Talk:Subaru Outback

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Contents 1 Outback Sport "introduced in 1998" 2 WPOV 3 production 4 Subaru Outback Sport 5 Pictures 6 references and introduction

[edit] Outback Sport "introduced in 1998"

I'm confused about this, as the Subaru Outback Sport which I drive is a model year 1997. Since model years tend to start before calendar years, I'm inclined to believe it was introduced in at least 1996. Someone who knows, please either make this correct or explain away my confusion. 24.237.121.207 20:56, 12 September 2006 (UTC) hg

My friend has a '96 Impreza Outback Sport.

Also, the picture of the "1st-generation Outback SUS" is really of the 2nd-generation Outback sedan. Rhettro76 22:15, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WPOV

Can somebody re-write the introduction with a world point of view? The Outback is marketed in many countries other than the US, but the introduction makes it sound like a US-only model. Paul Fisher 13:19, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] production

When the production of this vehicle started?? Main box:Production 1996–present, First generation Production 1995–1999 and Outback to the US market in 1994 ?? this is quite confusing.--— Typ932^{T | C}  20:45, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Subaru Outback Sport

This vehicle was scattered over this site and the Impreza site, and after an image of the 3rd generation Outback Sport was added to the Impreza site, it seemed time to create a special section of the Outback Sport on this page. Subaru seems to use the Outback name as a special descriptor of both the Legacy and the Impreza, so it seemed logical to move the images and information to this article. Curiously, Subaru doesn't offer a Forester Outback or, God help us, Tribeca Outback. (Dddike (talk) 20:33, 4 February 2008 (UTC))

[edit] Pictures

Do we really need so many pictures of the Outback Sport? Especially given that

a) several of the year models are identical and

b) some of the pictures are of very inferior quality and

c) the Outback Sport seems to be a USA-only renaming of an Impreza trim line which went by other names in other markets.

(In fact I question whether it should be included on the Outback page at all, but that's a separate argument)

Paul Fisher (talk) 09:31, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Was this coloring scheme used in Australia and Europe? It doesn't seem to make sense to integrate the Outback Sport on the Impreza page, just as the Outback isn't integrated into the Legacy page, and it seems like the "Outback" badge is used to identify Subaru's crossover line.

There is also an extremely limited amount of information on the Impreza Gravel Express, other than vehicles currently for sale on-line in New Zeeland, and if it wasn't for the photo uploaded into Wikimedia, I doubt anyone would have discovered it. Mechanically speaking, the Outback is identical to the Legacy, with the only diference being a lifted ride height and appearance changes. However, the Outback has its own page and the information listed is a duplicate of the information found for the Legacy. I suppose, if someone wanted to devote the time, they could start a new page for the Outback Sport, duplicating the information found for the Impreza without the turbo to remain consistent.(Dddike (talk) 16:12, 8 February 2008 (UTC))

The same vehicle was sold in Australia as the Impreza RV. [1] [2] Note from the NRMA review it was originally intended to be called the Outback Sport but that name was dropped to prevent confusion with the real Outback. It wasn't regarded as an Outback, but a tarted-up Impreza. The Liberty-based Outback has always had a distinctive identity, but the RV was just another Impreza. Paul Fisher (talk) 22:43, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] references and introduction

The article needs references.

Also, the introduction doesn't really introduce the Outback... it starts off full speed with data that's far too specific. It needs to move from "general" to "specific." 842U (talk) 13:08, 7 March 2008 (UTC)