Sta macchina mi fa letteralmente impazzire. Peccato che di listino siamo sui 40'000 euro (prezzo assolutamente allineato ai contenuti) per un 3.0 H6 da 245 cv.

Rossa poi....



da topgear:

First Subaru gave us 'better handling vehicle corner', now it gives us 'cars that can be controlled to work'. The attributes of the longitudinal flat engine configuration and their effect on centre of gravity, polar inertia, weight distribution and all the rest of it are complex enough as it is. They are even more baffling in translation from the Japanese and especially as Subaru's chief spokesman is called Ken Honda.

Still, you probably wouldn't want a Subaru with anything else, which is why the Legacy, as well as being available with four-pot two- and 2.5-litre donkeys, can now be had with a three-litre boxer six as well. The engines are mounted lower, for the kinetic reasons listed above; weight is down, undercarriage and steering are revised. This is a completely new car.

I should say straight away that anyone who loves an Impreza or Forester just for the noise it makes will be disappointed. Subaru's new 'constant pulsation' exhaust does away with that hard-edged metallic ring of old, in favour of a much softer woofle and, allegedly, greatly improved fuel economy from the old flat-four motor.

In fact, it's probably worth forgetting everything you already know about Subarus, such as lumpy styling and Eighties' Japanese interiors. The Legacy is chiselled like a Prussian aristocrat's jawline, and the interior can stand comparison with the new Accord's. It is crisp, tidy and, on the 3.0R, even features a whiff of wood trim. Turn the ignition on and, at first, just the red needles of the electro-luminescent dials light up. They perform one quick sweep through their arcs and back to rest, and then all the scales spark up as well. It's pointless and a bit nerdy, I know, but it generates a frisson of anticipation in a way a seatbelt warning light never could.

No two-litre models were available to test and, to be honest, I didn't have that much time to dwell on the 2.5-litre car's performance or the load capacity of the Sports Tourer. So I concentrated instead on the 3.0R and its Outback equivalent. We were driving around the border of Austria and Germany and, unlike some people on this magazine, I'm a big fan of the area, with its proper food and drink, peerless plumbing and massive pillows. It makes me wonder why these people ever wanted to occupy France. Pity the hotel caught fire.

Anyway. The new 245bhp six-pot comes as something of a surprise, and not just because it doesn't sound particularly like a boxer. Somehow, and perhaps because the last Subaru I drove was an especially ridiculous Impreza, I was expecting something electrifying. In fact, the new engine's delivery is progressive and its exhaust surprisingly subdued, making the car feel slower than it is.

So far the three-litre is only available with a new five-speed automatic gearbox. I suspect it will be more convincing with the forthcoming manual, not least because the auto has an annoying tendency to hunt between gears at cruising speed on an undulating road. The test cars were brand new and still a bit tight, and I was assured that the problem would disappear once the engines had loosened up, because the torque characteristics of a properly run-in car change subtly. Trouble is, this can take up to 6000 miles, and until then the Legacy will have some trouble deciding which gear it's supposed to be in, rather like I do in anything with a six-speed manual.

On the other hand, Subaru's case for full-time symmetrical all-wheel drive stood up very well on some very wet Bavarian roads, where the Legacy felt generally foolproof. Great steering too. There was no opportunity to try the Outback off-road, but with ground clearance increased by a further 10mm it will probably remain a firm favourite with British farmers and land-owning toffs.

Despite a slight reservation about the transmission, this is a very appealing car; much more polished than the outgoing model, very well sorted and even a bit special. I would even acknowledge that those considerations given to the effects of weight and its distribution do create an immensely secure and reassuring car, but for one thing...

The 3.0R features a small binnacle of digital read-outs, rather in the style of the Nissan Skyline GTR's, and including an acceleration meter. This seems like good fun at first, as the achieved level of shove is displayed as a percentage of that available and, obviously, the object quickly becomes to hit 100 per cent every time.

Trouble is, you can become fixated on it at the very moment when you should be looking at the road; ie when giving it the berries. Develop an obsession with the voltmeter instead - it never moves so it's much safer.

Non mi piace tanto la coda, preferisco quella della Accord

Difficile paragonare le due macchine, se non per le dimensioni. Ad avere i soldi prenderei senza dubbi la legacy oggi stesso.

Chissa' che sconti ha... dubito che vada "a ruba"

Questa qui la Accord se la mangia a colazione sia a livello estetico che a livello meccanico e non c'è Honda fan che mi farà cambiare idea.
Il giorno poi che importeranno la 2000 Turbo la vita per gli Hondisti si farà ancora piu' cupa.

Barn

Molto bella internamente, il cruscotto e la plancia sono favolosi, anche la portiera ha un bel design.... non mi piace fuori però  

Mi sa che non la importeranno mai. Pensa che in italia la sedan c'e' solo ed esclusivamente con il 3.0 H6

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Che vol di' H6 ? Una disposizione di cilindri ad H ?  
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E' un boxer a 6 cilidri... lo chiamano H6  

A livello estetico le opininioni possono anche essere soggettive, a livello meccanico l'unica cosa in cui la subaru è superiore è per quanto riguarda la trazione integrale. per il resto la honda è tanto ma tanto avanti, sia per quanto riguarda i motori che l'autotelaio che gli interni, per qualità e matriali.

Questa da parte tua me la sentivo colare dal naso....detta poi da uno che nella Subaru non ci è mai nemmeno entrato, figuriamoci se l'hai provata, mi pare un'opinione molto oggettiva

Barn

Perchè molti di voi stravedono per questa macchina? Meccanicamente sarà anche una bomba; se lo dite voi ci credo; ma quanto a estetica lasciamo perdere; non sarà bruttissima ma bella certo non è (naturalmente è solo la mia modesta opinione); quando vedo criticare la serie 5, la 6 o la 7 con dei termini tipo "cassone", "paracarro" o cose del genere, e poi leggo che qusta qui è l'ottava meraviglia del mondo, capisco veramente che, come si diceva una volta, non tutti i gusti sono alla menta

A me piace perche' ha una linea che definirei "cazzuta", ma nello stesso tempo particolarmente pulita. E poi e' un bel salto rispetto al vecchio motore. Ha guadagnato la fasatura variabile e quasi 40cv dalla versione precedente riducendo pure i consumi.

Senza nulla togliere ad honda e ai sui splendidi motori.

Sono dei motori composti da due boxer sovrapposti. Famoso quello con la distribuzine a foderi oscillanti della Napier per aereo. A me la Subaru dice poco. Ma come dice Lou, non tutti i gusti sono alla menta. In quanto alla Honda, parliano di Civic o di NSX?

H.... possibile che stia per Horizontal? Ho detto una cagata?

Mah, devo dire che in questo settore quella che preferisc o a livello puramente estetico è la Mazda 6, sia in versione 3v sia in versione station; tralascio però le considerazioni tecniche.