Subaru brought some cars to the office

"Santiago of Escuderia Boricua" (sdiglesias)
05/29/2015 at 01:35 • Filed to: Subaru

This appears to be the new Levorg. I guess that would be our Legacy. Also, wagon.

They also had an outback and an impreza.

And gifts! Subaru’s mascots, Spanner-kun and Awawa-kun want me to brush my teeth after drinking my Subaru tea.

The brush doesn’t actually say Subaru though. Too bad.

Update: the Subaru milk caramel tea was pretty good

DISCUSSION (14)

TheOnelectronic > Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
05/29/2015 at 01:59

There might be a small issue with your camera...

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > TheOnelectronic
05/29/2015 at 02:01

I dropped my phone on concrete a few weeks ago and it got the camera too. Still considering if I should replace the camera and screen or just get a new phone.

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > TheOnelectronic
05/29/2015 at 02:08

Kinja'd!!!

At least I can still take selfies.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
05/29/2015 at 02:45

the Levorg is more Legacy than the Legacy is.

There’s a chance it might come down-under, I’ll take one for a test drive and if the CVT isn’t meh I might get one.

TheOnelectronic > Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
05/29/2015 at 03:10

You are very articulate for a cartoon bolt.

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > TheOnelectronic
05/29/2015 at 03:23

I want to know the bolt’s name! The white paper has the names of the other two

pip bip - choose Corrour > Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
05/29/2015 at 06:15

Levorg is Impreza wagon.

i think.

Leon711 > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
05/29/2015 at 07:39

I thought of it as a wagon impreza. Also see it’s name in reverse

Levorg, Grovel.

Kinja'd!!!

Boxer_4 > pip bip - choose Corrour
05/29/2015 at 17:28

Sort of... it sits somewhere in between Impreza wagon and Legacy wagon.

This is a comment I made on LaLD , but I think is pretty relevant here, too:

The Levorg is really the wagon version of the new WRX and STi, rather than a wagon version of the Impreza. While the Impreza and WRX are still related and share some sheet metal, the chassis is fairly different between the two of them. In fact, they don’t share chassis codes anymore. The chassis code of the current Impreza sedan is GJ, while the chassis code of the current WRX is VA. I wrote a little piece about this on Oppositelock a while ago, which goes a bit further in detail. The Levorg shares the chassis family with the WRX, and has a chassis code of VM.

The Levorg has an interesting place in Subaru’s current Japanese line-up. The name may seem abstract, but it does have some meaning behind it. Levorg is formed from the words LE gacy, re VO lution, and tou R in G .

The Levorg should really be considered the rebirth of the Legacy Touring / Legacy wagon. The Legacy has gotten bigger with each redesign, caught trying to satisfy multiple markets with diverse preferences. I seem to recall hearing that the fifth generation Legacy didn’t do too well in Japan, due in part to its size. As a result, the sixth generation Legacy is no longer available as a normal wagon in Japan, and does not appear to have any turbocharged powertrains available. The Levorg seems to be the Legacy Touring’s direct replacement, and has dimensions that are very close to those of the second generation Legacy Touring. It wouldn’t surprise me if the sixth generation Legacy is the last generation sold in Japan, with the WRX and WRX S4 taking its place. Unless, of course, there is actually a demand for a larger Subaru sedan in Japan.

As far as the name itself, I think that Subaru was in a bit of a tough spot when trying to name this wagon. They probably didn’t want to call it an Impreza because they were trying to elevate the image of the new V platform above the Impreza’s G platform. However, it couldn’t really be called a Legacy, either. As a result, it seems like Subaru took one of their concept car style names and ran with it.

Boxer_4 > Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
05/29/2015 at 17:31

Last I knew, the 6th generation Legacy is still sold in Japan, just not in large numbers. I believe the Levorg is the replacement for the Legacy Touring. See the reply I made to pip bip.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Boxer_4
05/29/2015 at 19:02

thank you for that.

you have informed me of something i did not know of.

cheers!

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Leon711
05/29/2015 at 20:13

lol, I think I made that joke when it was first announced.

It shares parts with both the Impreza and Legacy, though it looks more Impreza.

but my feeling is that the Legacy has gotten too big and bloated, and the Levorg is now what the Legacy GT was 15 years ago.

TheOnelectronic > Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
05/30/2015 at 00:28

Usain?

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > TheOnelectronic
05/30/2015 at 01:06

Kinja'd!!!