quattro Digest, Vol 9, Issue 90

[Brett Dikeman]

At 2:34 PM -0400 8/2/04, Larry C Leung wrote:
>Have you looked at the new Legacy GT 2.5 turbo?
>AWD, strong turbo power, rather more Germanic styling (gets better
>with each generation) and supposedly (haven't driven myself) rather
>decent handling (I DO find my beater/home depot parts getter Legacy
>Gen 1 Wagon QUITE entertaining) and (usually) excellent reliabilty
>(my inherited from Dad's wasn't maintained well, so it's suffering) may
>be worth a look. They've grown up to mid-sized.

Top Gear reviewed the Legacy wagon, although it was Sube's 3.0 H-6, 
not the 2.5 turbo.  It was billed as having many of the same 
qualities- durable, practical, excellent traction, and good 
performance.  As seems to overall be the case with turbo vs NA 
engines, the 2.5 is likely to be less stellar in terms of 
reliability, but it has a few ponies up over the H6.

Brett
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