Category: Large Family 
Price Range: £20,400 to £27,400
Strong, smooth performance; refinement; a unique proposition; the usual Legacy strengths.
A little noisy at start-up; too idiosyncratic?
The most petrol-like diesel we've yet driven.
Subaru has an excellent record for reliability and while this diesel engine is all-new and unproven, we wouldn't expect anything other than excellent service from it - it should be every bit as dependable as the 200,000-mile-plus petrol flat-fours.
Subaru has, in recent years, made huge advances in the quality of its interior upholstery, fixtures and fittings, and the Legacy and Outback feel every bit an upmarket choice: on a par with the Saabs and Volvos they most closely rival, at least. The company consistently scores excellent results in reliability and customer satisfaction surveys, its dealers tend to be friendly, family-owned concerns rather than massive multi-brand franchises and Subaru owners invariably come back for car after car.
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