Ben Lockwood, PhDThe SUVification of the Subaru Outback is my villain origin story
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Joe Brockmeier@Slyence @benlockwood are they, though? Cause I’m a customer and they’ve lost me with the behemoth they’re calling an Outback now.
Sara@jzb @Slyence @benlockwood yeah, our household owns two Subarus and we're all pretty grossed out by this
@sarae @jzb @benlockwood I get it, I want a real wagon and I’m not happy my choice is now an expensive Benz or Audi, but the new outback is flying off dealer lots
@Slyence @sarae @benlockwood Oh, well if they can fly, then that changes my opinion somewhat. Do I need a different license for that?
irrational method@sarae @jzb @Slyence @benlockwood
Yeah. I was pretty sour about this trend with the post-2009 Outback, but living in the somewhat rural northwest, I have been very happy with the Crosstrek that we got in 2016. Given how many I see on the road, lots of other people seem to agree?
There were some articles at the time about the 2009 model embiggening being motivated by Subaru needing to meet fleet-wide efficiency standards, which was defined separately for cars and trucks from a brand. The larger Outback allowed them to turn their most popular and least efficient car into their most popular and most efficient truck, improving the average for both categories.
But I really don't understand the newest one though.
eestileib (she/hers)@IrrationalMethod @sarae @jzb @Slyence @benlockwood
The truck loophole was such terrible policy