2023 Subaru Outback Turbo Review | Australia's First Turbo Petrol Outback | Drive.com.au

After a long wait, the Subaru Outback Australian's wanted is here in the form of the 2023 Subaru Outback Turbo. Trent Nikolic samples the new Outback on urban and country roads to find out whether a turbo engine adds spice to an already solid large SUV platform.

00:00 Introduction
00:49 Pricing & Specifications
02:32 Front Seats
03:36 On The Road
07:20 Summary

#subaru #subaruoutback #2023subaruoutbackturbo
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[justis]

Best car Reviewer out there, no BS accurate and to the point no obsession with 0 to 100 times and slamming the peddle to the floor. A modern-day Peter Wherrett perhaps.

[eight]

While the 0-100ks is fine, it’s the 20-110ks that is very impressive. It goes like a scalded cat! VW, Audi etc always get off the line faster because of their unreliable, but quick DSGs. But once the XT spools up it sling shots past all but the fastest of them.

[Roku-qpoc]

The best value wagon in Australia. So versatile and comfortable across many terrains. Considering most Australians drive 90% of our time on tar the Outback still manage masters luxury offroad when needed.

As for the turbo its glorious and provides the power you need to keep you going and get you out if trouble on roads at times.

The main negative everyone always brings up is fuel consumption compared to other brands however when filling the tank its such a minor difference. The extra cost is worth it.

Still made in Japan and still remains a high quality build.

[jsnmrtn]

40 seconds of the entire review dedicated to the turbo engine

[waggaclint]

How’s it compare to the old H6 3.6R model?

[tturi]

I don't like calling it an SUV, imo its a legacy with long travel suspension, just needs the bigger sti box guards. it's also one of the few new cars I have actually looked into buying, went on a test drive everything. but I would be forced into the cvt 😪

[TreenighetMaranata]

1:27 - 1:43 Regarding Turbo from 0 - 100? You never did it like you said you would! 🤗 ❤ 😊

[tonycoz]

We are asking for the Forester XT to return with the 2.4Lt. Turbo also!

[craigelliott]

Great initial review….when can we expect a detailed review?

[ingridmatschke]

Does the 80kph towing restriction imposed by Subaru on all of their previous vehicles still apply? Nobody ever mentions that, including the sales people when they know you want to buy it to tow with. No point being able to tow a decent sized van if you have to drive so slow on a highway, it's just stupidly unsafe (particularly for the other traffic). .

[MYM]

Would love to see the Forester Wilderness trim in Australia.

[kentaylor]

When did the Outback go from "Wagon" to "SUV"?

[saravanakarthik]

what abt NVH levels on our Aussie B roads ??

[Studat]

how could you do a review and not get the boot in.

[tadstertrolley]

So the power was disappointing since he didn't really talk about it much.

[bdbxpyd]

Good summary. Do you know what the AWD front/rear torque split is? Thanks.

[carlosortega]

Hello, Great reveu. What color is this? Looks great!!

[dec]

you never do a followup review say after 100k to see what failed and what worked properly, value is the whole of life cost to keep a car including all services and breakdowns etc.

[LargeGSX]

All the clowns in here screeching about the 0-100 time. It's not intended to be a performance car, that's for the WRX and it's wagon (Levorg) variant. It's a big, comfortable wagon that's way more capable off road than every other 'soft roader' in it's catergory. The turbo engine gives it a fair bit more oomph for overtaking and towing, that's it's purpose.

Is it slow? - No, it's pretty bloody lively for a big luxury offroad wagon. Which can only get faster using WRX power adders.
Is it faster than the WRX, Audi's, Skoda's, VW's? No, it's not but it's not meant to be.
Can the WRX, Audi's, Skoda's, VW's go offroad like the Outback? No, they cannot.
Does the CVT suck? No, it's actually very good and in [S] mode and manualised it's a lot of fun.

[tyroneclarke]

Thank you for the video. Looks like a mid sized SUV not a “large” SUV.