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2010 Subaru Outback Overview

Likes:

  • Excellent all-wheel drive is standard
  • Low base price
  • midsize car that drives and handles small
  • Huge backseat room
  • Legendary Subaru durability

Dislikes:

  • More SUV-like styling is chunkier
  • Engines offer fuel economy or performance, but not both
  • CVT whines a bit (they all do)
  • Subaru stints a bit on convenience features

Bottom Line

By John Voelcker's avatar John Voelcker, Editor-in-Chief

Editors at TheCarConnection.com drove the new 2010 Subaru Outback to bring you this hands-on review of its performance, styling, quality, comfort, and features. Editors also evaluated the Subaru Outback against its competition to provide the best information to help with ...

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Full Review

By John Voelcker's avatar John Voelcker, Editor-in-Chief

Subarus have always been known for their styling, but not necessarily in a good way. With the previous generation of Outback Subaru, consumers were somewhat surprised to get an uncluttered exterior, but the latest 2010 Subaru Outback marks a return to stylistic confusion. Many...

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Trim MSRP / Invoice Fuel Econ
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Man 2.5i $22,995 / $21,663 City: 19
Hwy: 27
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Man 2.5i PZEV $23,295 / $21,972 City: 19
Hwy: 27
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Auto 2.5i $23,995 / $22,581 City: 22
Hwy: 29
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Auto 2.5i PZEV $24,295 / $22,890 City: 22
Hwy: 29
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Man 2.5i Prem $24,295 / $22,911 City: 19
Hwy: 27
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Man 2.5i Prem PZEV $24,595 / $23,220 City: 19
Hwy: 27
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Auto 2.5i Premium $25,295 / $23,829 City: 22
Hwy: 29
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Auto 2.5i Premium PZEV $25,595 / $24,138 City: 22
Hwy: 29
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Auto 2.5i Ltd $27,995 / $26,270 City: 22
Hwy: 29
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Auto 2.5i Ltd PZEV $28,295 / $26,579 City: 22
Hwy: 29
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H6 Auto 3.6R $27,995 / $26,186 City: 18
Hwy: 25
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H6 Auto 3.6R Premium $28,995 / $27,233 City: 18
Hwy: 25
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H6 Auto 3.6R Ltd $30,995 / $29,024 City: 18
Hwy: 25
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Man 2.5i Prem All-Weather $24,795 / $23,328 City: 19
Hwy: 27
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Man 2.5i Prem All-Weather PZEV $25,095 / $23,637 City: 19
Hwy: 27
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Man 2.5i Prem HK Audio $25,290 / $23,740 City: 19
Hwy: 27
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Man 2.5i Prem HK Audio PZEV $25,590 / $24,049 City: 19
Hwy: 27
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Man 2.5i Prem Pwr Moon $25,290 / $23,740 City: 19
Hwy: 27
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Man 2.5i Prem Pwr Moon PZEV $25,590 / $24,049 City: 19
Hwy: 27
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Man 2.5i Prem All-Weather/HK Audio $25,790 / $24,157 City: 19
Hwy: 27
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Man 2.5i Prem All-Weather/HK Audio PZEV $26,090 / $24,466 City: 19
Hwy: 27
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Man 2.5i Prem All-Weather/Pwr Moon $25,790 / $24,157 City: 19
Hwy: 27
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Man 2.5i Prem All-Weather/Pwr Moon PZEV $26,090 / $24,466 City: 19
Hwy: 27
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Man 2.5i Prem Wthr/HK Aud/Pwr Moon $26,785 / $24,986 City: 19
Hwy: 27
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Man 2.5i Prem Wthr/HK Aud/Pwr Moon PZEV $27,085 / $25,295 City: 19
Hwy: 27
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Auto 2.5i Premium All-Weather $25,795 / $24,246 City: 22
Hwy: 29
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Auto 2.5i Prem All-Weather PZEV $26,095 / $24,555 City: 22
Hwy: 29
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Auto 2.5i Prem HK Audio $26,290 / $24,658 City: 22
Hwy: 29
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Auto 2.5i Prem HK Audio PZEV $26,590 / $24,967 City: 22
Hwy: 29
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Auto 2.5i Prem Pwr Moon $26,290 / $24,658 City: 22
Hwy: 29
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Auto 2.5i Prem Pwr Moon PZEV $26,590 / $24,967 City: 22
Hwy: 29
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Auto 2.5i Prem All-Weather/HK Aud $26,790 / $25,075 City: 22
Hwy: 29
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Auto 2.5i Prem All-Weather/HK Aud PZEV $27,090 / $25,384 City: 22
Hwy: 29
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Auto 2.5i Prem All-Weathr/Pwr Moon $26,790 / $25,075 City: 22
Hwy: 29
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Auto 2.5i Prem All-Weathr/Pwr Moon PZEV $27,090 / $25,384 City: 22
Hwy: 29
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Auto 2.5i Prem Wth/HK Aud/Pwr Moon $27,785 / $25,904 City: 22
Hwy: 29
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Auto 2.5i Prem Wth/HK Aud/Pwr Moon PZEV $28,085 / $26,213 City: 22
Hwy: 29
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Auto 2.5i Ltd Pwr Moon $28,990 / $27,099 City: 22
Hwy: 29
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Auto 2.5i Ltd Pwr Moon PZEV $29,290 / $27,408 City: 22
Hwy: 29
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Auto 2.5i Ltd Pwr Moon/Navigation $30,990 / $28,767 City: 22
Hwy: 29
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H4 Auto 2.5i Ltd Pwr Moon/Navigation PZEV $31,290 / $29,076 City: 22
Hwy: 29
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H6 Auto 3.6R Prem HK Audio $29,990 / $28,062 City: 18
Hwy: 25
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H6 Auto 3.6R Prem Pwr Moon $29,990 / $28,062 City: 18
Hwy: 25
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H6 Auto 3.6R Prem HK Audio/Pwr Moon $30,985 / $28,891 City: 18
Hwy: 25
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H6 Auto 3.6R Ltd Pwr Moon $31,990 / $29,853 City: 18
Hwy: 25
2010 Subaru Outback: 4dr Wagon H6 Auto 3.6R Ltd Pwr Moon/Navigation $33,990 / $31,521 City: 18
Hwy: 25

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Other Choices:

The 2010 Subaru Outback has few direct competitors, and many Outback buyers never look at any other car. The Toyota Venza is a car-based crossover, available in all-wheel drive, and offers a fuel-saving four, but it’s heavier and has less room inside. The Volvo XC60 offers traditional Swedish safety and surprisingly avant-garde styling, but it may cost $10,000 more than a comparable model of Outback. And the Jeep Grand Cherokee is the granddaddy of all-wheel-drive crossovers, with available V-8 power and by far the broadest dealer base. It’s crude and long in the tooth, though, and its best mileage doesn’t even come close to being as good as the thirstiest Outback.

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Comments (4 total)

  1. By Cosmo #2, Posted: 10/28/2009

    The 4-cylinder Outback was frequently cross-shopped with Subaru's own Forester. Though the new Outback is priced slightly higher than the Forester, I expect that to continue. I would also expect the Outback to be cross-shopped against the large number of other small cross-over utility vehicles (CUVs), especially the Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4, Nissan Rogue, Ford Escape and Chevrolet Equinox.

  2. By liz #3, Posted: 10/29/2009

    After over 20 yrs as a subaru owner, I'm really disappointed with the 2010. I have intentionally waited for Subaru to come up with a wagon with better fuel economy, but this is not a wagon! It's too high, the interior styling is tacky and those little lights in the rear bumper are ridiculous.
    Subaru already has an SUV, it's the forester. Why couldn't they just leave their wagon, a wagon?? It was so popular, because it was the only AWD wagon that the average person could afford. Now it's gone.

  3. By  dsi r4 #4, Posted: 11/12/2009

    t's hard to imagine a more durable SUV than a Sub. My last OB had 120K when I sold it and it was still running like a new one. The only reason why I sold it was because I got tired of the 5SM. My current cat is a Forester with 80K trouble free miles. Mirek bought the wrong car.

  4. By sublover #5, Posted: 11/18/2009

    worst roof rack ever. dont buy this car if you want to carry a load on top.
    check this out first
    www.gear.com/2010-subaru-outback-roof-rails-should-i-say-roof-rack-fails/

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