was the only brand to record a U.S. sales increase in 2008 as the market skidded into recession. If approved, Fuji Heavy Industries will change its name to Subaru Corporation on April 1, 2017, which coincides with FHI's 100th anniversary. Safety features on the Outback now include optional lane departure intervention.

In 2013, Subaru restyled the Outback's front end, added in a standard CVT and pushed the base 2.5-liter engine to 24 mpg city and 30 mpg highway - a 2 mpg and 1 mpg increase, respectively. However, they say the CVT in the Outback is better than most because it mimics a conventional automatic, which helps reduce engine noise. Actually, the Outback has nearly as much cargo volume as the Forester with the second row folded, and somehow has more volume behind the second row.

A modest update in February 2016 added EyeSight to auto-gearbox diesel models (EyeSight remained unavailable on manual diesels), and brought minor suspension changes. The Outback comes outfitted with all-wheel-drive, a fairly high ground clearance and body cladding suitable for some light off-road driving. Every 2016 Outback features numerous standard safety features, including front, front-side impact and full-length side-curtain airbags. According to the EPA, the base 2016 Subaru Outback gets 25/33 mpg city/highway, which is good for the class. Outbacks with the larger flat-6 now return an EPA-estimated 20/27/22 mpg—a big improvement over the 17/25/20 mpg of the 2014 model.

Let the Outback take you where you want to go with its great fuel efficiency and capacity. The Outback is offered with three four-cylinder trim levels - 2.5i, 2.5i Premium and 2.5i Limited - along with the six-cylinder 3.6R Limited trim. The 2016 Outback boasts a 2.5-liter engine, which produces 175 horsepower, giving this vehicle a kick of energy. Fuel economy is impressive with the four-cylinder engine at 25/33 mpg city/highway while the more power flat-six is rated lower at 20/27 mpg. On the Premium and Limited trim levels, the Outback comes with Starlink Connected Services, which includes emergency assistance and automatic collision notification.