Subaru Outback – Review, Specs, Pricing, Features, Videos and More

The Subaru Outback has been a bit of an anomaly in the automotive world. As a lifted wagon, it's one of the few such offerings from a mainstream manufacturer. Other brands have tried to duplicate Subaru’s formula with little success. This year though, the Outback undergoes a major overhaul. losing some of its wagon-like shape for a more SUV body. It can be had with a pair of engines including a potent 260 hp turbocharge four-cylinder. Although we are yet to test it, extra capability is available with the Outback Wilderness. It offers even greater ground clearance, more body protection, and an enhanced versions of Subaru’s X-Mode off-road system.

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Subarus have a reputation for being boxy, which may have been a detriment at times. But recently the world has gone box-crazy, with vehicles like the Hyundai Santa Fe, Toyota Land Cruiser, and Honda Passport making Subaru look like a trend setter.

With the seventh-generation Outback, to celebrate the model’s 30th anniversary, Subaru has fully embraced the box with the brand’s uber-popular mid-size SUV. No longer tied to the  Legacy platform (RIP), the Outback can work from a blank slate. It can now go full-SUV. The result, though, we’re not 100% sure about yet.

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The Subaru Outback is entering its seventh generation and as we reported a bit earlier, it has gone from wagon crossover to full-blown SUV. We’ll wait and gauge the public’s response as to whether or not this styling/genre switch is a good idea. One thing we can confirm, though, is the fact that the Wilderness is back for the new generation Outback. 

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Subaru has launched a new sub-brand of vehicles called Wilderness. This designation is reserved for more off-road capable members of the brand’s vehicle portfolio. First there was the Outback Wilderness, followed by the Forester Wilderness, and most recently, a third member joined the family, the Crosstrek Wilderness.

With a trio of capable, yet different options, we wondered what is the best Subaru Wilderness option? The answer differs depending on priorities, so to help, we have laid out the similarities and differences between Subaru’s off-road ready family in five key areas.

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Since 1996, Subaru’s Outback has perennially been one of the brand’s most important models. Consistently pulling in healthy sales figures globally, it defines much of what Subaru is all about.

It’s unsurprising, then, that the Fuji-based company has cautiously evolved the Outback over the decades. The brand never deviating from the proven formula of a slightly lifted, mid-sized wagon with protective body cladding (brief foray with the Outback sedan, notwithstanding).

Now in its sixth generation, the Outback receives a mid-cycle refresh for 2023 and while it’ll take a keen eye to spot the differences, the changes collectively make a great car better.

With the exception of a beefed-up brake booster for the automated braking systems, the Outback heads into 2023 without any mechanical updates. The pair of “boxer” four-cylinder engines soldier on unchanged with a naturally-aspirated 2.5 L producing 182 hp and 176 lb-ft of torque, and the zestier 2.4 L turbocharged variant delivering 260 hp and 277 lb-ft of torque. In all Outbacks, power is distributed via a CVT transmission to all four wheels with Subaru’s celebrated full-time, symmetrical all-wheel-drive system.

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