First 2010 Subaru Legacy rolls off the line in Indiana
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The 5th-generation Subaru Legacy has officially begun production, with the first car rolling off the Lafayette, Indiana assembly line late last week to confetti-strewn, ribbon-cutting fanfare. In keeping with Subaru's recent new-model introductions, beginning with the current Impreza and continuing with the new Forester, the 2010 Subaru Legacy wears controversial new bodywork that abandons the elegantly understated lines of the outgoing model in favor of a more stylized (overstyled?) face attached to a car that has grown dimensionally in order to be better-positioned against the likes of the Honda Accord. With production now underway, look for the new Subaru Legacy to start arriving in U.S. showrooms by July. We'll weigh in with our impressions of the car as soon as we can get our hands on one. Thanks to Steve B. for the tip!
Gallery: 2010 Subaru Legacy
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
lambo472 5:08PM (5/31/2009)
wow, that sounds awkward, a japanese car being built in Indiana.
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Farmboy 5:19PM (5/31/2009)
Ummm...there is nothing awkward about that. How long have you been living under a rock? Several Japanese cars are built in Indiana; Most, if not all, of Subaru's lineup, Toyota's Corolla (at the same plant) and the Tundra, also Honda builds Accords and Civics and is rumored to be building Camrys there also.
ij70 5:21PM (5/31/2009)
Welcome to the Global Economy. Where have you been?
VW GTi 6:03PM (5/31/2009)
Majority of USDM (United States Domestic Market) Toyotas are produced here. About half of all Subarus are produced here. The Forester and Impreza are still built in Ota Gunma, Japan.
tuxchown 8:32PM (5/31/2009)
What's awkward is the hideously ugly face on that car. YIKES!
Harrison 12:00AM (6/01/2009)
The late 1990s called. They want to tell you that there's a car called the Toyota Camry that's built in Kentucky.
Dan 5:21PM (5/31/2009)
UGH! Come on Subaru. You are destroying all the looks of your cars.
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MaestroMario 5:17PM (5/31/2009)
CVT hein?! Hmmm...
(According to the last 2 picts.)
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VW GTi 6:05PM (5/31/2009)
Yes, the new Legacy has a CVT on some trimlines
gurry 5:21PM (5/31/2009)
Nice lines for the hood, front facia...
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edydantes 5:21PM (5/31/2009)
Damn! Is this thing ugly! What the hell happened with Camry, Accord and now Legacy - they were all fine, tight medium sized cars - but then they got fat n ugly... just like chicks.
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ij70 5:22PM (5/31/2009)
79 cents gas in 1994.
edydantes 5:23PM (5/31/2009)
Eh... autoblog mangled my above comment... it's supposed to be: "...just like (insert nationality here) chicks"... You know... Like the jokes that... Ahh forget it.
Richard 6:43PM (5/31/2009)
Dollar Menu meals = fat 'mericans = enlarged "mid-sized" sedans.
Richard 6:47PM (5/31/2009)
But, now that the Legacy has been "Super-Sized" I guess it is easier for me to justify an Impreza sometime in the next 30k miles. (See referring to my next Suby as an Impreza - instead of an STi - helps keep me calm. Hopefully in the next year they'll upgrade the interior a bit.
Dan 7:40PM (5/31/2009)
Because there are more sales to be had chasing family buyers than there are single enthusiasts without children.
"Tight" gets a lot more cars crossed off shopping lists than put on.
Jrejre 5:22PM (5/31/2009)
I like the interior. . . other than that it's definitely. . . . a car.
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tekd 6:49PM (5/31/2009)
Subaru's have never been known for attractive exterior design...if anything the last generation Legacy was a fluke because it actually looked conventionally attractive.
They're all about the bug-eyed Imprezas, giant-nosed Tribecas, etc.
After a while we'll all get used to it and then when the next gen Legacy comes we'll claim it's hideous again.
At any rate at least nobody can really claim Subaru isn't original with their design lol.
huis 5:23PM (5/31/2009)
It kind of looks like an angry Saturn Aura up front.
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tuxchown 8:35PM (5/31/2009)
It's angry because it's jealous of the relatively gorgeous Aura.