Full details of the 2010 Subaru Legacy Tourer
Subaru revealed the 2010 Legacy Tourer (Estate) at the Frankfurt Motor Show last month, and they have now released model and price specifications for the UK.
As we reported when the Legacy was launched at Frankfurt, all Legacy models get a Boxer engine and four-wheel drive. But you do get a choice of either a diesel or a petrol Boxer lump. The diesel Boxer in the Legacy offers decent performance – 0-60mph in 9.6 seconds and a top speed of 120mph – and emissions of 161g/km with fuel consumption at 46.3mpg.
The petrol engine offers 0-60mph in 10.3 seconds with the same top speed as the diesel. Emissions increase to 196g/km and fuel consumption increases – we guess. Subaru hasn’t bothered to tell us. Hmm.
So why would you go for the petrol engine when it is slower and uses more fuel, not to mention the increase in emissions? It’s a good question. It’s said that the Boxer configuration doesn’t work very well as a diesel. Boxer engines work best when revved, which is not something you can really do in a diesel. Which could be enough to put you off. But that’s just hearsay from us. We haven’t driven a new Subaru with the Boxer diesel, and until we do we’ll have to say the diesel option is a no-brainer.
The new Legacy estate offers more legroom and headroom than the old model, and boot space increases by 67 litres. Standard equipment is good, and includes heated seats, RDS with CD, dual-zone AirCon, Bluetooth, Cruise and auto lights and wipers.
Prices start at £23,295 and the Legacy Tourer is available straight away in the UK.
Subaru Legacy Tourer 2010 Price and Model detail
| Model | Price (OTR) | CO2 g/km | VED Band | Ins. Group |
| 2.0D S | £23,295 | 161g/km | G | 11E/20E |
| 2.0D SE | £25,295 | 168g/km | H | 12E/21E |
| 2.0D SE NavPlus | £27,295 | 168g/km | H | 12E/21E |
| 2.5i SE* | £25,295 | 196g/km | J | 11E/19E |
| 2.5i SE NavPlus* | £27,295 | 196g/km | J | 12E/20E |
Subaru Legacy Tourer 2010
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Elaine Usletten says
i am thinking the new subaru legacy is a estate car but i think it should be related to skoda superb estate skoda octavia estate and mercedes cls carsuk.net i want to know any other estate car is a 4 seater but is the subaru legacy a 4 seater or a 5 seater because all of the estate cars i see i think they are a 4 seater i have saw a mercedes and was a estate car and it weas a 7 seater
john loughnane says
i would like to know what space in length is behind front seat,s to back door when closed that is in the longest estate available of subaru legacy oroutbackall in diesel john
CarsUK says
Sorry, John, that info isn’t in our database. We can tell you the 2.0D has a boot capacity of 1677 litres with the seats down, but we don’t have a figure for the length from the back of the front seats to the hatch. Maybe one of our readers with the Legacy Tourer can get out their tape measure and help you.