quattro Digest, Vol 10, Issue 5

[Larry C Leung]

A careful read of the specs shows the same ponies,
albit less torque with the turbo, BUT the turbo is
availible with a 5sp, the H-6, not. Also, the 6
is pretty much an Outback (top of the Legacy
line) thing, so you don't get a sport suspension,
etc, and are carrying more weight. So, the Top
Gear review of the Legacy H-6 isn't quite the good
indication that one would think. As for reliability, 
they are probably correct, although one probably
ought to look at the reliability of the STi and whatever
that SUV thing of theirs in the XT (turbo 2.5) form for
some indication, as the engine is quite derivative of
those applications. 

LL - NY (not shopping at the moment, just curious)

> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 01:45:32 -0400
> From: Brett Dikeman <brett at cloud9.net>
> Subject: Re: quattro Digest, Vol 9, Issue 90
> To: Larry C Leung <l.leung at juno.com>, quattro at audifans.com
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> 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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