For the same money, would you buy this? Or a Volvo?
I am, for the most part, a Subaru man. In my automotive world, safety plays
an enormous role, especially since I have teenage drivers.
I truly believe
that if everyone drove a Subaru, there would be fewer accidents, there would
be more compliance with the traffic laws, and while there might be a decided
lack in style, the benefits would outweigh the minuses.
Having said that, however, there are limitations to my admiration, and this
2007 Legacy Sedan 2.5 GT spec.B model proves my point.
First, let s be honest. In general terms, Subarus are plain Jane
automobiles. A few years ago the line tried to get some sex appeal with what
it considered dynamic styling, but the cars came across as weird, not sexy.
I was driving around the other day and we passed one of these marvels, an
early-1990s model that had a goofy double window with a sort of skylight on
the side, and my wife asked me what it was. “A failed Subaru,” I said.
There
were a few failures in that era for the line. In addition to trying some
strange styling to find an additional audience, Subaru also made a few
models in two-wheel drive, and a very little car with, I think, the smallest
engine in any of the regular car lines ever; I can t remember what it was
called, but we called it the Yugo-Subaru.
Quite intelligently, I thought,
Subaru regrouped, decided that the advantage it had was all-wheel-drive on a
budget, and the company remade itself on an AWD basis.
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