BEST Subaru to BUY! 2024 Subaru Outback Wilderness Review

2024 Subaru Outback Wilderness review by The Straight Pipes. The 24 Outback Wilderness is putting down 260 horsepower and 277 lb-ft of torque from a 2.4L 4Cyl Turbo Boxer engine. At $44,795 CAD, would you take it over the Rav 4 Trail?

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[TheStraightPipes]

We're officially back to filming from taking August off!

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[IvanMacKenzie]

Another equipment difference with the Wilderness is the inclusion of a full-size spare. And in the U.S. the spare includes TPMS, allowing for 5-tire rotation.

[kennorcott]

As someone who worked at a Subaru dealer, the Outback wilderness was my favorite new subie to drive aside from the manual wrx. Great car, someone should manual swap one

[sarrum]

We just got one, had it for about a month so far and we love it. 🥰
- One thing of note, both my wife and I both said it’s so easy to speed in this car. It’s deceptively quick. It doesn’t convey a sense of speed at all. Around town driving we catch ourselves jumping up to 50mph in a 35mph zone without knowing it.

[Parkie]

When I was a kid in the 80s my Dad got a Subie wagon. I learned to drive with that car. Loved Subarus ever since. We lived in Saudi Arabia and took it to the beach and camping in the desert. NEVER got stuck. Great car.

[klauss_aquatics]

Awesome review guys! I've owned mine for a year already and I still love it! I am normally a neutural color guy i couldnt help but get the Geyser Blue one! Very cool color and good engine for it.

[rpiian]

I got to drive this for a few days as a loaner, in black. Very impressed. The extra power is impressive and the CVT is surprisingly good with responsive paddleshifters (I'd say one of their best attempts). With the extra ride height I'd take it over a WRX at this point, for where I live... FTR I owned a ‘14 WRX hatch for 10 years, also.

[dujkzsf]

The Subaru Outback is unbelievably comfortable and a great choice for taller drivers. It’s no show pony but a realistic and capable vehicle packed with loads of useful features. Fully flat fold down seats is a huge bonus. Love the Outback ❤

[Jason-qrrc]

I've been waiting 3 years for you guys to review an XT version of the Outback to validate my decision.

[Jakesmusings]

Just bought the Outback Wilderness and it was nice to see it on your review! My next plan is to visit each National Park in the Continental United States and Canada as my retirement celebration! Great review; always enjoy your insights and ribbing of the vehicles you review. Keep up the good work!

[kimcloud]

100% agree with Jakob about the comfort. Our Onyx XT is the most comfortable road trip daily driver hwy car. It is shocking how "supple" the ride is for its price. As he says, it just works as a vehicle to get you from A to B safely and utilitarian enough to carry stuff. The XT has enough power to pass on hwys without much issue. Plus with decent ground clearance and a set of light AT tires, it can tackle most inclemant weather that you might encounter or handle "urban offroading" (ie pot holes deteriorating roads and construction zones) with comfort and confidence you wont destroy something. The formula is essentially a Safari wagon for those who have active lifestyles (camping, hiking, skiing etc) but don't need a truck or serious offroader like a Jeep or 4runner, which all have drawbacks as well.

[TrekCA]

Ive had my 22 outback wilderness for over a year and where this car shines is on fireroads or dirt roads. You can absolutely send it and it rides so smooth. I feel like this car rides more smooth on fire roads compared to some regular roads.

[HumanGame]

There are off-road trails in South West/Central Ontario that the Outback can conquer. I know this because I use my '22 OBW for off-roading in Ontario. It's the main reason I bought it.

[robervin]

Absolutely love you jake. Incredible job the enthusiasm. With yuri. The brotherly togetherness is everything.

[LuxLazar]

Got mine at the end of August. I absolutely love it. Was turned off by the cvt, but it’s surprisingly been pretty good.

[MsSgerg]

My parents bought a Forester and basically speced it out to be a Wilderness package before that existed (minus the lift).. they love it

[jeffer]

This and the Forester Wilderness (and likely the upcoming Crosstrek Wilderness) are honest vehicles. Not hard core Rubicon Wranglers (which would be overkill for 99% of the people who buy them anyway), but more capable than regular vehicles (CRV, Rogue, RAV4, etc). They also drive really nice (in terms of comfort) and are actually reasonably well priced (not cheap, but not really expensive either). We bought a Forester Wilderness about 2 months ago and love the way it drives. It drives smaller than it is (it's not that big anyway), but it really feels like a compact car when you are driving around town in traffic. Great visibility, comfortable ride and a no-nonsense interior (the 2024 Forester will likely have that large infotainment screen though, which is why we actually prefer the 2023 model).

[arress]

We have a '22 model and we love it. The infotainment system sucks but that's an all around Suburu thing.

[george-nggj]

Just bought one - traded in a 2021 Outback Onyx XT for this and its incrementally better in every way.

[jdpst]

Just picked up a 2023 All black Forester Wilderness with 13 miles on it and within about a week I've put about 800 miles on it. I'm coming from a 2017 LR Discovery HSE full size and I did LOVE that car but I'm really into this Forester A LOT! It has everything you need and really nothing you don't. It's simple buttons and knobs, I took it on some trails and it handled really well I was pretty impressed. I'm stoked to get it to the mountains during ski season and I think it will be a great car for a few years. I can't complain about the 27mpg I'm averaging now either compared to the 16/17 of the Disco. I wish it either had two options: Either offered in a MANUAL gearbox, OR the Turbo Motor of the outback.... OR BOTH! Would be incredible..

For me personally I liked the motor option of the outback but I enjoyed the seating position of the Forester a bit more. It sits up higher and just has that SUV rugged feel where as the seating position in the outback was more car like.