Post #1139480

2026-04-13 21:37 UTC

Subaru took the Outback, a wagon that appealed to women, turned it into a boxy macho-style SUV despite the company&#39;s own focus groups telling them not to change it, and raised the price by $5000, and now is astonished that sales of it have nosedived: https://www.autoblog.com/news/subaru-ditched-the-wagon-and-outback-sales-dropped-over-40

Replies (15)

@qlp@linh.social 2026-04-13 21:39

@vwestlife@mastodon.social While still a crossover, but the new Trailseeker EV is more like an Outback than the new Outback. Plus, the Trailseeker is known as the E-Outback in various regions 😅

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@thisdoesnotcomp@bitbang.social 2026-04-13 21:44

@vwestlife@mastodon.social I hate what Toyota’s involvement with Subaru is producing.

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@likesoldmacs@bitbang.social 2026-04-13 21:47

@vwestlife@mastodon.social legit thought that pic was some special edition GMC Terrain. Anyways who else remembers the Tribeca anatomy blunder

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@MaddieM4@raphus.social 2026-04-13 21:48

@vwestlife@mastodon.social I know some butches, but I don't think I've met a single one that would be caught dead in this tacticool suburban cosplay.

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@mack505@feistycricket.org 2026-04-13 22:01

@vwestlife@mastodon.social Yup. Have and love a 2024 Crosstrek. Might’ve considered an upgrade to an Outback, but that thing is not an Outback. I hear it’s a decent machine. Should’ve just been the new Forrester.

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@DenOfEarth@mas.to 2026-04-13 22:39

@vwestlife@mastodon.social The good old days, for comparison Also whaddayamean "the wagon that appealed to women"? Hello! It also appealed to men!

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@pomegranate_stew@kind.social 2026-04-13 23:40

@vwestlife@mastodon.social Not every vehicle needs to look like office furniture on wheels. C’mon design people, get it together!

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@jenk@techhub.social 2026-04-14 01:39

@vwestlife@mastodon.social I own a 2025 Outback, my 2nd Outback, but can’t stand the look of the new design and will never buy another as long as they keep that type of design.

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@silvermoon82@wandering.shop 2026-04-14 01:39

@vwestlife@mastodon.social Boo! The Outback wagon had long been one of my fantasy rides.

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@dancingtreefrog@mastodon.social 2026-04-14 01:51

@vwestlife@mastodon.social Sorry, Subaru, but we loathe SUVs here, and won't buy one regardless of size or platform.

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@em_and_future_cats@mastodon.social 2026-04-14 02:20

@vwestlife@mastodon.social Ha!! They are getting what they deserve, and yes the “newest models” look very “over the top” to me, making them unnecessarily *huge* for very little benefit (and particularly detrimental for gas mileage and pedestrian safety)

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@thewarragulman@mas.to 2026-04-14 11:00

@vwestlife@mastodon.social yes all the macho men want a new WRX STI, not an Outback. I wonder how they did not know this.

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@alda@topspicy.social 2026-04-14 15:15

@vwestlife@mastodon.social How is that even a Subaru?

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@Wynter@blahaj.zone 2026-04-15 00:42

@vwestlife@mastodon.social I love the Outback and have been looking for a good used one to trade my Legacy in on. I had an 03 Outback and when I called one of the mid teens one a Station Wagon I was corrected that it's an SUV. The new ones look like trash.

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@yalek0391@mastodon.social 2026-05-07 04:43

@vwestlife@mastodon.social and as a result of all this, it's now looking too much like a guy's "commercial grade" SUV Hummerish looking thing....what the hell.

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