Subaru Legacy (1989–2020)

Background

The Subaru Legacy is a mid-size car built by Japanese automobile manufacturer Subaru from 1989 to 2025. The maker's flagship car, it is unique in its class for offering all-wheel drive as a standard feature, and Subaru's traditional boxer engine.

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Specification

Fuel: gasoline
Displacement: 2.2 L · 4 cyl
Fuel economy: 21–24 mpg combined — EPA 1990–1998

Still on UK roads

3,879

licensed vehicles · 2025

2014 ▼ 72% since 2014 2025

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Production years

1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Sources

Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗NHTSA vPIC ↗ WIKIDATA · NHTSA · DVLA · EPA

Contemporaries

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