hey what's up everybody welcome to car question it's in 1995 that we saw the
first Subaru Outback do you remember its ambassador this Subaru Outback is pretty
impressive from there it gets better gas mileage than a Cherokee holds a turn tighter
than a blazer I forget acceleration go zero to 60 faster than Explorer
competition must be worried oh yeah
scared it was Crocodile Dundee Paul Hogan you know that Australian guy which like advancer
and like hostile Terrans well the Outback didn't lose at all it's adventure side of
it and we're gonna taste the new version today a completely new platform the exterior looks
like the previous version it's strange I feel that I repeat myself with the Subaru
Legacy test that we did where we talk about the exact same point it's become one point
along the Subaru lineup but a completely different role dentling more capacity with
x-mode 2.0 which is going to be available in the onyx or outdoor version depending where you live
but today we are in yukon we're gonna find some gold and some adventure with that new outback
let's look at the exterior design of that Subaru Outback and I really love the comparison that
Subaru told us it's looking like an adventure boot well you might say yes because you can see it has
the high ground clearance that we like eight point seven inches and by the way look at the design
also it's really rugged and that's the outback style with all the plastic on the side that real
big plastic edition to the front and this is the go anywhere type that we like of Subaru and by the
way you have to be ready for adventure bad weather any time that's why we're still gonna film even
if it's raining out there okay let's get back to the style even if you choose the base version or
the fully equipped model it's gonna look mostly the same except for one difference if you're in
the US you've got the own expression or here in Canada the outdoor version you're gonna see mostly
black appearance package but there's gonna be a major difference inside with the seat and all the
carpet where they're gonna be protected from those nasty stain in the mud that we're gonna get inside
as soon as this video is over but with the base version you've got the sillies the wheel 17 inches
you're still gonna roll those yokohama tires that are gonna be okay in mostly all activities
but they are natural aggressive when it comes to off road also the headlights in all version all
models you're gonna find some LED some fog lights also when you get to that side it's 17 inches or
18 inches a wheel you can see once again dimension i'll back on the style it's really rugged but once
you're gonna get into your adventure often you want to bring your bikes you want to bring in some
more luggage and you're gonna get those big roof carriers and i really love what they did to those
roof rail real easy to open you just pull them out and put them into position and you've gotten much
more places to attach everything securely let's get to the rear section one big difference now is
that you don't see the exhaust system with the legacy if you had the turbo engine you can see
those dual exhaust pipe but with the rugged style of the outback they've hidden it so you won't hit
them if you're going offroad when it comes to opening the trunk the competition got some real
unique way sometime you need to kick some time you need to get close to the car sometime it
will open just when you're gonna pass right near in the back but with the new all back you just
take your hand and put it right there with the logo and that trunk will open real quickly and
it's real easy to put the stuff inside and the cargo capacity is real amazing and that trunk is
really quick I really love the rugged look of that all back even if it's a little bit conservative
as soon as you open the door of the Outback you will be in known territory if you suddenly get
a review that we did once again the quality of the material has been improved the comfort the
sound inside the car are all feature that you're gonna like and if you're tall just like me the
Outback is gonna be even better because you will have ample space for you in front in the
rear wherever you are in the cart and I really like it well the screen same thing as it'll get
see if you go with the base version do do all 7 inches screen you will have the possibility
to go with that element point 6 inches screen that I really like but the more and more I've
used it the more and more I find it to be less intuitive than it used to be because just to go
right there at the temperature of your seat you need to press more than one times usually you
had a simple button right there in the console so this is more complicated than it used to be
and often just changing the temperature yes you can use our button on the side but sometimes the
response the fluidity of it I cannot wait to see what will happen when you're gonna get a really
cold temperature outside you know that kind of temperature that you find in Quebec only
Android auto and apple carplay are based in that car you will also find that apple carplay has
been redesigned if you install the latest iOS on your iPhone and it's going to use only a simple
fraction of the screen so I think they should have turned your screen on the side to make it
bigger to have that nice resolution that you're usually gonna find on a high pad you've got USB
connector in front of the car in the rear of the car also and when we are talking about ample space
with the seats up its 920 litres of space if you pull them down this is gonna get huge two thousand
hundred and forty four litres so it's real easy also to lower the seat and access the cargo if
you look at the materials that we have inside that onyx or outdoor version of the outback I
think he'll like that even better than the napa leather is that you can get which is gonna had
some addition of orange inside your car it's not real leather but it's kind of leather it in some
kind of way you've got the rubber mats in the are everywhere even in the trunk and that's a
good thing today with the outdoor version because there is a lot of sand in the car you probably saw
what we did with it so all that nasty stuff is getting inside but it's gonna be real easy to
clean sound system for speaker six speakers or a 12 speaker with the Harman Kardon 576 watts of
power it's kind of okay but a little bit of fine Zeon well the same command has I did in the legacy
you've got no wireless charger you can a dealer install but why not have it include right there
in the center console that would have been a much better you've got a front view camera also and if
you're looking for the X mode button it's where they're in the central screen otherwise a real
awesome car the interior got even better with the build quality inside and it really shows
let's talk about the mechanical components and the role in Ling of that you all back in I feel that
I'm gonna repeat myself because this is nearly a copy and paste of the Subaru Legacy except for
the ex mode that you're gonna find inside that car is so gone is the 3.6 liter engine you've
got two engine choice which is the 2.5 liter non turbo and the famous return of the 2.4 turbo the
XT version of the Outback I'm gonna tell you the truth if you go for the 2.5 I think it's
just barely enough horsepower to make the car enjoyable but the real deal would that Outback
is the return of the turbo engine and this one will give you way better acceleration when it's
gonna be time to pass when it's gonna be time to tow or when you're gonna play in the desert just
like we did so the 2.4 is going to be good for 260 horsepower 277 pound-feet of torque and all that
torque is coming at a real low 2000 rpm so it really likes to accelerate and there's not much
difference between the legacy and the outback when you look at the acceleration number you've got the
same CVT transmission mated to those boat engine this one's gonna simulate 8 speed you know a lot
of you guys talk to me about the torque power when you get off road we tried it and this one seems to
deliver the little kick that we needed to make sure that we went way over the obstacle that we
were facing still it could be improved with a real low setting and some kind of widgets like
the other of the competitions do but it's gonna be enough for all the Subaru buyers out there regular
fuel is gonna be used in both of those engine and you don't get any sports mode button Eco
mode button they simply put and next mode in that outback and if you go with the own X version or
the outdoor one you're gonna be able to access to Expo 2.0 this one's going to be much better
when it's gonna come to deep snow deep deep sin where it's going to turn off the traction control
and you're going to be able to keep that momentum and that's what we like so if you're facing a big
ill and momentum is not important for you you use the first mode it's gonna maximize traction
by breaking the wheels that slip and you're gonna be able to climb but otherwise in the playground
that we have in in the one that we have tested x-mode 2.0 is the better setting and it's gonna
meet much more enjoyment as soon as you get to that big top of the hill at full speed and with
that turbo power it was impressive to see that this car still accelerated while going up the
guys with the 2.5 didn't it have so much fun as we did but believe me they were able to get to
the top also towing capacity is 2700 pounds with the 2.5 and if you use the 2.4 3500 pounds this
is literally SUV territory fuel consumption with the 2.5 is going to be 9 later in the city 7.1 on
the highway 2.4 liter 10.1 and 7.9 but believe me you will get way over those number if you're gonna
be in winter with winter tires or just because it's more sporty err so you will probably press
a little bit more on the accelerator suspension is kind of great on the Outback remember you've got
that I ground clearance still you don't get that movement that bouncing is that we used
to find in the previous version you're still gonna get some nose-up and nose-down movement
and in the cornering you won't really feel it because the car is much more stiffer than it
used to do braking is okay direction is okay but I really like our soft this car can be in
regular city driving or even when you're gonna get off road and talking about offroad let's go
do more tests with the X mode and a little off-road course that Subaru designed for us
we just had an amazing time here at the off-road course you saw the x-mode in action remember guys
this is not just to go up an incline to get a better attraction x-mode is also a hill descent
system and if you want to slow the car down just press a little bit on the brakes and you will be
able to maintain traction there's nothing worse that can happen if you lose traction to a wheels
on a wet grass surface you're gonna see that it's gonna slide down pretty quickly but with the X
mode you've got confidence and you're still gonna be able to steer the car down that hill to move
around and obstacles so I really like that system otherwise let's talk about security also it's not
just about all off-road on the road you've got the famous eyesight system you've got the driver focus
you've got the tons of security feature depending on the model that you're gonna choose but beware
if you leave all them on you're gonna have a lot of others and that might get noisy or annoying
over time but still it's all about your security let's talk about price if we go with a basal
Subaru Outback $32,000 Canadian for the US $26,000 it's not bad when you look at the equipment and
what you get with that base car if you want to go with the Onyx or the outdoor edition this
is probably one of my favorite it's gonna be over $40,000 Canadian the UH next edition or the other
Edition it's not available with the 2.5 and if you want to go with the fully equipped premier
XT version $45,000 and more Canadian so the minus points about this Subaru Outback well the X the
engine will probably be a gas guzzler during the cold winter which are winter tires so the fuel
consumptions a little bit higher than expected the styling is a little bit conservative too
well look at Subaru design on their prototype this was awesome the look was real aggressive but when
they get into production they tend to be light on the pan otherwise I really miss also my good old
limited slip differential in my 2.5 RS 2001 you know back in the days when all was mechanical and
not all about electronic I kind of miss those days but on the plus side I like to have an
optional turbo engine to give you more power the X mode is pretty capable when you're gonna get off
road with that car the space inside is literally huge it's gonna be real comfortable for you and
your passenger and this is the perfect car to go on an adventure so what do you think about that
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