2023 Subaru Outback XT (2.4 turbo) 0-100km/h

2023 Subaru Outback Sport XT specifications:

183kW (245hp) / 350Nm, 2.4-litre turbo flat 4-cylinder
CVT auto transmission with all-wheel drive
Official average fuel consumption: 9.0L/100km
Boot space: 522L/1267L
Price: AU$52,190 (not including on-road costs, at time of upload)

The 2023 Outback XT comes in as the new flagship model. It's available in Sport XT and Touring XT, both featuring the 2.4 'FA24' turbo engine. This unit is pretty much lifted from the latest WRX performance icon, only here it is 'detuned' slightly to produce 183kW and 350Nm, instead of 202kW in the WRX.

Subaru used to present a turbo engine with the old Liberty/Legacy (remember those?), but it didn't offer a similar package for the Liberty-based Outback in Australia. Though, there was a turbo-diesel option here a few years ago. Nonetheless, the new XT is not the most powerful Outback ever offered in Australia. That title remains in the hands of the last Outback 3.6R (2020), which generated 191kW.

Engine aside, the 2023 Outback remains as one of the pioneers of the jumped-up, adventurous wagon vehicle style. It boasts, arguably class-leading on-board safety tech, excellent all-terrain capability (for a monocoque platform), and brilliant in-car practicality.

Prices kick off from AU$52,190 for the Sport XT and from $55,990 for the Touring XT. Local buyers can also choose from the existing 2.5i range, with Touring, Sport, and the base no badge, ranging from $50,990, $47,190, and $42,690, respectively (before on-road costs)...
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[Drtbykr]

Sweet, I have a 2.5 and it isnt pretty under the hood like this❤

[drivingenthusiastaustralia]

A bit more boost and you could have an 'Outback STI'? 😃

[zhenghaopeng]

sorry where you can turn on the "sport mode"? I have a 2021 onxy XT version and never saw anywhere saying a "sport mode", perhaps that's a new feature for 2023?

[danielmiller]

I feel the CVT is a little slow off the line. I’m not sure about the newer xt. But my 3.6r really moves, but that’s once I get it up to about 15-20mph

[australianmade]

That’s moving for a lifted family hauler. It’s a little slow to move so probably costs itself a second getting off the line. But for in gear acceleration which is what we really need, it’s a winner.

[randomautonomousdronepilot]

Dude doesn’t know how to drive because everyone else is getting sub 6s numbers