Is the 2017 Subaru Outback a crossover, an SUV, or – heaven forfend – a wagon? The jacked-up, load-toting version of the Legacy station wagon, the Outback may be hard to pigeon-hole but that hasn’t stopped it selling. Indeed, you could well find yourself questioning the crossover craze by the end of your drive.
On paper, the Outback finds itself up against midsize crossovers like Ford’s Edge. In reality, it’s generally shorter in height than those SUV-lite rivals, but ironically has greater ground clearance. Its looks err on the staid side, though many of the sharper edges were smoothed in this fifth generation.
For the 2017 model year, Subaru makes some more aesthetic tweaks, and the result is a handsome – if still fairly sober – station wagon. A silver surround to the front grille tries valiantly to give the car some visual glitz, echoed by daytime running lights that leave the Outback looking like a snorting bull. A little more chrome appears on the sides, but Subaru’s enthusiasm for it clearly ran out by the time the designers reached the rear hatch.
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