LAST AUTO NEWS – NEW SUABRU LEGACY AIMS FOR BMW 5-SERIES – SUBARU LEGACY DEBUT
Last Auto account – New Suabru Legacy aims for BMW 5-Series – Subaru Legacy admission First pictures as Subaru unveils its new BMW 5-Series challenger.
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Could this be the car to about-face Subaru’s crumbling fortunes in the UK? With like for like sales down about 60 percent in March, the Japanese close is absolutely acquisitive so…
Totally new from the arena up,the latest Legacy is 35mm longer, 90mm added and 80mm taller than the car itreplaces. And, as able-bodied as getting added spacious, the BMW 3-Series rivalfeatures a new look, based about the abstraction appear at January’sDetroit Motor Show.
Underneath the derma lies a freshfour-wheel drive anatomy with McPherson struts at the foreground and doublewishbones at the rear. Power comes from a ambit of boxer engines,including 170bhp 2.5-litre unit, a turbo adaptation with 265hp and arange-topping R adaptation with a 3.6-litre boxer that produces 256hp and350Nm of torque.
Transmissions will cover 5 and six-speedmanual gearboxes as able-bodied as a new CVT ‘box alleged Lineartronic, whichis advised to advice abate CO2 emissions.
Inside, as able-bodied asbeing bigger and added ample that the approachable car, the new Legacygets comfortable kit such as sat-nav and a articulation command system. It alsofeatures an cyberbanking parking brake, a 10-way adjustable driver’s seatand a new three-spoke council wheel.
Sales should admission in the UK in aboriginal 2010. Expect a starting amount tag of about £20,000.Â
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