Hey Scotty i want to know if the 2026 Subaru outback is a great vehicle?
It's the first year of a new generation Outback so it is too new to know that. Bear In mind that in general new car quality is down across the board industry-wide. Past Outbacks have been OK cars if not quite up to Toyota or Honda standards, at least after Subaru fixed their head gasket problems.
If you intend to buy and keep the car more than a few years you will want to change the CVT fluid regularly despite Subaru's false claim that those are "sealed" units with "lifetime" fluid.
Wow it's not even really an Outback anymore. Outbacks used to be more of a high clearance station wagon. Now it's just another tacky looking cookie cutter SUV, trying to be an FJ or a tank or something. Somebody at the design meeting said "we need to slap some more plastic cladding on there".
@imperator Subaru has never been a style leader but the previous generation at least was pleasant. That thing is absolutely hideous.
@imperator that thing is ugly , wow
Scotty already reviewed this car. Please go to our main page and go to "Vehicles reviewed by Scotty < Click Here!" near the bottom.
@imperator Actually he hasn't reviewed the 2026 model, which is the first of the new generation Outback. Engine and drivetrain look to be basically the same as the previous generation but likely with detail changes that may affect reliability, and vehicle electronics and features are new. (The new Outback is also ugly as sin but that doesn't affect their reliability or longevity.)
ah ok . I read in Wikipedia that the 7th generation started with 2025 models. But I guess the one in the video was too early. 100% agree with how ugly it looks. It is SO tasteless.