Last time I test drove a Subaru, I said to the dealer: “perfect car for me, except that it uses gasoline”, and I left. So I like to think I contributed to this new “EV only” strategy.
You needed to test drive a car to learn that it was a gasoline car? You’re brave for admitting that.
Your logic is faulty but we still love you.
You test drove the car famous for exactly two things, one of which is its boxer engine. What exactly were you expecting if not the famous boxer engine?
Famous for blowing head gaskets.
Sure, in 20+ year old engines. What was the last modern non-wrx Subie you had a head gasket go in?
Ive had way more problems with wheel bearings
I was expecting a fair comparison between 5 different cars having features I liked, so that I could choose one to purchase.
I would hope that the dangerously blinding headlights were also a detractor
Key word is Europe. Because us north-americans are stuck 30 years in the past in terms of transport, but with cars twice as big.
That’s a bold move, considering they’re only just now getting around to making their own EV - their earlier models are all basically rebadged Toyotas, iirc.
Do they even make any electric vehicles?
Yeah, 4 of them built on the joint subaru-toyota platform.
Subaru Solterra = Toyota bZ
Subaru Uncharted = Toyota C-HR
Subaru Trailseeker = Toyota bZ Woodland
Subaru Getaway = Toyota HighlanderSo a bunch of uninspired suvs. /yawn
What were you expecting?
Uninspired SUVs are what people will buy. Once they’ve sold a few million of those then you can expect something “inspiring”.
You seem to think I’m surprised.
yeah, bz7 didn’t make it, I bet they could do a nice Legacy EV out of it
So no.
They literally make them, sharing a platform isn’t like badge engineering. Collaborating with Toyota is why they could make their BRZ so cheap, probably the same thing applies here.
They’re working on an in-house platform though, if you want something with more Subaru involvement.
They don’t make them. Toyota does.
https://www.subaru.co.jp/news-en/2026_02_04_173507/
edit: solterra is built by toyota, but they aim to make all their own stuff in 2027
and CATL makes the batteries, what’s your point.
My point is we have no idea what they’ll be like.
large RC cars, like all EVs.
Any chance it’s not a privacy nightmare?
Which car isn’t?
Its for the best. Their company has been stuck without innovation on extremely outdated powertrain platforms since the early 2000s.
