This Outback shared Top Gear's Car of the Year crown — an unusual honor for a jacked-up wagon to split with the Ford Mondeo in 2007.
Median 135 hp across 36 similar cars
Lead trim: 2.5 L SOHC (175 hp) · up to 245 hp
Subaru Outback BL/BP third generationBL/BP · 2003–2009
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FactThis Outback shared Top Gear's Car of the Year crown — an unusual honor for a jacked-up wagon to split with the Ford Mondeo in 2007.
Launched on 22 October 2003 with the third-generation Legacy at the 60th Frankfurt Auto Show, when the Outback name was used in all markets for the first time, and carrying the Legacy wagon's BP model codes (BP9 for 2.5 L, BPE for 3.0 L). The 3.0 L EZ30 H6 was introduced at the 2004 Chicago Auto Show. Ground clearance was 8.5 in in the US and about 7.8 in elsewhere. The Outback XT for 2005 used the WRX's turbocharged 2.5 L EJ255; the top US trim was the L.L. Bean Edition (3.0 L H6, limited-slip differential, one-piece glass moonroof). The Outback and the Ford Mondeo won Top Gear's 2007 Car of the Year. From model year 2008 the Legacy wagon and Outback sedan were dropped in the US. A 2.0 L EE20 flat-four diesel (5-speed manual) was offered in Europe from March 2008, the only Subaru diesel, and Subaru's planned US diesel never arrived.
Collectors Spotted in the Subaru Outback Lineage
No member has published a public street spot of the Subaru Outback yet — the First · Worldwide stamp is wide open.
Trims & Figures
4 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 L DOHC turbo XT (243 hp, from 2005) | 2005–2009 | 2.5 L Flat-4 | 243 hp | 241 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 2.5 L SOHC (175 hp) | 2004–2009 | 2.5 L Flat-4 | 175 hp | 167 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| EE20 2.0 L turbodiesel (Europe, 148 hp, from 2008) | 2008–2009 | 2.0 L Flat-4 | 148 hp | 258 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| EZ30 3.0 L DOHC flat-six (245 hp) | 2004–2009 | 3.0 L Flat-6 | 245 hp | 219 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
Owning one
An estimate, for the 2.5 L DOHC turbo XT (243 hp, from 2005) trim: fuel on its EPA figure and a dated national price, upkeep on a per-mile average for the kind of car it is.
Owners’ builds
Nobody has claimed one yet.
Photographs
The new Outback's full-width tail light bar has a 2 ft ruler built in, for measuring whatever you are about to load.
One model props up an entire segment: the Outback alone accounts for more than 80% of all new station wagons sold in the US.
This Outback's high beams never fully switch off — Subaru's Adaptive Driving Beam instead shutters out just the part of the light hitting oncoming drivers.
A wagon beat the SUVs at their own game: this Outback generation won Motor Trend's Sport/Utility of the Year award for 2010.
This Outback shared Top Gear's Car of the Year crown — an unusual honor for a jacked-up wagon to split with the Ford Mondeo in 2007.
For a few years, this Outback's six-cylinder trim came with genuine McIntosh audio — the same esteemed hi-fi name found in home theaters, one of the only cars ever to get it from the factory.
Subaru didn't have the budget for an all-new SUV, so it dressed up a Legacy wagon instead. A Subaru of America executive later put it bluntly: "[the Outback] saved our company."
Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
A wagon beat the SUVs at their own game: this Outback generation won Motor Trend's Sport/Utility of the Year award for 2010.
The original RS6 debuted Audi's clever hydraulic Dynamic Ride Control suspension — and enough owners got tired of its leaking dampers that they ripped the whole system out for plain coilovers.
Cooling the C6 RS6’s twin-turbo V10 took seven separate radiators and four electric fans under the bonnet.
For a few years, this Outback's six-cylinder trim came with genuine McIntosh audio — the same esteemed hi-fi name found in home theaters, one of the only cars ever to get it from the factory.
Subaru didn't have the budget for an all-new SUV, so it dressed up a Legacy wagon instead. A Subaru of America executive later put it bluntly: "[the Outback] saved our company."
The new Outback's full-width tail light bar has a 2 ft ruler built in, for measuring whatever you are about to load.
The C7-generation RS6 Avant never officially reached America at all — buyers there got the RS7 Sportback instead, running the exact same engine and platform in a different body.
This Outback's high beams never fully switch off — Subaru's Adaptive Driving Beam instead shutters out just the part of the light hitting oncoming drivers.