A wagon beat the SUVs at their own game: this Outback generation won Motor Trend's Sport/Utility of the Year award for 2010.
Median 138 hp across 25 similar cars
Lead trim: FB25B 2.5 L DOHC (2013–14) · up to 256 hp
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FactA wagon beat the SUVs at their own game: this Outback generation won Motor Trend's Sport/Utility of the Year award for 2010.
Based on the fifth-generation Legacy, introduced in April 2009 at the New York Auto Show on the 15th anniversary of the first Outback's debut, and in Japan on 20 May 2009; the "Legacy" prefix was dropped internationally. Ground clearance rose to 8.7 in, and it was Subaru's ninth CVT vehicle, with a new double-wishbone rear suspension and cradle-mounted front structure. The frameless side windows and the D-pillar glass of earlier Outbacks were dropped, and the turbocharged engine was no longer offered internationally. North American trims were 2.5i (EJ253, then FB25B from 2013 with a 6-speed manual or Lineartronic CVT with paddle-shifted virtual gears) and 3.6R (EZ36 flat-six), each in base, Premium and Limited grades; the 2.0 L EE20 turbo diesel was distinguished by a hood scoop. It won Motor Trend's 2010 Sport/Utility of the Year. The page gives no power figures for this generation.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE20 2.0 L DOHC turbodiesel | 2010–2014 | 2.0 L Flat-4 | 150 hp | 258 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| EJ253 2.5 L SOHC (2010–12) | 2010–2012 | 2.5 L Flat-4 | 170 hp | 170 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| EZ36 3.6 L DOHC flat-six (3.6R) | 2010–2014 | 3.6 L Flat-6 | 256 hp | 247 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| FB25B 2.5 L DOHC (2013–14) | 2013–2014 | 2.5 L Flat-4 | 170 hp | 174 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
Owning one
An estimate, for the EE20 2.0 L DOHC turbodiesel 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
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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
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Cooling the C6 RS6’s twin-turbo V10 took seven separate radiators and four electric fans under the bonnet.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.