new Legacy pricing

[Landshark]

from an insider over at NASIOC....

"This is from the dealer websites from Fred Adcock Exec VP of SOA

sedan wagon
2.5i $20,995 $21,995 add $1000 for Sportshift Auto

2.5i LTD $24,445 $25,645

2.5GT $25,995 $26,995 add $1200 for Sportshift with VTD

2.5GTLTD$28,495 $29695

OUTBACKS:

2.5i $23,995

2.5XT $27,995

3.0 LLBEAN $32,195

ADD 575 destination on all models"

[benebob]

What still no GT with a 6 cylinder? I'm glad I didn't wait for the new one although I would've loved VTD if I could talk my wife into an auto in the first place. I just don't get the desire to keep a 6 and a 2.5XT (I'm guessing turbo) only on the Outback model. Why put it on a car that handles worse, brakes worse and has no real advantage unless you need an extra inch of ground clearance and not at least offer it for the GT. It isn't like they'd have to do any different retooling or anything.

[upnygimp]

Who needs a 6 cyl when you have a turbo 4 pumping out 250HP/250Tq?

[Landshark]

Originally posted by benebob
What still no GT with a 6 cylinder? I'm glad I didn't wait for the new one although I would've loved VTD if I could talk my wife into an auto in the first place. I just don't get the desire to keep a 6 and a 2.5XT (I'm guessing turbo) only on the Outback model. Why put it on a car that handles worse, brakes worse and has no real advantage unless you need an extra inch of ground clearance and not at least offer it for the GT. It isn't like they'd have to do any different retooling or anything.

i'd prefer the turbo over the 6-cylinder - easier and cheaper to make more power. (unless its a turbo 6-cylinder )

[immortal_suby]

Awesome - thanks for the info, been waiting a while for it.

[Bobb]

Originally posted by benebob
What still no GT with a 6 cylinder?

Hi Ben, You buy an Outback Sedan. Remove the Spacers that raise the car up to make it an Outback and what do you have?. GT! Take care, BOBB

[Mr. Pockets]

A friend of mine just ordered his Legacy GT sedan.

[shelfy]

Originally posted by Landshark
2.5GT $25,995

impreza go by-bye!

[Landshark]

Originally posted by shelfy
impreza go by-bye!

i don't know about that - you'd better sit in one first. the WRX seems like a Lincoln town car in comparison as far as interior space. i sat in one at the car show and felt kinda claustrophobic - it seems very narrow inside. still a very cool looking car. i'll wait to see if the performance version of the Legacy comes out in a year (300+hp has been hinted at.)

i'd really prefer an STi with a sequential-manual shifter, so the wife would be able to drive it if she had to, and also for the nimbleness of the smaller-bodied Impreza. SMG gearbox Subaru!!!! you have a few years to do it until i'm ready for a new car! that wing and wheels would have to go, though.

Ben-

The 2.5GT is turbo now. EJ255

I would opt for the 3.0R. Now that thing is hot.

[shelfy]

Originally posted by Landshark


i don't know about that - you'd better sit in one first. the WRX seems like a Lincoln town car in comparison as far as interior space. i sat in one at the car show and felt kinda claustrophobic - it seems very narrow inside. still a very cool looking car. i'll wait to see if the performance version of the Legacy comes out in a year (300+hp has been hinted at.)

i sat in an '05 outback at the denver auto show last month. the thing that bothered me the most was the placement of the e-brake. i figure how much time will i be sitting in the car with the handle up? not a lot. besides, our impreza is a base model 2.2L. since the claret svx is my daily driver, when i do drive it, it's difficult to deal with it's lack of oomph!

For those attending reading, there will be a 2005 Legacy there on Saturday morning. Thanks Subaru!

Mike

[Mr. Pockets]

Originally posted by shelfy
i sat in an '05 outback at the denver auto show last month. the thing that bothered me the most was the placement of the e-brake. i figure how much time will i be sitting in the car with the handle up? not a lot. besides, our impreza is a base model 2.2L. since the claret svx is my daily driver, when i do drive it, it's difficult to deal with it's lack of oomph!

My situation is the opposite, and a little more extreme. I drive the Justy on a daily basis, so when I drive the SVX it feels like an absolute rocket.

[benebob]

Originally posted by Green1995SVX
Ben-

The 2.5GT is turbo now. EJ255

All the GTs? What did they do to make it so cheap then? I just wonder if it'll have the same lack of build quality that the 03s have.