Regular Car Reviews: 1991 Subaru Loyale

Listen up all you vaping and posing Boxerbros. Your entire subculture wouldn't exist without this dopey slow wagon.

[JonasRosenven]

You know the engine is small when there is room for a spare tyre in the engine compartment.

[reinbeers]

"This is how you keep a car company going. Boring cars need to exist."
Case in point: Corollas and Civics.

[WhatUpTKHere]

You've probably heard this innumerable times before, but I love how you talk about a car's place in society and our culture, rather than just the car for the car's sake. It's a very human way of looking at things - and also goes a long way to explaining why certain cars are made, and certain others aren't. Particularly interesting was your Chrysler reference and that definitely makes me think a lot about the demise of the Australian automakers. A tragedy in slow motion for someone who grew up in the shadow of the Holden factory...

[vernonprice]

I had an '87 Subaru XT Turbo 4WD, with the same 4WD button in the top of the shifter. That car also had electropneumatic suspension, so you could raise it up for driving in snow. That car was the coolest car ever. Turbo, electronic height adjustability, 4WD at any time by pressing the button in the shifter like you just got the missile launch codes. More than once, I was in the NE of the US in winter, driving on normal streets, then had to go down a road that had only been lightly plowed. Suspension up, punch the gear shifter button like a boss and turn onto the road and make it my bitch.

Holy shit I loved that car.

[stevelang]

I worked one of the worst auctions in the country as an auctioneer way back in 2000.

They sold junk, and I mean JUNK! Whatever leaked or fell off the vehicle as it went through the block, the new owner got that too.

Long story short, the only car I bought during my two years working there was a 1991 Subaru Loyale. Bought it for $425. Replaced the water pump, and my local Hashers group used it for beer runs. It was perfect, and I mean brutally perfect for fitting cases of beer.

Sold it for $2000 to a guy who didn't even bother to test drive it. All he did was ask if it was a good car, ripped off 20 $100 bills, and away he went!

[Flabulo]

When he said "put down your vape pens" I was actually hitting my vape pen. It kind of blew my mind a little.

[prototypehangar]

3 years ago. I saw this video come out. I said yo myself "I need one." one month later, 90k miles, 3 speed 4wd, wagon and $800 in my pocket. 3 years later, I still have it with 150k miles and counting. I will never get rid of it... thank you rcr, for I would have never heard of Subaru before 1998

[Morrison]

"DO YOU HEAR ME CHRYSLER?!"
Lmao

[Mamac]

1:42
dat watch on the steering wheel's spoke
REAL HUMAN BEING AND A REAL HERO

[pk]

I had an '88 version of that car in college. It really was a great car for getting up to the slopes with 3 of your buddies, all your gear, and tons of weed.

[BESIMXCARS]

The spare in the engine bay gets me every time. It's so different sitting in there.

[rerez]

I'll never make a review as good as this on anything.

[alarmcounterfuck]

Best review yet. Between the "Missile Button" and the "Dad Joke on 4 Wheels", I was tearing up. Every time I see a Loyale, it makes me smile, for exactly the reasons you stated. This car did everything right in it's time when people saw Subaru as nothing more than that strange Japanese company. As a Subaru enthusiast, The GL and Loyale are classics in the way of modern Japanese vehicles.

[BLOEDVLEK]

I live in New Zealand and during the 90s these were EVERYWHERE, pretty much everyone had one. They were not called a loyale though they were called subaru leone. Then a few years later they disappeared and you won't ever see one anywhere.

[fairlifemilk]

"A dad joke on four wheels" love that one!

[lanetokack]

I own a 1986 Toyota Tercel station wagon with the selectable 4 wheel drive and the manual transmission and I love it because it goes threw anything and it was cheep.

[_fameONE]

Welcome back, guys. We've missed you.

[erikv]

The predecessor of this car, the Suburu 1600DL brought me to kindergarden, 20 years later I used it to go to university. The engine was weak and it had flaws, but we had it for 24 years and it never failed. They did several things wrong, but above al these Leon/Loyals were just incredibly strong and reliable machines, with very little gadgets that could fail.

[Dylan]

Probably one of my favorite regular car review's ever.

[Enkiel]

my dad drove subaru for roughly 30 years. From loyale to justy, to Legacy, Impreza, all of them.

I actually have great memories of driving the justy.