2010 Subaru Outback 2.5i - Drive Time review

Drive Time review of the all-new 2010 Subaru Outback 2.5i by auto critic Steve Hammes

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• 2010
• Subaru
• Outback
• 2.5i
• all-wheel
• drive
• Drive
• Time
• Steve
• Hammes

[okisamurai]

I like it. Utility is what this is all about.

[NoxNoctisUmbra]

People think that RAV4 or CRV AWD system is as good as Subaru.. BS. Those cars are FWD cars that are made into AWD only when car needs to.. Even in rain AWD does not work 100% all the time with those car. With Subaru, the AWD is 100% on all the time. Win situation here

[kmulro317]

Which one is better the 2.5i 4 Cylinder or 3.6R 6 cylindrer?

[calvinmclastname]

@hins108 I have a 2011 Outback and its fine. I can't beat... most cars on uphill acceleration but once it gets moving I am by far the fastest car on the highway. Headlamps are fine (compared to BMW X5) And yes the engine sounds crappy. great car though. Don't bash it till you drive it.

[hins108]

issues wif this car:

- interior plastic quality is hard

- engine sounds loud and unpleasing when accelerating wif force

- headlamps are inadequate and don't project far enugh

- 2.5i is slow to speed up till 100km/h

- customers reporting issues wif a vibrating steering wheel .. when above 100km/h

do u think these reasons make u to reconsider to buy this car?

[76carmel]

I like your nickname of Subaru -- Su-Bee.

[1993hondaaccord]

@EthansOpinion92 Yeah when i'm tired, I always mess up those two. lol

[EthansOpinion92]

best AWD in the world! i go off roading up in vedauwoo wyoming in my 05 wrx wagon, has never failed me, never stuck, hell i had a subaru 84 gl coupe, just fwd and i out cralled all those faggots in thier pointlessly lifted trucks, all it had was skinny, bald, shitty little hankook tires with 74 hp and 3 sp auto, in my book subaru will always be notorious on and off the road.

[EthansOpinion92]

@1993hondaaccord i think you mean cr-v sir. cr-x are those little tiny death traps.

[greatbigsteve]

2.5i + CVT = ssslllloooooww......

[PulSamsara]

@1993hondaaccord

I just traded my (great) '07 CR-V for a (great) '11 Outback - first and formost because the CR-V wasn't a tank in the snow and I drive along the great lakes in the winter time for many many miles. Lot's of snow and ice - I trust the Subaru.

The CR-V had a lot going for it though - just not the AWD.

[PulSamsara]

@1993hondaaccord

Hmmm - I haven't seen to many CRXs pummeling through the snow - I imagine you mean CR-V though. As a former owner of 2 CR-Vs (1999 and 2007) and several other Honda's I'll attest to this: the CR-V is not a tank in the snow. It's a great car in many respects but peace of mind on a snowy highway is not one of them. As for Subaru's 'legendary dependability' - I've heard that story told both ways by many folks who've owned them.