The Subaru Outback is a very versatile vehicle, and the Japanese car manufacturer recently unveiled a new, even more off-road-capable variant dubbed the Wilderness. In the reviews below, we get to see what it can deliver when taken off the beaten path.
Immediately making the Outback Wilderness stand out from lesser variants are a plethora of exterior changes that include new body cladding, bespoke front and rear bumpers, a unique front grille, a front skid plate, LED fog lights, flared arches, and new side skirts. The modifications are more than skin deep, though.
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Subaru has given the Outback Wilderness a 0.8-inch suspension lift that increases its ground clearance to 9.5 inches and it also comes standard with unique 17-inch matte black wheels wrapped in Yokohama Geolandar all-terrain tires. These alterations mean that the approach angle has been improved from 18.6 to 20 degrees, the breakover angle is now 21.2 rather than 19.4 degrees, and the departure angle now sits at 23.6 degrees as opposed to 21.7.
The following reviews show the Outback Wilderness tested both on the road and along a series of difficult off-road trails. All of the reviewers are impressed with the vehicle’s road holding and when driven off-road, commend the impressive ground clearance and the good all-terrain tires.
The Outback Wilderness comes exclusively with a 2.4-liter turbocharged four-cylinder boxer that delivers 260 hp and 277 lb-ft of torque. Coupled to this engine is a Lineartronic CVT and all-wheel drive that includes Active Torque Vectoring and an upgraded X-Mode, while Subaru has also revised the final drive ratio from 4.11:1 to 4.44:1.